To restore the system state

1. To restore the Active Directory, restart the system, and press F8 during the boot process. F8 brings up a startup options menu. Press F8 upon restart if the system to which you are to restore is a Windows domain controller. Otherwise, begin with step 4.

2. From the startup options, select Directory Services Restore Mode and continue the boot process.

3. Ensure that the NetBackup Client Service, bpinetd, has started. Use the Activity Monitor or the Services application in the Windows Control Panel.

4. Start the Backup, Archive, and Restore client interface. Click Select for Restore, and place a checkmark next to System State.

5. From the Actions menu, select Start Restore of Marked Files.

6. From the Restore Marked Files dialog box, select Restore everything to its original location and Overwrite the existing file.

   Do not redirect the System State restore to a different host. System State is computer-specific . To restore it to a different computer can result in an unusable system.

7. Click Start Restore.

8. The network may contain more than one domain controller. To replicate Active Directory to other domain controllers, perform an authoritative restore of the Active Directory after the NetBackup restore job completes.

   To perform an authoritative restore of the Active Directory, run the Microsoft ntdsutil utility after you restored the System State data but before the server is restarted. An authoritative restore ensures that the data is replicated to all of the servers.

   Additional information about an authoritative restore and the ntdsutil utility is available.

   Refer to the Microsoft documentation.

9. Reboot the system before performing subsequent restore operations.

   If you booted into Directory Services Restore Mode on a domain controller, reboot into normal mode when the restore is complete.