Re: restore backup on new server, or what?

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In news:466538C7-48FF-4E92-88F4-C41644EF694F@xxxxxxxxxxxxx,
Ian B <ianb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> typed:
The server has fallen over twice in the last 24 hours without warning
and no evidence for how/why in the logs.

That's a hardware problem, fer sure.


This raises new questions in my catastrophe plan.

We have a strong back-up policy and should be able readily to access
the full backup file.

I am delighted to hear that. :)

I would like to be able to extract some key
files (eg accounting program/customer database) very rapidly onto a
temporary (XP pro) machine to keep the business running whilst a full
replacement server is acquired and the software reinstalled
(presumably followed by a swing transfer, but that's a question for
later).

You should be able to do a restore from your backups, if they are truly full
backups of everything. But yes, that's for later.

Without installing the full SBS2003 on a 'mule', what
software can I use on an XP machine to extract these files? Do I
need to extract files from the SBS2003 disk, if so which, or will the
native restore back-up programs on XP work?



Ian Bowers

Getting the raw files out of your backup shouldn't be that big a deal, as
the built-in NTBackup in Windows XP ought to be able to read a .bkf file or
tape backup made in W2003, and you ought to be able to do a selective
restore of the files you wish - but if this is a database program, that may
be another story. Much depends on that, I'm afraid.



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