Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
an Active Directory®
Domain Services
Maintenance Plan
Module Overview
• Maintaining the AD DS Domain Controllers
• Restoring AD DS
Lesson 1: Maintaining the AD DS
Domain Controllers
• AD DS Database and Log Files
File Description
Edb.chk
Update the
Write Request checkpoint
Commit the
transaction
Write to the
transaction
log file
Ntds.dit on Disk
EDB.log
EDB.log
Managing the Active Directory Database Using
NTDSUtil Tool
Ntdsutil.exe is a command-line tool used to manage some
AD DS components
Use Ntdsutil.exe
Perform to:
AD DS database maintenance
Best practices:
Minimize the number of server roles and applications
installed on domain controllers
• Demonstration: Backing Up AD DS
Introduction to Backing Up AD DS
With Windows
Recover Server
the server Backup,
without you
using can:
third-party backup
and recovery tools
• Normal Restore
• Authoritative Restore
• Full Server Restore
• Alternate Location Restore
What Is a Nonauthoritative AD DS Restore?
• Exercise 2: Backing Up AD DS
Logon information
• Considerations
• Tools