AD snapshot from windows 2008
AD snapshot from windows 2008
There is a new feature from windows 2008 for backup is AD snapshot(VSS- volume shadow copy service allow to take a snapshot of AD backup).
How to take AD snapshot
Start > CMD > ntdsutil and type snapshot from ntdsutil
ntdsutil: snapshot
snapshot: active instance ntds
snapshot: create
this wll create snapshot and quit from there
snapshot: quit
ntdsutil: quit
And now our AD backup is ready.So next we need to mount the snapshot to access
again go to ntdsutil
ntdsutil: snapshot
snapshot: list all
this will list all the available snapshots,select the right one
snapshot: mount(which is the one you want choose) and quit
snapshot: quit
ntdsutil: quit
Once snapshot is mounted quit from ntdsutil use dsamain command to bind with ldap(different port)
dsamain –dbpath c:\$SNAP_name_VOLUMEC$\WINDOWS\NTDS\ntds.dit –ldapport 10389(what ever the port you want)
Now the data is ready to access using LDAP
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