Why? There's next to nothing that you can recover from by backing up the entire Windows directory, for instance. As long as the data's recovered, the rest of the system is pretty meaningless.
Unless, of course, you're doing other things on that box like scripts and stuff, which should be in the backup rotation. ------------------------------------------------------ Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE Sr. Systems Administrator Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity Atlanta, GA > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 12:18 PM > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Backing up a SQL 2000 Cluster > > > I prefer to have a backup of everything, on the off-chance it saves me > some time when it does go wrong. > > > Rob Ellis > Network Manager > Profectus IT > Tel 023 9224 7960 > Mob 07974 111867 > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Roger Seielstad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 22 January 2003 15:17 > To: NT 2000 Discussions > Subject: RE: Backing up a SQL 2000 Cluster > > > What is it that you're actually backing up on the nodes? > > If one node fails, aren't you just going to rebuild it? > > ------------------------------------------------------ > Roger D. Seielstad - MCSE > Sr. Systems Administrator > Inovis - Formerly Harbinger and Extricity > Atlanta, GA > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rob Ellis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2003 10:04 AM > > To: NT 2000 Discussions > > Subject: Backing up a SQL 2000 Cluster > > > > > > We have a 2 node active/passive cluster running SQL2000. > > > > The SQL backups are fine - using the SQL enterprise manager. > > > > NTBackup - assuming I want both nodes fully backed up each Saturday > > and incrementals the other 6 nights.... > > > > I can backup local disks (C and D) on both nodes - fine. > > > > The shared disks - E (SQL logs), F (SQL Databases) and Q (cluster > > quorum) - do I let the SQL backups mentioned earlier cover the > > important bits of E and F? > > > > Or should I set both nodes to backup the whole lot, and > whichever node > > is active will succeed. If so, should I exclude the ldf's and > > > > Or do I have to get the boss to buy backupexec and a cluster agent, > > etc etc? > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Rob Ellis > > Network Manager > > Profectus IT > > Tel 023 9224 7960 > > Mob 07974 111867 > > > > > > > > ------ > > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > > ------ > You are subscribed as [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp > To unsubscribe send a blank email to %%email.unsub%% > ------ You are subscribed as [email protected] Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
