JSI Tip 7979. You cannot use ASR to perform an authoritative primary restore on the first Windows Server 2003 domain controller in a domain?

In tip 7978, I described how to perform an Automated System Recovery.

NOTE: You can use NTBackup to perform an authoritative primary restore on a new Windows Server 2003 that is the first domain controller in a domain.

The subject problem occurs because the Sysvol folder cannot be restored authoritatively when you use ASR to perform an authoritative primary restore on a new Microsoft Windows Server 2003 computer that is the first domain controller in a domain.

To workaround this behavior:

1. Run FixASR.bat, which contains:

@echo offnet stop ntfrs@echo REGEDIT4>"%TEMP%BurFlags.reg"@echo.>>"%TEMP%BurFlags.reg"@echo [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESYSTEMCurrentControlSetServicesNtFrsParametersBackup/RestoreProcess at Startup]>>"%TEMP%BurFlags.reg"@echo "BurFlags"=dword:000000d4>>"%TEMP%BurFlags.reg"@echo.>>"%TEMP%BurFlags.reg"@echo.>>"%TEMP%BurFlags.reg"regedit /s "%TEMP%BurFlags.reg"del /q "%TEMP%BurFlags.reg"move "%SystemRoot%sysvolsysvol%USERDNSDOMAIN%NtFrs_PreExisting*.*" "%SystemRoot%sysvolsysvol%USERDNSDOMAIN%"net start ntfrsexit /b 0

2. Shutdown Windows Server 2003.

3. Perform an authoritative primary restore on the Windows Server 2003 domain controller using ASR.

NOTE: See BurFlags.