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Windows Server 2003 Backup

Dear experts,

The question is:

If I have a Server 2003 that is patched up to date and has all the necessary software installed, if and one day it completely crashes and I perform ASR recovery (System State) will it reinstall all the software and patches? Or do I actually need to perform a full backup to restore that data?

Thanks in advance,

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hybridrocknroll

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IvanT2006

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Thanks,

But a Full backup should restore 3rd Party Software and everything else?

hybridrocknroll

Yes, what you would do would be to reinstall Server 2003, then reinstall the program you're using to backup the data, and then load it up from that program and it should be exactly how you left it, pre-disaster, haha.

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IvanT2006

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MInvis,

Including 3rd Party? But excluding all user data, right?

minvis

The complete system volume at file level. So also including 3rd party software. All files and software on other partitions/drives is not included in the ASR.

minvis

Also including userdata on the system volume.
So if your system volume is C and your userdata is on D. the userdata will not be part of the ASR. If the system volume is C and your user data is on C, the userdata will be part of the ASR.

IvanT2006

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Hi guys,

last question, can you automate ASR backups. Schedule them to run periodically?
Thanks,

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