Windows sbs 2003 restore system state

Search instead for. Did you mean:. Sign In. Go to solution. Hello, We are selling Backup Exec to all of our customers that needs backup, and it seem to have been working very well all the way back to version 9.

Even tho, we have not done many restore jobs, so we don't have much experience with that. Recently our own server crashed, a Windows SBS server, and we was unable to restore our Exchange data we had to restore by.

I have never had much experience with Backup Exec. So I have been playing around with Backup Exec in a lab enviroment, and I have taken backups and restored. I know how it works a little better now, but still I lack a Symantec-verified way of taking backup or restoring. What do I need to take backup of to have a full backup that can be fully restored later?

Any Windows-files that are required? What do I need if I want to restore to new hardware what if the server burns up? What is best practises on IDR? I've heard that it fails pretty often. Is it normal to have a IDR-disc, just in case? Should I usually test this disc and actually do a fully restore before I conclude that it actually works? Any guides, tutorials or articles are welcome.

I have already done some research on google, but never got the facts verified. Labels: Labels: All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic. Accepted Solutions. CraigV Level 6. Partner VIP Accredited. Anyone that can help me out here? This prevents you from redirecting a restore to another server verified by Symantec with 1 of the issues I had!

All cabling has been checked on the old drives, but they just buzz and click a few times, then stop spinning, even in another computer, or just powered up with the data cable. It's that system state won't restore. I found other articles referencing the error, and the fix was "match service pack level" of original system, which I have done already.

This recovery is supposed to be easy Not so! Walk away from ANY client who won't spend money. I have a wild hair you know where and it wants to know if overwriting the NTDS. DIT file, after making a copy, would restore the accounts. If not, it's not a big deal. That hair is just curious. I have seend that that. I was able to use the restored backup, minus the domain, by re-creating the domain with same server name, domain name, etc.

We got the needed programs running. Thank you for helping! COM and Boot. The secret of getting this floppy to boot the server is understanding Boot. If you have time you could add other lines to each with a different partition number. With a little care and trouble, you could make a boot. If you have mirrored RAID disks then edit the boot. SolarWinds have produced three Active Directory add-ons. These free utilities have been approved by Microsoft, and will help to manage your domain by:.

Introduction to the System State in Windows Server In disaster recovery, planning, prevention and preparation are your watchwords. Boot files Boot. Sample Boot. A plan for your disaster recovery tactics Boot — Troubleshooting. Backup — Which type?