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How can I do backup of Active Directory windows server 2008?

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Question added by Mareai Baqtyain , Information Technology Specialist , الصالة الاقتصادية
Date Posted: 2013/08/09
Anas Jalal Yahya
by Anas Jalal Yahya , Freelance Consultant, Project Manager and Trainer , Freelance

You have to do either Full Server backup or SystemState Backup

Muhammed Shereef Korokkaran
by Muhammed Shereef Korokkaran , Network Admin cum IT Trainer , Rolla Computer Institute

Install Windows Server Backup Feature throgh Server Manager.
Server Manager - Features - Add Features - Windows Server Backup Features .
After the Installation, Administrative Tools - Windows Server Backup - Then Click Backup Once and Follow the Wizard To take Active Directory Backup You Can select 'System State' Alternatively you can use 'wbadmin' command Wbadmin start systemstatebackup

ahmed guergour
by ahmed guergour , عامل , cepro

Install Windows Server Backup Feature throgh Server Manager.
Server Manager - Features - Add Features - Windows Server Backup Features .
After the Installation, Administrative Tools - Windows Server Backup - Then Click Backup Once and Follow the Wizard To take Active Directory Backup You Can select 'System State' Alternatively you can use 'wbadmin' command

Asim Afzal
by Asim Afzal , Manager IT Infrastructure , Bank Alfalah Limited, Karachi, Pakistan

On a writeable domain controller, a) create a folder ‘D:\adbackup’ on a partition other than the boot partition. 
Next, go to the command console (cmd) and perform the following steps b) Enter ntdsutil (brings you to ntds: command mode) c) At the ntds prompt, enter activate instance ntds (ntds will be activated) d) Next, enter ifm (brings you to ifm: command mode) e) Enter the command create full d:\adbackup

Irshad Ahmed Muallim
by Irshad Ahmed Muallim , Sr System Engineer , Confidential

System state backup is sufficeient for backing up Active Directory.

Shanif Salim
by Shanif Salim , Delivery Associate Manager , Accenture

create a system state backup with Windows backup feature

syed qaisar shaffi syed
by syed qaisar shaffi syed , Sr Network Administrator , Clarus Consulting (Pvt) Ltd

Backup procedures have changed in Windows Server 2008, as compared to previous versions of Windows Server. A new backup tool, Windows Server Backup, replaces NtBackup as the tool that you use to back up AD DS. You cannot use Ntbackup to back up servers running Windows Server 2008.

In Windows Server 2008, you can perform three types of backup:

  • System state backup, which includes all the files that are required to recover AD DS
  • Critical-volumes backup, which includes all the volumes that contain system state files
  • Full server backup, which includes all volumes on the server

You can use the Windows Server Backup graphical user interface (GUI) to perform critical-volumes backups and full server backups. You can use the Windows Server Backup command-line tool, Wbadmin.exe, to perform all types of backup, including system state backup.

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