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...ore > carrying out the restore. > > As mentioned, at least to my understanding of the the wiki a restore of the original DC is not possible using the backup made from it. Are you saying that restoring to a "new DC" is as simple as changing the hostname of "DC1" to "DC1_1"? DNS, GPO, smb.conf would all automatically refer to the new hostname after the restore? > > > > Isn't there a simpler way of doing this? Namely, if all the restore > > operations are done offline anyway, why is it frowned upon to simply > > do everything on the...

...the restore tool to move the sub-directories it's going to restore first. i.e. automatically move /usr/local/samba/private to /usr/local/samba/private-old. >> Are you saying that restoring to a "new DC" is as simple as changing the >> hostname of "DC1" to "DC1_1"? DNS, GPO, smb.conf would all >> automatically refer to the new hostname after the restore? So, a restore should be similar in functionality to a 'domain join', i.e. the hostname specified in the command should get setup in smb.conf and DNS. Most of the sysvol/GPO backup/resto...

...arrying out the restore. > As mentioned, at least to my understanding of the the wiki a restore of the > original DC is not possible using the backup made from it. Are you saying > that restoring to a "new DC" is as simple as changing the hostname of "DC1" > to "DC1_1"? DNS, GPO, smb.conf would all automatically refer to the new > hostname after the restore? > > >>> >>> Isn't there a simpler way of doing this? Namely, if all the restore >>> operations are done offline anyway, why is it frowned upon to simply >&g...

...ore. > > > > > As mentioned, at least to my understanding of the the wiki a restore > of the original DC is not possible using the backup made from it. Are > you saying that restoring to a "new DC" is as simple as changing the > hostname of "DC1" to "DC1_1"? DNS, GPO, smb.conf would all > automatically refer to the new hostname after the restore? That is my understanding and if not, Tim should be able to explain why not ;-) > > > > > > > > Isn't there a simpler way of doing this? Namely, if all the > > &g...

I'm currently reviewing my own backup strategy for Samba and I realize it is not in line with best practices provided in the Wiki. ( https://wiki.samba.org/index.php/Back_up_and_Restoring_a_Samba_AD_DC) Said best practices, however, seem a bit like a nightmare to me. Assuming the AD is gone and you want to restore just one DC, and you want things to look just as they did before the crash, the