Вот нашел такое средство с восстановлением без шаманства. Кто пробовал?
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There is a new function Novell added to DSREPAIR for DS version 8.6 and above. You have always been able to create an archive of DS using the -RC switch in DSREPAIR or by using the menu option in Advaced Options Menu. This created a backup file named 00000000.$DU, by defualt it is stored in SYS:SYSTEM\DSR_DIB, but you can specify an alternat location if you wish.
Since this does not lock NDS or disable DS, you can do this during normal business hours. Be sure the server you do this from has at least a Read Write replica of ALL partitions. If the server you want to use to obtain a copy of your NDS database does not, then add them for the porpose of this backup.
Move the file to alternate storage and place it onto a test server. Configuration of this test server does not matter. What ever is in DS will get wiped out when you restore the backup. Do ensure the configuration of the server is close to what you have in production.
Внимательно читаем отсюда:
There is a switch avilable for DSREPAIR to restore this DIB set to your test server, however it is unsupported by Novell Inc. Since this option would allow a person to destroy their tree, and I recently found out it was an option unpublished and held under NDA. To obtain further information on the context and usage of this switch, please contact Novell Technical Services or your local Novell Platinum Partner.
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After talking to many Novell sales reps, support engineers, consultants and developers, there really is no problem with me giving out this information. I just need to let you all know, if you break your network using this in production, it is no bodies fault but your own. Any independent or directly employed Novell consutlant will charge you full rates to fix your network if you use the following information in a production enviroment.
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а вот самое главное начинается здесь:
On your test server that is now on it own isolated network that has no physical or logical connetion to the production network, load up DSREPAIR using a switch -$DU. Go to Advanced menu options and choose NDS Archive Options. You will now see more options than you have seen before in this menu item. You can either Restore NDS from archive with or without verification. I normally choose without verification to just get the job done. The system will then go through the process of replacing the current DS with the one you brought over from your production enviroment. Once it is done and you have verified DS database is open, reboot your server. If your DS database won't open, it is easier to just start over and try to import the archive again.
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