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Windows Server Backup
Is the built in Windows server backup enough?
I am asking this because one time I had a failure. The DC died from a bad update and I tried to restore from a backup and it failed. Over and over again, eventually I realized the external drive I was backing up to was going bad. I was able to retrieve the files, re-install sbs 2008, setup the domain and move the files back. This was a real pain, especially getting all of the mailboxes back to where they needed to be. Also some of the mailboxes were corrupt. I actually never fully recovered SharePoint, that was the only thing I really lost.
So is there a better way to backup the system state, all of the redirected files, exchange and sharepoint. Every single backup claimed it completed successfully and there were 200+ available points to recover from but none worked. How do I detect this failure before it happens in the future and replace the external?
Because of this, I am paranoid and run a full backup before I run any system updates.
I am asking this because one time I had a failure. The DC died from a bad update and I tried to restore from a backup and it failed. Over and over again, eventually I realized the external drive I was backing up to was going bad. I was able to retrieve the files, re-install sbs 2008, setup the domain and move the files back. This was a real pain, especially getting all of the mailboxes back to where they needed to be. Also some of the mailboxes were corrupt. I actually never fully recovered SharePoint, that was the only thing I really lost.
So is there a better way to backup the system state, all of the redirected files, exchange and sharepoint. Every single backup claimed it completed successfully and there were 200+ available points to recover from but none worked. How do I detect this failure before it happens in the future and replace the external?
Because of this, I am paranoid and run a full backup before I run any system updates.
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NO... Windows backup is not sufficient
if Server is Critical, and if that goes down and hamper production hours then you have to go for third party backups tool.
Most Of the third party backups tools are disk base backup.. so if server goes down (hardware failure) and you want to restore data on the new server then that can be easily done by Bare metal recovery.
Also some of the backups tools are offering granular recovery options .. so from backup you can easily restore mailbox , sharepoint .. or sql data.. without creating new or test server.
if Server is Critical, and if that goes down and hamper production hours then you have to go for third party backups tool.
Most Of the third party backups tools are disk base backup.. so if server goes down (hardware failure) and you want to restore data on the new server then that can be easily done by Bare metal recovery.
Also some of the backups tools are offering granular recovery options .. so from backup you can easily restore mailbox , sharepoint .. or sql data.. without creating new or test server.
no its not sufficient
use Acronis backup with an add-on called universal restore
with the help of it you can deploy image of one server to another with entirely different hardware specs
its reliable and restoring image doesn't take much time, you can even deploy it to any workstation as well
use Acronis backup with an add-on called universal restore
with the help of it you can deploy image of one server to another with entirely different hardware specs
its reliable and restoring image doesn't take much time, you can even deploy it to any workstation as well
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Very indepth, thank you for the advice :) Time to write a DR Plan.
MO