lafong Posted September 28, 2005 Report Share Posted September 28, 2005 I'm trying to restore our Exchange server, but repeatedly fail at the last step. After restoring all the data, and booting into "Directory Services Restore Mode", the server takes several hours "Applying Computer Settings", then finally the login dialog comes up. After logging in, the Retrospect helper has finished the first two steps, but hangs forever on the "Updating Meta Data" step. When I reboot, I get the standard LSASS error because Active Directory hasn't been properly restored. I've tried several different snapshots, up to a year apart, and they all fail the same way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted September 29, 2005 Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 Hi What version of Retrospect are you using? Make sure you have the latest version of Retrospect and the newest driver update installed. Are you restoring to identical hardware? What prompted the full system restore? Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafong Posted September 29, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2005 > What version of Retrospect are you using? Make sure you have the latest version of Retrospect > and the newest driver update installed. 6.5. I'm not sure how 7.0 would help this symptom, it doesn't seem to be a driver or Retrospect issue, since the restore portion finishes. Seems to be either an Active Directory or Retrospect Helper issue. It's weird that AD would be bad for over a year though. > Are you restoring to identical hardware? Yes, the same box. > What prompted the full system restore? We had several power outages, lots of Active Directory errors. Tried repairing AD, but that was failing too. Tried disk repairs, no joy. I had installed the MS CRM stuff, which was also spitting out errors. Gave up and tried the restore. (Luckily, its not our mail server.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted September 30, 2005 Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 Hi Make sure you have Retrospect 6.5.350 installed when you run the restore. Is it possible that AD was corrupt/failing at the time of backup? Did you ever see any errors in the Retrospect log when you ran backups? Thanks nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lafong Posted September 30, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 30, 2005 > Make sure you have Retrospect 6.5.350 installed when you run the restore. That's what I used. > Is it possible that AD was corrupt/failing at the time of backup? Did you ever see any errors in the Retrospect log when you ran backups? A while ago we used to get an -1017, insufficient permissions, error every night. But backups had been error free for awhile. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted October 3, 2005 Report Share Posted October 3, 2005 Hi Was the 1017 error in regard to the registry or active directory? We should take a look at your old log files to make sure the backup was good. Can you restore the operations_log.utx file and send it to me at pacrimsupport@dantz.com please? Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted October 4, 2005 Report Share Posted October 4, 2005 Hi Lafong, Sorry for the slow response. Please download a trial version of Retropsect 7 and use it to run the restore. After the helper service runs and _before_ you reboot, make a copy of the rthlpsvc.log file located in the Retrospect program directory. Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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