Yournetwork contains an Active Directory domain named contoso.com.
The domain contains a domain controller named DC1 that runs Windows Server 2012 R2.
Youcreate an Active Directory snapshot of DC1 each day.
Youneed to view the contents of an Active Directory snapshot from two days ago.
What should you do first?
A.
Stop the Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS) service.
B.
Run the ntdsutil.exe command.
C.
Run the dsamain.exe command.
D.
Start the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS).
The answer is incorrect. you view snapshots using DSAMAIN.EXE
answer is: C
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753609(v=ws.10).aspx
in your link it’s stated >> You are not required to run the ntdsutil snapshot operation to use Dsamain.exe. You can instead use a backup of the AD DS or AD LDS database or another domain controller or AD LDS server. The ntdsutil snapshot operation simply provides a convenient data input for Dsamain.exe.
to Micro:
The answer is correct. Before you use dsamain.exe , you need to use NTDSUTIL and the question is “what should you do first ?”
You are correct, Luis.
Also, this is a 70-411 question.
70-411 question
Answer: B
First you must mount the snapshot using NTDSUtil, then you would use dsamain.