Backup/restore strategy for Windows 2003

[Guest midwest_steve]

I have one server that I need to backup. I've configured the backup wizard

to create a full backup each night, as our server is small (it is for a

school with 20 users). The backup is written to a USB drive. I would like

to test the restore and have some questions:

 

Do I have to create an ASR disk to accomplish the restore?

Can I simply boot into the recovery console and restore? If so, how do I

mount the USB drive?

Is there a good general strategy someone can point me to? I have searched

but must not be using the right terms.

 

Thanks you!

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Backup/restore strategy for Windows 2003

 

Hello midwest_steve,

 

Is the server a domain controller or workgroup server? Do you use the SBS

version from windows?

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> I have one server that I need to backup. I've configured the backup

> wizard to create a full backup each night, as our server is small (it

> is for a school with 20 users). The backup is written to a USB drive.

> I would like to test the restore and have some questions:

>

> Do I have to create an ASR disk to accomplish the restore?

> Can I simply boot into the recovery console and restore? If so, how

> do I

> mount the USB drive?

> Is there a good general strategy someone can point me to? I have

> searched

> but must not be using the right terms.

> Thanks you!

>

[Guest Isaac Oben [MCITP, MCSE]]

Re: Backup/restore strategy for Windows 2003

 

Steve,

 

Please give us some details. Did you backup a file server or a domain

controller? Also do you want to restore option if the server fails

completely, or you are looking for a restore option for a server that

is still in good functioning. Also did you use a windows ntbackup or

some other backup utility.

 

Isaac