Backing up a Windows AD DC with samba-tool

Peter Milesson via samba <[email protected]> Sun, 5 Apr 2026 20:32:21 +0200
Newsgroups gmane.network.samba.general
Organization Jaroslav Cankaƙ a syn ATMOS
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi folks,

Is it possible to back up a Windows 2022 AD DC with samba-tool? And how 
could I restore it, if it's possible?

Running "sudo samba-tool domain backup online --targetdir=/home/<some 
user>/<backupdir> --server=DC1.mydomain.talps -UAdministrator" gives me 
2 compressed archives, one with the domain data, and one with sysvol 
information.

The reason I ask is, that backing up the domain of a AD DC under Windows 
take ages, while the Samba version finishes within a few seconds.

Best regards,

Peter


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