Active Directory Disaster Recovery Table of Contents

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Table of Contents

Preface
Chapter 1: An Overview of Active Directory Disaster Recovery
Chapter 2: Active Directory Design Principles
Chapter 3: Design and Implement a Disaster Recovery Plan for Your Organization
Chapter 4: Strengthening AD to Increase Resilience
Chapter 5: Active Directory Failure On a Single Domain Controller
Chapter 6: Recovery of a Single Failed Domain Controller
Chapter 7: Recovery of Lost or Deleted Users and Objects
Chapter 8: Complete Active Directory Failure
Chapter 9: Site AD Infrastructure Failure (Hardware)
Chapter 10: Common Recovery Tools Explained
Appendix A: Sample Business Continuity Plan
Bibliography
Index

  • Chapter 1: 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
      • Recovery of Deleted Objects
      • Single DC Hardware Failure
      • Single DC AD Corruption
      • Site AD Corruption
      • Corporate (Complete) AD Corruption
      • Complete Site Hardware Failure
      • Corporate (Complete) Hardware Failure
    • Summary
  • Chapter 2: Active Directory Design Principles
    • Active Directory Elements
      • The Active Directory Forest
      • The Active Directory Tree
      • Organizational Units and Leaf Objects
      • Active Directory Sites
      • Group Policy Objects
    • 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
      • Naming Standards
        • Username and Service Account Naming
        • Group Policy Naming
      • Design with Scalability in Mind
      • Flexible Single Master Operation Roles (FSMO)
      • Migration from Other Authentication Services
    • Keeping Up-To-Date and Safe
      • Documentation
      • Backups
    • Summary
  • Chapter 3: 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
      • Part One: The Steps for General Implementation
        • Calculate and Analyze
        • Create a Business Continuity Plan
        • Present it to the Management (Part 1 and 2)
        • Define Roles and Responsibilities
        • Train the Staff for DR
        • Test Your DRP Frequently
      • Part Two: Implementing a Disaster Recovery Plan for AD
        • Writing is Not All
        • Ensure that Everyone is Aware of Locations of the DRP
        • Define the Order of Restoration for Different Systems (Root First in Hub Site, then Add One Server etc.)
        • Go back to "Presentation to Management"
    • Summary
  • Chapter 4: Strengthening AD to Increase Resilience
    • Baseline Security
      • Domain Policy
      • Domain Controller Security Policy
    • Securing Your DNS Configuration
      • Secure Updates
      • Split Zone DNS
      • Active Directory Integrated Zones
      • Configuring DNS for Failover
      • DHCP within AD
    • Tight User Controls and Delegation
      • Proper User Delegation
        • Group Full control
        • Group with Less Control
        • Group to Allow Password Resets
    • Central Logging
    • Proper Change Management
    • Virtualization and Lag Sites
      • Resource Assignment
      • Backups and Snapshots
      • Deployment
      • Sites and Services Explained
        • Creating Sites, Subnets, and Site Links
        • Setting Replication Schedules and Costs
        • Cost
        • Scheduling
        • Site Scheduling
        • Link Scheduling
      • Lag Sites and Warm Sites
        • Configuring a Lag Site
        • Creating, Configuring and Using a Warm Site
    • Summary
  • Chapter 5: Active Directory Failure On a Single Domain Controller
    • Problems and Symptoms
      • Symptoms
    • Causes
    • Solution Process
    • Solution Details
      • Verification of Corruption
        • Tools for Verification
      • Sonar
      • Options to Recover and Stop the Spread of Corruption
        • Option One: Restoring AD from a Backup
        • Option Two: Replication
        • Option Three: Rebuild DC with Install from Media
    • Summary
  • Chapter 6: Recovery of a Single Failed Domain Controller
    • Problems and Symptoms
    • Causes
    • Solution Process
    • Solution Details
      • Cleaning of Active Directory before Recovery Starts
        • Active Directory Deletion of Old Domain Controller Records
        • DNS and Graphical Actions Needed to Complete the Process
        • Recovery of the Failed DC
    • Summary
  • Chapter 7: Recovery of Lost or Deleted Users and Objects
    • Problems and Symptoms
    • Causes
    • Solution Process
      • Phantom Objects
      • Tombstones
        • Increase the Tombstone Lifetime
      • Lingering Objects
      • Prerequisites
      • Method One: Recovery of Deleted or Lost Objects with Enhanced NTDSutil
      • Method Two: Recovery of Deleted or Lost Objects with Double Restore
      • Method Three: Recovery of Deleted or Lost Objects Done Manually
      • GPO Recovery
        • Backing Up Using the GPMC
        • Restore Using the GPMC
        • If You do not have the GPMC...
      • Summary
  • Chapter 8: Complete Active Directory Failure
    • Scenario
    • Causes
    • Recovery Process
      • Part One: Restore the First DC of Your Root or Primary Domain
      • Part Two: Restore the First DC in Each of the Remaining Domains
      • Part Three: Enable the DC in the Root Domain to be a Global Catalog
      • Part Four: Recover Additional DCs in the Forest by Installing Active Directory
      • Post Recovery Steps
    • Summary
  • Chapter 10: Common Recovery Tools Explained
    • Software for Your DCs and Administration
      • Windows Support Tools
      • Windows Resource Kit Tools
      • Adminpack for Windows XP/Vista Clients
    • Diagnosing and Troubleshooting Tools
      • DcDiag
      • NetDiag
  • Monitoring with Sonar and Ultrasound
    • Introducing Sonar
    • Introducing Ultrasound
      • Details
      • Alert History
      • Summary and Advanced Tabs
    • Summary
  • Appendix A: Sample Business Continuity Plan
    • Nailcorp Business Continuity Plan
      • PURPOSE
    • Description of the Service
    • SCOPE
    • Responsibilities and Roles
    • OBJECTIVES
      • What we are trying to achieve with this document is:
    • 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
      • Active Directory Service and support personnel
      • Support documentation for the application/service attached to this plan
      • Shared Contacts
    • Damage Assessment Forms
    • GLOSSARY
  • Bibliography
    • Chapter 1
    • Chapter 2
    • Chapter 3
    • Chapter 4
    • Chapter 5
    • Chapter 6
    • Chapter 7
    • Chapter 8
    • Chapter 9
    • Chapter 10
    • Appendix

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