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Dear Experts,<br />
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I own a small company and currently using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 as the company server where 25 users are connected. On that server i have Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (each user is a client), and a custom made &quot;ERP Solution&quot; software which operates using SQL.<br />
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I'm currently backing up all the server files on an external hard disk, however my main concern is if the server as a whole was damaged. I would have to re-install server 2008, sql 2008, symantec, the ERP software all over again and then go through the hassle of creating users and authorizations...etc.<br />
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Therefore i would like to know what i can do to backup the entire server as it is. If something drastic happened, i wanna be able to restore the entire server on another server exactly the way it was as if nothing happened..to avoid downtime. Any recommendations?
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Dear Experts,

I own a small company and currently using Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 as the company server where 25 users are connected. On that server i have Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (each user is a client), and a custom made "ERP Solution" software which operates using SQL.

I'm currently backing up all the server files on an external hard disk, however my main concern is if the server as a whole was damaged. I would have to re-install server 2008, sql 2008, symantec, the ERP software all over again and then go through the hassle of creating users and authorizations...etc.

Therefore i would like to know what i can do to backup the entire server as it is. If something drastic happened, i wanna be able to restore the entire server on another server exactly the way it was as if nothing happened..to avoid downtime. Any recommendations?

What is the best way to completely backup my server?

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