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Published inJul 2016
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David Steadman
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David Steadman

David Steadman has been an IT industry influencer and dedicated husband for more than 17 years. He has held prestigious positions at some of the world's most innovative technology companies, including his service as a senior escalation engineer within the identity platform at, possibly, the most famous tech company on the planet, Microsoft. He is an entrepreneur, active learner, and a man constantly looking to develop and expand new skills in order to leverage the technology of the future. When not at his job, David enjoys family time and coaching soccer.
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Jeff Ingalls

Jeff Ingalls is a husband, father, and cancer-surviving dyslexic who works out of his Ohio home office in identity and access management. Jeff has been working with Microsoft technologies for over 20 years and with the Microsoft identity software since its conception in 2003. He has provided solutions to various private and public sectors including automotive, DoD, education, health and services, small businesses, and state and local government. He enjoys learning, teaching, and learning some more. Jeff has a graduate degree in information technology and an undergraduate degree in mathematics. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, and reading non-fiction. You can reach him at jeff@ingallsdesigns.com.
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Restoring the MIM synchronization DB


A backup of the SQL database will include the schema, Management Agents, and even the rules extensions (they are stored as binary blobs in the database), but it can be handy to have just the Management Agents and Metaverse configuration saved and backed up separately. You do not need to stop the MIM Synchronization service before performing the backup, but you should verify no Management Agents are running because a running Management Agent means data is being processed.

The most common restore problem with the MIM Synchronization service database is a lost encryption key. If you need to restore the database without providing the encryption key, you will lose all MA connection settings and will have to reconfigure them. Re-entering service account passwords and clicking on Next a few times may seem a minor thing, but keep in mind that you will lose any initial passwords of users that are in the process of being provisioned. If you look at the pending exports...

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Published in: Jul 2016Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781785283925

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David Steadman

David Steadman has been an IT industry influencer and dedicated husband for more than 17 years. He has held prestigious positions at some of the world's most innovative technology companies, including his service as a senior escalation engineer within the identity platform at, possibly, the most famous tech company on the planet, Microsoft. He is an entrepreneur, active learner, and a man constantly looking to develop and expand new skills in order to leverage the technology of the future. When not at his job, David enjoys family time and coaching soccer.
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Jeff Ingalls

Jeff Ingalls is a husband, father, and cancer-surviving dyslexic who works out of his Ohio home office in identity and access management. Jeff has been working with Microsoft technologies for over 20 years and with the Microsoft identity software since its conception in 2003. He has provided solutions to various private and public sectors including automotive, DoD, education, health and services, small businesses, and state and local government. He enjoys learning, teaching, and learning some more. Jeff has a graduate degree in information technology and an undergraduate degree in mathematics. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his family, cooking, and reading non-fiction. You can reach him at jeff@ingallsdesigns.com.
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