Re: SBS Backup-

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Thanks-

1-I made an attempt to do a mock restore using the Backup/Restore Wizard-
Upon selecting the backup.bkf file- It shows the files included via the
backup/restore wizard.

2- The date listed in the backup/restore wizard for each appplicable item
included in the backup.bkf file.



""Jenny wu [MSFT]"" <v-yanniw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> Thanks for using the SBS newsgroup.
>
> From your description, I am not clearly known about what your situation
> is.
> Please kindly help me collect some information to isolate the issue:
>
> 1. How you review your backup file? Do you use some third party tool?
> 2. What is date you mean? The backup time, last modified time or others?
>
> You can refer to the following Microsoft white paper to get more
> information to backup the SBS server box:
>
> Backing Up and Restoring Windows Small Business Server 2003
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/sbs/2003/maintain/bkuprstr.mspx
>
> More information:
>
> In Windows 2003 OS, There are five backup types: copy, daily,
> differential,
> incremental, and normal. We can use them one or several one time to
> schedule our backup strategy to meet our company needs. In the following I
> briefly list the five backup types' feature:
>
> Incremental backup:
> A backup that copies only those files created or changed since the last
> normal or incremental backup. It marks files as having been backed up (in
> other words, the archive attribute is cleared). If you use a combination
> of
> normal and incremental backups to restore your data, you will need to have
> the last normal backup and all incremental backup sets.
>
> Differential backup:
> A backup that copies files created or changed since the last normal or
> incremental backup. It does not mark files as having been backed up (in
> other words, the archive attribute is not cleared). If you are performing
> a
> combination of normal and differential backups, restoring files and
> folders
> requires that you have the last normal as well as the last differential
> backup.
>
> Normal backup:
> A backup that copies all selected files and marks each file as having been
> backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is cleared). With normal
> backups, you need only the most recent copy of the backup file or tape to
> restore all of the files. You usually perform a normal backup the first
> time you create a backup set.
>
> Copy backup:
> A backup that copies all selected files but does not mark each file as
> having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is not
> cleared). Copying is useful if you want to back up files between normal
> and
> incremental backups because copying does not affect these other backup
> operations.
>
> Daily backup:
> A backup that copies all selected files that have been modified the day
> the
> daily backup is performed. The backed-up files are not marked as having
> been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is not cleared).
>
> We can not simply tell which one is best, we need plan backup task
> according to your needs. I suggest that you take look at the following
> articles to see if you can decide which one you can use.
>
> Information regarding to backup:
> Backups on Windows Small Business Server 2003 may use more backup media
> space than expected
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;840754
>
> An incremental backup includes unchanged files and is larger than expected
> in Windows 2000 and in Windows Server 2003
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;833281
>
> Chapter 14 - Data Backup and Recovery
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/windows2000serv/maintain/featus
> ability/c14w2kad.mspx
>
> Hope above information helps! I am happy to be assistance of you and
> looking forward to your reply!
>
> Have a nice day!
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Jenny Wu
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>>Subject: SBS Backup-
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>>I was reviewing our backup file (we backup to file)of the OS drive and
>>system state. I found that the date on the registry files weren't current
>>but the sysvol were. Is this normal or am I not getting a complete system
>>state backup?
>>Thanks
>>
>>
>>
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