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Windows 2008 R2 's Bare Metal backup / recovery
I would like to know more about Windows 2008 R2 's Bare Metal backup / recovery:
Q1:
What's the resultant image file extension? For Acronis, it's .tib, for
Norton Ghost it's .gho (or .ghs if it's multiple image files that are created).
Q2:
Can I specify a shared drive (or a remote ftp server or sftp server) to store
this image file?
Q3:
For the purpose of bare metal restore / recovery, do I need to boot up from
a boot CD/media? Is this boot CD created by Win 2008 R2's bare metal
backup or we can write into an .iso file & then use a burner (say Nero)
to burn it into a bootable CD?
Q4:
Can Win 2008 R2's bare metal backup take online backup or backup 'locked'
or 'open' files ie while the server is up with applications being launched,
can a good bare metal backup be taken? What if the server is hosting an
SQL database, can a good backup be taken & when restoring later, the SQL
DB will be restored properly?
Q5:
Is there a feature for incremental / differential bare metal backup ie backup
only files that have changed since the last 'full bare metal backup' ?
Q1:
What's the resultant image file extension? For Acronis, it's .tib, for
Norton Ghost it's .gho (or .ghs if it's multiple image files that are created).
Q2:
Can I specify a shared drive (or a remote ftp server or sftp server) to store
this image file?
Q3:
For the purpose of bare metal restore / recovery, do I need to boot up from
a boot CD/media? Is this boot CD created by Win 2008 R2's bare metal
backup or we can write into an .iso file & then use a burner (say Nero)
to burn it into a bootable CD?
Q4:
Can Win 2008 R2's bare metal backup take online backup or backup 'locked'
or 'open' files ie while the server is up with applications being launched,
can a good bare metal backup be taken? What if the server is hosting an
SQL database, can a good backup be taken & when restoring later, the SQL
DB will be restored properly?
Q5:
Is there a feature for incremental / differential bare metal backup ie backup
only files that have changed since the last 'full bare metal backup' ?
Microsoft Legacy OSWindows Server 2008Storage SoftwareAcronis
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Gee, thanks for the excellent responses.
In my guest OS Win 2008 Enterprise R2, I don't see this bare metal
backup feature (I followed a book step by step) : refer to the
attached screen. I have not activated the Windows licence/keys,
is this the reason the feature is not there?
Is there any way to run bare metal backup via command line?
(without specifying from Windows GUI)
In my guest OS Win 2008 Enterprise R2, I don't see this bare metal
backup feature (I followed a book step by step) : refer to the
attached screen. I have not activated the Windows licence/keys,
is this the reason the feature is not there?
Is there any way to run bare metal backup via command line?
(without specifying from Windows GUI)
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In my guest OS Win 2008 Enterprise R2, I don't see this bare metal
backup feature (I followed a book step by step) : refer to the
attached screen. I have not activated the Windows licence/keys,
is this the reason the feature is not there?
Is there any way to run bare metal backup via command line?
(without specifying from Windows GUI)
BaremetalBkScheduleMissg.png