How To Move Active Directory Database Windows Server 2012

This article will show you how to move the Active Directory Database to a new location.

First Stop Active Directory Services service



Next open the cmd line tool and type:

ntdsutil


Type:

activate instance ntds


Type:

Files


In this line type the new location of the database:

In my case the new location will be C:\NTDS

The full line will look like this (there is no need to create the folder)

move db to C:\NTDS



Restart the Active Directory Services and restart the sever.


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