Win IT Chapter 1: Windows OS:
Chapter 1: Windows OS
Tips and tactics for pain-free backup of your OS data and system state information. The categories of Backup Basics, Server Backup and Desktop Backup include tips on running System Restore from the XP Recovery Console, backup scripting, and new backup features in Windows Server 2003 Volume Shadow Copy Service.
Backup Basics:
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Like life, the best things in backup are 'free'
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Tip - Here's how to tell whether server-free backup, LAN-free backup or SAN-free backup is best for you.
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| 22 Feb 2006
Article - For all network administrators, finding a solid data backup and recovery plan is essential. Here are 11 basic backup terms that every administrator needs to know.
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Troubleshooting backups: Tape compression
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Tip - Although nearly all backup utilities and most tape drives offer the ability to compress data "up to 50 percent" when storing it, that percentage is almost never achieved in the real world. Here are the reasons why, and what you can do about it.
Desktop Backup:
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Like life, the best things in backup are 'free'
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Tip - Here's how to tell whether server-free backup, LAN-free backup or SAN-free backup is best for you.
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Freeware offers backup solutions across a network
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Tip - A new open source program called Bacula allows administrators to manage backup and recovery, and also verify computer data across a network of computers.
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Troubleshooting backups: Tape compression
(presented by SearchWindowsServer.com)
Tip - Although nearly all backup utilities and most tape drives offer the ability to compress data "up to 50 percent" when storing it, that percentage is almost never achieved in the real world. Here are the reasons why, and what you can do about it.
Server Backup:
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Automating backups, Part 4: The trick to scripting
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Tip - This four-part series on automating backups by scripting concludes by showing how to put the GUID extracted from the Removable Storage Manager in a format so the NTBACKUP command in Windows Server 2003 can use it.
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Checklist: What to do when your server crashes
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Tip - If your server crashes you need to get it back online as quickly as possible. This checklist will help you do just that.
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LUN masking makes for fast data recovery
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Tip - Windows Server 2003's Volume Shadow Copy Service can manipulate LUNs, allowing you to "remove" the damaged copy from the server and transport in the backup snapshot.