Backing Up Active Directory In Windows 2000

Backing up Active Directory on Windows 2000 In general, backing up mission-critical data is the most important part of IT engineer's job. It is important to recover lost data, but further consideration is needed to get the network framework up and running so that employees can get back to work. In addition, we need to confirm that the restored network structure is the network structure used by employees.

Follow recommendations of Chapter 5 (Windows 2000 operating system), Chapter 6 (Windows Active Directory), and Chapter 10 (Microsoft Internet Information Server) to enhance the Windows 2000 platform, Active Directory, and Internet Information Server . Next, consider locking out unnecessary services and ports. This means deleting all services that are not necessarily required for Exchange 2000 operations. If it is already installed, delete unnecessary protocols and network drivers (such as network monitor drivers). In the TCP / IP properties of each network adapter, disable NetBIOS over TCP / IP (see Figure 10). File and print services There is no reason for clients to connect to the Exchange server using NetBIOS. Figure 10 disables NetBIOS over TCP / IP for all Exchange Server network adapters.

Exchange 2000, Windows 2000, and Active Directory As mentioned earlier in this document, Exchange 2000 relies entirely on Active Directory. A thorough discussion about the details of the integration of Exchange 2000 and Active Directory can easily take up more than 200 pages of this book and this discussion might make you separate from the reasons you read this book . This chapter fully focuses on security and resource protection, so you can avoid many of the tedious details about Windows 2000 and Active Directory integration. However, this does not elevate the need for Active Directory and how Exchange 2000 interacts with Active Directory. One of the most important things to remember is how to assign permissions to administer Exchange 2000 components. If you decide that this group is unnecessary, you need to delete the Everyone group from its member list.