Operating System
Windows server 2008
Scenario
To Back up and restore the Group Policy Objects in Windows Server 2008
Solution
For backing up follow the below steps one by one.
Log on to a domain controller or a member computer that has Windows Server 2008. Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Group Policy Management.
In the console tree, navigate to the domain that contains the GPO or starter GPO you want to back up.
If you want to back up all GPOs, right-click the Group Policy Objects node and then select Back Up All. If you want to back up all starter GPOs, right-click the Starter GPOs node and then select Back Up All. If you want to back up a single GPO, select the Group Policy Objects node. Ifyou want to back up a single starter GPO, select the Starter GPOs node. Right-click the GPO you want to back up, and select Backup.
On the Back Up Group Policy Object window, shown in the figure below type or browse to a location to which you want to store the backup in the Location field, enter a description for the backup, and click Back Up.
Verify that the backup progress bar shows that it succeeded, as shown in Figure and click OK.
For restoring Group Policy Objects follow the step by step procedure
Log on to a domain controller or a member computer that has Windows Server2008. Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Group Policy Management. In the console tree, navigate to the domain that contains the GPO or starter GPO you want to restore.
If you want to restore a GPO, select the Group Policy Objects node. If you want o restore a starter GPO, select the Starter GPOs node. Right-click the GPO you want to restore, and select Restore from Backup.
Click Next.
On the Backup Location page, shown in Figure below, type or browse to the location of the backup files.
On the Source GPO page, shown in Figure 9.16, select the GPO or starter GPO you want to restore and click Next.
On the Completing the Restore Group Policy Object Wizard page, shown in Figure click Finish.
Verify that the restore progress bar shows it succeeded, as shown in figure then click OK.
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Content was taken from: "Book - Active Directory Domain Services 2008 How-To (chap. 9, page 338)"
Published by John Policelli (SAMS) on 2009
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