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What is a primary restore of SYSVOL? -
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What is a primary restore of SYSVOL?
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A primary restore is intended to recover the initial member of the SYSVOL replica set, only when the entire replica set has been lost. A primary restore should therefore not be used if there are two or more operational domain controllers in the domain. If there are other members in the replica set with which the restored SYSVOL can synchronize, a primary restore should not be performed, as it disrupts the replication of SYSVOL data.
For more information about primary restore, see the Microsoft article "Authoritative, primary, and normal restores" at:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/ntbackup_authoritative_restore.mspx