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        Backup Latency Threshold In Windows Server 2003 With SP1

Section(s): Active Directory , Active Directory , Active Directory
Published on Mar 25, 2009.
Last Modified on Nov 28, 2008.
Last Modified by Nirmal Sharma.
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This article explains how you can use a registry entry to display a warning message if a Naming Partition is not backed up for many days.

This article explains how you can use a registry entry show that it displays a warning message if a Naming Partition is not backed up for many days. This functionality is new to Windows Server 2003 forest created with SP1. The Windows Server 2003 will report if any Naming Partition is not backed up within the specified days.

The registry entry to configure this feature is located at the following location:

Key: HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters
Type: REG_DWORD
Entry: Backup Latency Threshold (days)

Enabling and specifying some values in the above registry will enable you to monitor your Active Directrory environment for backups. An event ID will be logged if the Naming Partition is not backed up within the specified days configured in above registry entry. Event ID is 2089.

About Nirmal Sharma

Nirmal is a Microsoft MVP in Directory Services and working as a Technical Architect/Consultant. He has been involved in Microsoft Technologies since 1994 and followed the progression of Microsoft Operating Systems and software. He is specialized in Directory Services, Microsoft Clustering, SQL, MOM, Exchange and Citrix. In his spare time, he likes to help others and write "internal" technical articles, white papers and tips on various Microsoft technologies. You can contact him at nirmal_sharma@mvps.org.