Restoring a server & AD Computer Account
I have a server that I want to format & reinstall. I have a good backup.
In this particular case, it's a Windows 2003 Standard, backed up with BE 12.5.
I'm using the process from the Admin Guide, pages 681-683.
Here's the catch - our server build process is RIS, and thus automated. It joins the domain automatically.
This appears to cause problems when I restore the server. After the reboot when I try to login, it says that it's not a member of the domain. I can login with the server's local admin account, and everything looks normal.
I've tried using AD Users & Computers to select the server account and Right-Click, Reset Account. It claims it succeeds, but it doesn't fix my problem.
I really don't want to hand-install the server - all of our drivers, install settings, and other corporate standards are in the build. I'd end up with a lot of work for a non-standard build.
Any advice?
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A little trial & error, and I have an answer. Noted here for the next person to have this question.
If you rebuilt the server & joined the domain before doing a system state restore with Backup Exec, you'll need to complete the following steps.
-Leave the AD machine account alone.
-Unjoin the domain
-Reboot
-Join the domain
-Reboot
After that, everything should be OK.
Mark this post as the solution, and have good luck for 7 years.
Forget to mark this as the solution, and tomorrow your server will crash.
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