Event Review: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Diagnostics, Troubleshooting, and Recovery (Session TNT1-122)

Session Outline

This session covers verifying Active Directory, directory service functionality, diagnosing and troubleshooting replication, locating Active Directory database files, backing up and recovering system state data, and seizing Flexible Single Master Operation (FSMO) roles.

Session Agenda

• Verifying Active Directory functionality
  
• Diagnosing and troubleshooting replication
  
• Locating Active Directory database files
  
• Backing up and recovering system state data
  
• Seizing FSMO roles
  

Related Links

• Windows Server 2003 Active Directory Fast Recovery with Volume Shadow Copy Service and Virtual Disk Service
  
• Active Directory: Learn the Basics and Master Advanced Concepts
  

Microsoft Press Books

• Active Directory for Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Technical Reference
  

  Summary: Two Active Directory experts guide you through advanced design and deployment issues for the Windows Server 2003 environment and explain the underlying concepts, architectural components, and real-world functionality of Active Directory directory service.

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Administrator's Companion
  

  Summary: This comprehensive administrator's reference describes operating system features and capabilities and provides easy-to-follow procedures, practical workarounds, and key troubleshooting tactics for on-the-job results with the Windows Server 2003 family.

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Administrator's Pocket Consultant
  

  Summary: Don't get caught at work without this handy guide to Windows Server 2003. It puts all the answers to questions about system administration at your fingertips.

Third-Party Books

• Troubleshooting Microsoft Technologies: The Ultimate Administrator's Repair Manual
  

  Summary: This is the first complete guide to troubleshooting the vast interrelationships between Microsoft network technologies. A concise technical introduction at the beginning of each chapter brings readers up to speed on the technologies involved.

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed, 2nd Edition
  

  Summary: What was once good just got better. Through the release of several feature packs, Microsoft has added 15 new features to their Windows Server 2003. As an IT professional, you are probably aware of what these features are and have installed them, but you may not be aware of what their full capability is and how to troubleshoot the system with them in place. Sams has published a second edition of the best selling Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed as an updated reference guide in response to these new features. Learn about the new Group Policy Management Console, Timewarp Client, Security Configuration Wizard and more as you plan, implement and administer your Windows 2003 environment.

• Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed (R2 Edition)
  

  Summary: Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Unleashed, 3rd Edition is the first book on the market to cover Windows Server 2003 R2. This latest edition will keep the text viable with the major "R2" update being released from Microsoft late in 2005. Many of the Windows Server 2003 titles have not been revised since release in 2003 even though Microsoft has released a service pack and now the R2 update.

• The Ultimate Windows Server 2003 System Administrator's Guide
  

  Summary: Windows Server 2003, the successor to Windows 2000 and Windows NT, is designed to accommodate the seamless exchange of information through Web services. It delivers the increased flexibility and power needed to administer networks as global entities, but its enhanced management tools and security features present as many challenges as opportunities. This book helps readers negotiate these challenges while taking advantage of the opportunities.

• Inside Windows Server 2003
  

  Summary: This book contains comprehensive information on deploying, managing, and troubleshooting systems using both Windows Server 2003 and its predecessor. Each chapter contains a lively feature description followed by extensively illustrated procedures for setting up and managing each service.

• Managing Enterprise Active Directory Services
  

  Summary: Learn how to programmatically manage and monitor Active Directory in a large-scale environment. The authors, who lead Cisco's Active Directory deployment and management initiative, focus on post-deployment issues surrounding Active Directory.

• Inside Active Directory: A System Administrator's Guide
  

  Summary: This book helps provide a solid understanding of Active Directory fundamentals. It demonstrates how Active Directory is used to store and access data and how it uses industry standards, such as LDAP. Numerous diagrams and tables explain the sometimes complex technologies involved in migrating to Windows 2000 from Windows NT or other platforms.