Non-Authoritative Versus Authoritative Restore

LiveVault Online Backup Service restores Windows 2000/2003 System State in non-authoritative mode by default. Use this default mode if you are restoring a Windows 2000 computer that is:

• Not a domain controller.

• Your only domain controller.

• One of multiple domain controllers in your network, but following the restore, you want the restored System State data (such as Active Directory Service) to be updated with newer data replicated from your other replicating domain controllers.

However, you may need to instead restore System State in authoritative mode. Use authoritative mode if you have multiple domain controllers and you need the restored System State data (such as Active Directory Service) to be replicated to your other domain controllers. For example, you may need to perform an authoritative restore if your replicated Active Directory objects were mistakenly deleted or modified and you want to restore them and have them replicated to your other domain controllers.

For more information about non-authoritative and authoritative modes, refer to your Windows 2000 documentation.

Related Information

Understanding System State/Registry Restore
Restoring a Windows 2000 System State