change windows 2008 active directory database location

ntdsutil
activate instance ntds
files
info ( to check where the DB files are located )

create directory’s for the DB and log files
mkdir d:\NTDS-Dbase
mkdir d:\NTDS-Logs

ntdsutil
activate instance ntds
files
move db to d:\NTDS-Dbase
movelogs to d:\NTDS-Logs

afterwards create a new backup of your system so that the DB and log files are pointing to the correct location when performing a restore action.

jeffrey says:

04/04/2012 at 08:17

Hi, i entered this into notepad and nothing happened. please help
Angelo Schalley says:

04/04/2012 at 13:16

Hello Jeffrey, you have to enter this in a administrator enable command box. search for CMD en shift right-click it to run as adminstrator
Stephen says:

15/02/2013 at 12:19

Hi there – this was great info. Just a couple of things that I found.

Had to “NET STOP NTDS” first

and the final command was

move logs to d:\ntds-logs

But really helped me out of a jam. Thanks