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Active Directory Disaster Recovery

By : Florian Rommel
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Active Directory Disaster Recovery

By: Florian Rommel

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Active Directory Disaster Recovery
Florian Rommel
Jun, 2008 | 252 pages
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Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Active Directory Disaster Recovery
Active Directory Disaster Recovery
Credits
Credits
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
Preface
Preface
Free Chapter
1
An Overview of Active Directory Disaster Recovery
An Overview of Active Directory Disaster Recovery
What is Disaster Recovery?
Why is Disaster Recovery Needed?
Conventions Used in This Book
Disaster Recovery for Active Directory
Disaster Types and Scenarios Covered by This Book
Summary
2
Active Directory Design Principles
Active Directory Design Principles
Active Directory Elements
Domain Design: Single Forest, Single Domain, and Star Shaped
Domain Design: Single Forest, Single Domain, Empty Root, Star Shaped
Domain Design: Multi-Domain Forest
Domain Design: Multi-Forest
LRS—Lag Replication Site
Design Your Active Directory
Keeping Up-To-Date and Safe
Summary
3
Design and Implement a Disaster Recovery Plan for Your Organization
Design and Implement a Disaster Recovery Plan for Your Organization
Analyze the Risks, Threats, and the Ways to Mitigate
The Two-Part, 10 Step Implementation Guide
Summary
4
Strengthening AD to Increase Resilience
Strengthening AD to Increase Resilience
Baseline Security
Securing Your DNS Configuration
Tight User Controls and Delegation
Central Logging
Proper Change Management
Virtualization and Lag Sites
Summary
5
Active Directory Failure On a Single Domain Controller
Active Directory Failure On a Single Domain Controller
Problems and Symptoms
Causes
Solution Process
Solution Details
Summary
6
Recovery of a Single Failed Domain Controller
Recovery of a Single Failed Domain Controller
Problems and Symptoms
Causes
Solution Process
Solution Details
Summary
7
Recovery of Lost or Deleted Users and Objects
Recovery of Lost or Deleted Users and Objects
Problems and Symptoms
Causes
Solution Process
Summary
8
Complete Active Directory Failure
Complete Active Directory Failure
Scenario
Causes
Recovery Process
Summary
9
Site AD Infrastructure Failure (Hardware)
Site AD Infrastructure Failure (Hardware)
Scenario
Causes
Recovery Process
Summary
10
Common Recovery Tools Explained
Common Recovery Tools Explained
Software for Your DCs and Administration
Diagnosing and Troubleshooting Tools
Monitoring with Sonar and Ultrasound
Summary
Sample Business Continuity Plan
Sample Business Continuity Plan
Nailcorp Business Continuity Plan
Description of the Service
SCOPE
Responsibilities and Roles
OBJECTIVES
COMMUNICATIONS
CALL TREE
Disaster declaration criteria for Active Directory service
Functional restoration
Recovery site(s)
Necessary alternative site materials
TECHNICAL RECOVERY STEPS TO RECOVER A FAILED DC
APPENDICES
Damage Assessment Forms
GLOSSARY
Bibliography
Bibliography
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7
Chapter 8
Chapter 9
Chapter 10
Appendix

OBJECTIVES

What we are trying to achieve with this document is:

Maintaining continuous operations at the data centers that use the AD service on a 24x7 basis and, in the event of a disaster or interruption, to keep the downtime to a minimum.

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