Re: Backing up SBS 2003

Hi Frank

OK, so what you're saying is that you only have to get part of the way with
installing the OS and it really doesn't take very long?

In that case, I'm sure that's something I could live with.

But what about creating a drive image with something like the Acronis
product? Is that a viable alternative (which would have the advantage that
you don't even need to start installing the operating system), or are there
problems with going down that route?

Many thanks

Adam


"Frank McCallister SBS MVP" <anonymous> wrote in message
news:OGFKZBBRFHA.3868@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Adam
>
> Perhaps you misunderstand reinstall the OS. On a Controller card crash on
> my Church server after the hardware was repared I inserted CD1 and 1:15
> later the system was restored and and rebooting to the restored data. you
> only need to Install the OS portion of SBS and stop the Install on first
> reboot and run NTBackup Restore IF you have a FULL backup. That is why on
> Small Business I always run a full backup every night. You can restore
> much faster that way.
>
> --
> Frank McCallister SBS MVP
> COMPUMAC
> "Adam" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4263685a$0$580$ed2e19e4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hi Lee
>>
>> Many thanks for those suggestions. Actually I did think of using the
>> built in SBS backup, but I don't like this idea for two reasons. First,
>> it won't believe that my server has a tape drive attached. Now I guess
>> that's probably something that could be solved if I spend enough time
>> troubleshooting it, but the great thing about the Tapeware software is
>> that it is already perfectly happy to talk to my tape drive. The second
>> reason is that if I've correctly understood the document that you
>> provided the link to, you have to re-install the operating system before
>> you can restore everything else from the backup. While that would be OK,
>> it would obviously be far better if I could create a backup that would
>> just restore everything in one go.
>>
>> Any thoughts?
>>
>> Many thanks
>>
>> Adam
>>
>>
>> ""Lee Li[MSFT]"" <leelili@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:hH0tC37QFHA.1440@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Dear Adam,
>>>
>>> Thank you for posting and thank Frank very much to share his experience
>>> with us.
>>> Frank is correct, we do not know how the "Yosemite Technologies
>>> Tapeware"
>>> is designed.
>>> However in Windows/SBS server 2003, we had a component called "Volume
>>> Shadow Copy Service" can help us to resolve the issue like this.
>>>
>>> The Volume Shadow Copy Service provides the backup infrastructure for
>>> the
>>> Microsoft Windows XP and Microsoft Windows Server 2003 operating
>>> systems,
>>> as well as a mechanism for creating consistent point-in-time copies of
>>> data
>>> known as shadow copies. The Volume Shadow Copy Service can produce
>>> consistent shadow copies by coordinating with business applications,
>>> file-system services, backup applications, fast-recovery solutions, and
>>> storage hardware.
>>>
>>> You had got error on some files because Windows is using these files and
>>> cannot be accessed by yourbackup application.
>>> If the "Yosemite Technologies Tapeware" will not support the "Volume
>>> Shadow
>>> Copy Service", usually yuo will get the issue like this.
>>> You can contact the manufacture of the "Yosemite Technologies Tapeware"
>>> to
>>> have a futher check,
>>>
>>> I would like to recommned you to use the built-in backup utility in SBS
>>> which fully supports "Volume Shadow Copy Service"
>>> You can take a look at the following URL for more information:
>>> http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/8/bd8e1a40-d202-429a-8eb7-26300d6
>>> 2bcc9/BKU_BkupRstr.doc
>>>
>>> Hope the above information helps. Have a nice day!
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> Lee Li
>>> Microsoft Online Partner Support
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