The following are extremely useful resources for understanding the Active Directory Backup and Disaster Recovery.
Backup and Disaster Recovery
o What’s New in AD DS Backup and Recovery?
o Known Issues for AD DS Backup and Recovery
o Best Practices for AD DS Backup and Recovery
o General Requirements for Backing Up and Recovering AD DS
o Scenario Overviews for Backing Up and Recovering AD DS
o Steps for Backing Up and Recovering AD DS
o Devising a Custom Forest Recovery Plan
o Recovering Your Active Directory Forest
o Appendix A: Forest Recovery Procedures
o Appendix B: Frequently Asked Questions
o Appendix C: Recovering a Single Domain within a Multidomain Forest
o Appendix D: Forest Recovery with Windows Server 2003 Domain Controllers
- Windows Server 2012: Planning for Active Directory Forest Recovery (Word doc download)
- Recovering Missing FRS Objects and FRS Attributes in Active Directory
- Performing an Authoritative Restore of Active Directory Objects
o Restore Active Directory from backup
o Mark the object or objects authoritative
o Synchronize replication with all partners
o Run an LDIF file to recover back-links
o Restart the domain controller in Directory Services Restore Mode locally
o Create an LDIF file for recovering back-links for authoritatively restored objects
o Turn off inbound replication
- How to Force a Non-Authoritative Restore of the Data in the SYSVOL Folder on a Domain Controller in Windows 2000 Server and in Windows Server 2003
- How to Perform an Authoritative Restore to a Domain Controller in Windows 2000
- Performing a Non-Authoritative Restore of a Domain Controller
- How to Remove Data in Active Directory After an Unsuccessful Domain Controller Demotion
- Using Ntdsutil.exe to transfer or seize FSMO roles to a domain controller
- How to perform a disaster recovery restoration of Active Directory on a computer with adifferent hardware configuration
- How to restore deleted user accounts and their group memberships in Active Directory
- Active Directory Database Mounting Tool Step–by–Step Guide
