Software for Your DCs and Administration
Although the software packages installed on the DCs used within this book might not be a specific recovery step in the true sense, when you are hard-pressed for time you don't want to start looking for tools and programs; you want to have them installed and ready to work on, anywhere you need.
There are many tools we use within this book. Instead of copying the specific executables to your DCs, it is much easier to install the toolkits as part of the deployment when you install a DC.
Windows Support Tools
For both Windows 2000 and Windows 2003, the support tools package is a must-have. This is included on the installation CD under Support/Tools, as shown in the following screenshot, which shows the contents of a 64-bit installation CD. The location of Windows 2003 Small Business Server Support Tools is on CD 2 of the SDS CD set.
As you can see, what Microsoft considers the most essential tools, namely DcDiag.exe and Repadmin.exe, are available as...
