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In this Ask the Admin, I’ll walk you through the simple procedure of backing up a Windows Server 2012 R2 domain controller using Windows Backup.
Third-party backup solutions are ubiquitous in the enterprise, but Windows Server 2012 R2’s built-in backup program might suffice in some situations. Windows Backup no longer supports backup to tape, so you’ll need a disk available that doesn’t host the operating system files or the Active Directory NTDS database and log files.
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Log on to the domain controller (DC) with a domain admin account and open a PowerShell prompt using the blue icon on the desktop taskbar or from the Start screen.
If you leave the backup wizard open, it will show you whether the backup job completed successfully. Alternatively you can run repadmin /showbackup to see when the last backup of AD completed successfully.
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