> > Is it possible to restore just the registry without restoring the entire > > backup? > > To restore the hives you'd have to boot a different Windows install with > the Bacula agent running and the disks for the win2k3 server attached. > You can't restore onto the 2k3 machine's registry hivesbecause they're > read-only to applications while the OS is using them. You *may* be able > to restore them to an alternate location on the running server's disks, > then reboot into the recovery console and move them into place, though.
Actually you'd just need to write a little app that made a call to RegReplaceKey (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms724913%28VS.85%29.aspx). Interestingly the documentation regarding VSS restore of the registry says you should use MoveFileEx with a parameter of MOVEFILE_DELAY_UNTIL_REBOOT to replace the registry hive with the restored file, but if you do that your system blows up, so don't do that :) James ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
