Chapter 17. Basics of Data Backup and Restore

Every server will fail. Sooner or later, some emergency, natural event, fire, or simple accident will make the data on the server unavailable. Are you ready to recover? The recovery techniques described in this chapter for recovering data, services, and servers, as well as the more mundane restoration of files, require some preparation before recovery is possible. This chapter covers the basics of native Windows Server 2003 backup and recovery processes, including the following:

  • Ntbackup, the Windows backup and restore application supplied for use in ordinary backups and for backing up system state data.

  • Automated Systems Recovery, a tool that makes a backup of the system drive and saves configuration ...

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