You are an Enterprise administrator for contoso.com. The corporate network of the company consists of a single Active Directory domain. All the servers in the domain run Windows Server 2008 and all client computers run Windows Vista. You perform a full backup of the domain controllers every day.
Which of the following options would allow you to implement an Active Directory recovery strategy that allows objects in a backup to be compared to objects in the live Active Directory database? (Select two. Each correct answer will present a part of the solution.)
A.
Restore the backup to a domain controller in a test forest.
B.
Restore the backup to an alternate location.
C.
Restore the backup to the original location.
D.
Mount the database using the Active Directory Database Mounting Tool (Dsamain.exe).
E.
Use the Activate Directory Installation wizard to create a new domain controller.
F.
Create a snapshot using the Active Directory Service Utilities (Ntdsutil.exe).
Explanation:
To plan a recovery strategy for Active Directory objects, you need to restore the backup to an alternate location. Mount the database using the Active Directory Database Mounting Tool (Dsamain.exe).
The Active Directory database mounting tool (Dsamain.exe) can improve recovery processes for your organizations by providing a means to compare data as it exists in snapshots that are taken at different times so that you can better decide which data to restore after data loss. This eliminates the need to restore multiple backups to compare the ActiveDirectory data that they contain. You need to restore the backup to an alternate location so that you can compare the data.
Reference: Active Directory Database Mounting Tool Step-by-Step Guide http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753609.aspx
The correct answer are: D and F, because the mounting tool is used for mounting the snapshot of active directory.
References: 70-640 and 70-646.
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Daniele, that is not true. The referenced article in the explanation states:
You are not required to use the ntdsutil snapshotoperation to create the snapshots. You can use any backup of an AD DS or AD LDS database that uses VSS, including non-Microsoft backup solutions. The database must be in a consistent state; that is, the logs must be replayed. If you use Ntdsutil.exe or Windows Server Backup on a server running Windows Server 2008, the resulting snapshot or backup will be consistent.
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