Dear All I am a bit of AD newbie so I am not even sure if this is an AD issue; so apologies in advance.
Anyway, we have a disaster recovery server which we plan to store off site. This will be switched off while in storage. Our live server is a Windows 2000 server running AD. The backup software is Veritas Backup Exec. We do not use one button recovery. The plan is this at the moment: when our server cathes fire, is flooded or stolen, we take a recent tape from off site with all our data and another tape with our 'system' and restore. Well that was easy!! Well aside from many likely problems this I the one I want to ask about here: The system tape is derived from a Veritas backup called System backup. I believe this backs up all the registry settings and I assume the user databse, the DNS, DHCP setting and other services settings also. The recovery server is not a hardware duplicate of the live server, but it does run Windows 2000 server and Veritas. Question: I have been told a systemn restore will result in the recovery server crashing as it is not a hardware duplicate. How do I backup (and restore) all the software and operating system settings and the AD settings without requiring a hardware duplicate? Can anyone point to resources that state how to do this and what to be aware of? Many thanks for any help on this Jonny _________________________ Jonathan Feldman ICT Manager NACVS 177 Arundel Street Sheffield, S1 2NU Tel: 0114 278 6636 Fax: 0114 278 7004 Textphone: 0114 278 7025 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.nacvs.org.uk ______________________________ Registered charity no. 1001635 Registered company no. 2575306 Registered office as above ------------------------------- Dates for your diary =================== Chief Officers' Residential Event 2005 Royal Court Hotel, Coventry 6-7 April http://www.nacvs.org.uk/nacvs/events/core/index.shtm If you take my advice...getting HR support right Age Concern, Birmingham 21st March http://www.nacvs.org.uk/nacvs/events/hr/index.shtm Local Public Service Agreements: engaging communities Novotel Birmingham Centre 19 May 2005 http://www.nacvs.org.uk/nacvs/events/lpsa List info : http://www.activedir.org/List.aspx List FAQ : http://www.activedir.org/ListFAQ.aspx List archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/activedir%40mail.activedir.org/
