You cannot just transfer AD to another server. Install the server as an additional DC of an existing domain, and let it replicate, then DCPROMO the old server so that it is not longer a DC. Mark L Fugatt Pentech Office Solutions Inc Rochester, NY www.4mcts.com Tel: 716 586 3890 Fax: 716 249 0316 Cell: 585 576 4750 For MSN Messenger add mark@xxxxxxxxx to your contacts list For answer to your Microsoft Exchange questions visit www.msexchange.org "In God we trust. Everybody else we verify using PGP!" -----Original Message----- From: Saud [mailto:saud@xxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2002 3:31 PM To: [ExchangeList] Subject: [exchangelist] AD No way to backup alone http://www.MSExchange.org/ - Re-Vamped! I have concluded that AD cannot be backed up separately from the registry and other items in the System State. At the beginning when I tried ntbackup and was forced to backup System State where one item in it was Active Directory,there was no way to check AD by itself ! I need AD alone to transfer it to another brand new server with different hardware. So,I took the pain of downloading around 98 MB of Veritas backup Exec and tried it. The result wasn't satisfactory for me as there was an option to backup System State and looks identical to that in ntbackup. So ? I am gonna restore the mailboxes from the .PST files I created by Exmerge after following the instructions from Matt and the other fellas in this list. As for AD I am gonna create the user accounts one by one in the new server having to go through the consequences of angry calls and complaints of our cutomers. At least their mail won't be lost ! Why does Microsoft make things impossible ? Saud ------------------------------------------------------ You are currently subscribed to this MSExchange.org Discussion List as: mark@xxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send a blank email to $subst('Email.Unsub')