Re: Backup feature...How do I....

From: Les Connor [SBS MVP] (les.connor_at_DEL.cfive.ca)
Date: 07/14/04 

Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2004 14:48:38 -0500

You can see what is physically on the tape by starting NTbackup and going
through the motions of a restore operation. That will allow you to browse
the tape and see what is on it.

SBSbackup by default backs up everything. 

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Les Connor [SBS MVP]
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"Kevin Weilbacher" <kweilbacMVP@gte.net> wrote in message
news:%23Gu9ZqdaEHA.752@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> The daily log file will tell you in summary what's been backed up, but not
> file by file. To see what you've selected to be backed up, go back into
> NTBackup and review what you selected.
>
> Also, I would recommend that once a month you pull a random tape, and do a
> restore on a signel file to verify that (a) your backups are readable, and
> (b) restorable.  What I will do is to select a static file, rename it,
then
> restore it from tape, and then compare the two files to make sure they
match
> exactly.
>
> -- 
> Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
> "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>
>
>
> "Robert Powers" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:2d7b301c469d4$7ff2d360$a301280a@phx.gbl...
> > I'm using MSWindows Small Business Server 2003 with its
> > internal backup utlity. The scheduled backups that I've
> > created are to my knowledge running successfully. My
> > question is how do I view what is backed up? I'd like to
> > see physically what is backed up. The directories and
> > files I've selected for backup.
> >
> > Any information is appreciated.
> >
> > RjP
>
>

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