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If you keep backups onsite and you are worried about PEOPLE getting to them, I would be a LOT more worried about FIRE and FLOOD getting to them!<br />
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If your servers are destroyed by physical damage, you need a way to get your company back on its feet with the tapes that were not destroyed by the same physical damage...
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If you keep backups onsite and you are worried about PEOPLE getting to them, I would be a LOT more worried about FIRE and FLOOD getting to them!

If your servers are destroyed by physical damage, you need a way to get your company back on its feet with the tapes that were not destroyed by the same physical damage...

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I use W2K Removable Storage System and ntbackup to perform weekly full backups (unmanaged) and daily differential backups (managed) on 2 separate tapes (per week).<br />
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I create full backups using the unmanaged method with ntbackup. If my W2K server died, am I able to restore from these tapes to a completely new box. I have always imagined I would be able to do so, but if I can, then this also poses a security risk, and, therefore anyone who got hold of one of our backup tapes could theoretically restore all our data to their own system? I have a feeling that the tapes may not be recognized on a new system (without restoring the remote storage database from the old system).<br />
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What is the best way to ensure I can restore our full system to new hardware?<br />
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Graham
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I use W2K Removable Storage System and ntbackup to perform weekly full backups (unmanaged) and daily differential backups (managed) on 2 separate tapes (per week).

I create full backups using the unmanaged method with ntbackup. If my W2K server died, am I able to restore from these tapes to a completely new box. I have always imagined I would be able to do so, but if I can, then this also poses a security risk, and, therefore anyone who got hold of one of our backup tapes could theoretically restore all our data to their own system? I have a feeling that the tapes may not be recognized on a new system (without restoring the remote storage database from the old system).

What is the best way to ensure I can restore our full system to new hardware?

Graham

Removable Storage Security Info (ntbackup)

Windows 2000 is an operating system for use on both client and server computers. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the last version of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation. Four editions of Windows 2000 were released (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server) that shared a core set of features, including many system utilities such as the Microsoft Management Console. All versions of the operating system support NTFS 3.0, Encrypting File System, as well as basic and dynamic disk storage. The Windows 2000 Server family includes support for Active Directory services, Distributed File System and fault-redundant storage volumes.