Re: Backing up SBS 2003
- From: <wedor>
- Date: Sun, 1 May 2005 09:05:39 -0500
I have used imaging software to restore servers in the past but I am
becoming less convinced that it is a viable alternative.
If you restore from image you get the server back in "exactly" the same
shape it was in when the image was made, if there was anything wrong with
the OS or other related software then those problems are restored as well.
Using a method that requires the OS install first and then the restoration
of the balance appears to have the ability to correct any possible OS
corruption issues.
I had a server where the RAID controller failed, twice, I was able to
completely restore from an image but there were problems related to the
failure that "came along for the ride", the server never did run correctly
after this problem.
Only a complete re-install finally fixed all of the issues that developed
from the original problem.
I still use imaging software (Acronis only, v2i sucks) to some degree but
not as a primary back-up option. I use the imaging software(very nice for
quick partial restorations) to make a local back-up to a separate drive and
then use either the built-in back-up or third party program (Dantz
Retrospect is my current favorite) to create an offsite solution (I use Sony
AIT drives).
"Adam" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4263f27a$0$579$ed2e19e4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 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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