Backing Up Active Directory on a Windows Server 2003 domain

• You must be a member of administrator or Backup Operator group to initiate the Active Directory backup on a Domain Controller running on Windows Server 2003.


• When you backup Active Directory using Backup Or Restore wizard, the wizard automatically backs up all the system components and all the distributed services that Active Directory requires. Collectively, these components and services are known as system state data.


• System state data backup is only possible in local server, not on a remote server.