Dsdbutil Command In Windows Server 2008
This article describes how to use Dsdbutil command in Windows Server 2008 operating system.
Introduction
Dsdbutil command in Windows Server 2008 operating system is used to performs database maintenance of the active directory domain services store, facilitates configuration of active directory lightweight directory services communication ports and views AD LDS instances that are installed on a computer. Some of the commands used in Dsdbutil is given below.
Commands Of Dsdbutil
| Command |
Short Form |
Description |
| Activate Instance %s |
ac i %s |
Sets NTDS or a specific AD LDS instance as the active instance. |
| Authoritative Restore |
au r |
Authoritatively restores the Active Directory database or AD LDS instance. |
| Change Service Account %s1 |
- |
Changes an AD DS and AD LDS service account to user name %s1 and password %s2. |
| Files |
f |
Manages AD DS and AD LDS database files. |
| Ifm |
i |
Creates installation media for writable and read-only domain controllers and instances of AD LDS. |
| LDAP port %d |
- |
Configures a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) port for an AD LDS instance. |
| List Instances |
li i |
Lists all AD LDS instances that are installed on this computer. |
| Popups off |
po off |
Disables popups. |
| Popups on |
po on |
Enables popups. |
| Semantic Database analysis |
sem d a |
Checks semantics |
| Snapshot |
sn |
Manages snapshot. |
| ? |
- |
Displays help at the command prompt. |
| Help |
- |
Displays help at the command prompt. |
| Quit |
- |
Quits this command. |
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