Backing Up and Restoring Failover Clusters

Windows Server 2012 contains a backup program appropriately named Windows Server Backup. Windows Server Backup can be used to back up each cluster node and any cluster disks that are currently online on the local node. Also, the system state of the cluster node can be backed up individually or as part of a complete system backup.

To successfully back up and restore the entire cluster or a single cluster node, the cluster administrator must first understand how to troubleshoot, back up, and restore a standalone Windows Server 2012 system using Windows Server Backup. Some basic and some advanced Windows Backup and Restore topics and procedures are detailed in this book in Chapters 30 and 31, “Backing ...

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