http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/general/lessons-from-the-field-backup-active-directory/ on application delivery with application virtualization, server-based computing, desktop virtualization and more Mon, 23 Jan 2012 06:27:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/general/lessons-from-the-field-backup-active-directory/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Stew Barr Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:02:52 +0000 http://blog.stealthpuppy.com/uncategorized/lessons-from-the-field#comment-405 Accidents have a habit to happen when you don't expect them. I used to use NTBackup and utilise a standard procedure with backing up *.dits, *.logs, etc. Yes, it works but still requires a lot of extra work as a little deviation from the standard case renders the basic procedure unusable and hardly reliable. Then I had been hired by a company that served to a large manufacturer. Guys there used an Active Directory <a href="http://www.scriptlogic.com/active-directory-backup-restore.asp" rel="nofollow">backup tool</a> from Scriptlogic. I quickly realized that sometimes a little tool can do the huge work that you used to do yourself and like you, Aaron, I dug that those trouble that I have had in the past could have been avoided by using this tool. What I like in Active Administrator that it can backup ADAM instances. That's great because I have seen similar disasters in small organizations and environments too. I should say that having no Active Directory forest doesn't necessary mean that you are in the safe place and there isn't anything so dire that it can ruin all your operations in a second. Unfortunately it isn't so and even with a small organization you might expect sudden troubles. That's why now I always use Active Administrator when I work with small organizations. Accidents have a habit to happen when you don’t expect them. I used to use NTBackup and utilise a standard procedure with backing up *.dits, *.logs, etc. Yes, it works but still requires a lot of extra work as a little deviation from the standard case renders the basic procedure unusable and hardly reliable. Then I had been hired by a company that served to a large manufacturer. Guys there used an Active Directory backup tool from Scriptlogic. I quickly realized that sometimes a little tool can do the huge work that you used to do yourself and like you, Aaron, I dug that those trouble that I have had in the past could have been avoided by using this tool. What I like in Active Administrator that it can backup ADAM instances. That’s great because I have seen similar disasters in small organizations and environments too. I should say that having no Active Directory forest doesn’t necessary mean that you are in the safe place and there isn’t anything so dire that it can ruin all your operations in a second. Unfortunately it isn’t so and even with a small organization you might expect sudden troubles. That’s why now I always use Active Administrator when I work with small organizations.

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