> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul Armstrong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 6:55 PM
> To: NT System Admin Issues
> Subject: Server Backups
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>
> Hello All,
>
> I am trying to find out exactly what needs to be backed up on a server
> other than the Data. I have a client who has a small backup drive and
> there backups are exceeding the tape size. Obviously they are being
> cheap and don't want to upgrade to a bigger tape drive at the moment.
> Usually I just do full backups of all servers, which included all
> partitions or volumes on the servers. This particular client only has
> one drive (c:) which had the OS and the data that they use. If I just
> backed up the client's data it would be under the drive limit but the OS
> and other folders(program files, etc) amount to almost 2GB. Other than
> the repair folder, and the dhcp, wins, & dns folders under the system32
> folder what other folders need to be backed up for usage in case the
> server needs to be restored? The server is NT 4.0 SP6a running Exchange
> 5.5 SP3!
Here is my suggestion: Tell your client that to figure this out and manage
it all will - in labor costs - exceed the cost of a capable tape drive.
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