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Can you restore from a Windows NT Backup to a different server without too much trouble?

For disaster recovery purposes, can the windows nt backup be relied upon? Say the server being backed up failed and was replaced with an entirely different brand of server/different hardware. What problems could I potentially run into? This server hosts AD and is our file server. Not sure how much difficulty I would have working with these backups and restoring to a new server. Any feedback is appreciated.

Joseph Daly

Restoring a full system backup to non like hardware will more than likely cause some issues with the HAL and may or may not work. If the systems are fairly close in make and model just different generation you might be able to get away with it.

However if you are trying to restore say a dell server to an HP server I would say you have a good fight on your hands.

HyperAdvisor

it depends on the server, if you are replacing generations, chipsets, processor manufacturers then you could have all sorts of problems

Better to setup a new server as a second DC and restore the data only to it

You could use a desktop for the second DC if budget is tight

J C

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So safely recovering system state is a no go. Is it possible to recover data to a server that is not the original? Does windows allow you to take a selective nt backup and restore from and to a different server?

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