Restoring a corrupted database that is preventing an existing AD LDS instance from starting

Membership in the Administrators group, or equivalent, is the minimum required to complete this procedure. Review details about using the appropriate accounts and group memberships at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=83477.

To restore a corrupted database that is preventing the existing AD LDS instance from starting

1. If it is running, stop the AD LDS instance for which data will be restored.
2. Open Backup.
3. On the Action menu, click Recover .
4. Follow the wizard steps to specify the location of the source backup data and to identify the specific backup from which you want to recover instance data.
5. In Select recovery type , click Files and folders , and then click Next.
6. In Select items to recover , browse to and select the folder that contains the instance data files. By default, AD LDS database and log files are located in %ProgramFiles%\Microsoft ADAM\ instancename, where instancename equals the AD LDS instance name.
7. In Specify recovery options , click Original locations and Overwrite existing files with recovered files , and then click Next .
8. To complete the restore, click Finish .
9. After the restore is complete, close Backup.
10. Restart the AD LDS instance.

Additional considerations

• Use the Services snap-in to stop and start an AD LDS instance.
  
• To open Backup, click Start , click Administrative Tools , and then click Backup .
  
• If the AD LDS instance fails to start after you perform this procedure, perform the appropriate procedure for completely restoring an AD LDS instance, depending on whether your AD LDS instance belongs to a configuration set or is unique.
  
• If you accidentally start a restore of an AD LDS instance over a currently running AD LDS instance, we recommend that you immediately restart the computer, stop the AD LDS instance, and then perform the restoration again.