Author: "Randy Samora" <Randy.Samora AT stewart DOT com>
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:21:23 -0600
Part of my requirements are test restores of critical boxes in a lab environment. The lab is isolated and when I restore a client, there’s not really much we can test because the client looks f
Author: "WEAVER, Simon \(external\)" <simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 02:08:23 -0500
Randy In the backup policy where this client belongs, are you selecting the "Shadow Copy Components" directive? S. From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT
Author: "Rosenkoetter, Gabriel" <Gabriel.Rosenkoetter AT radian DOT biz>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:26:40 -0500
Assuming that you've got either the Shadow Copy Components:\ target (or, preferably, ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES) in the policy's include list, then there are a few extra steps you should take when doing a full
Author: "Randy Samora" <Randy.Samora AT stewart DOT com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:23:22 -0600
If this works, you have a case of beer headed your way. I’ve been stressing over this for years. I’ll let you know how it goes. Thanks, Randy From: Rosenkoetter, Gabriel [mailto:Gabriel.R
Author: "Rosenkoetter, Gabriel" <Gabriel.Rosenkoetter AT radian DOT biz>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:27:19 -0500
Well, make sure you take their directions at the letter, not my summary necessarily. I've never had this Just Work under Windows without more retrying than seems reasonable. (Notably, never had probl
Author: "WEAVER, Simon \(external\)" <simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 09:47:06 -0500
Got to admit, I restored a DC Win2k3 in AD Restore Mode, and I did not follow the document. Can you let us know how this goes? From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu [mailto:veritas-b
Author: "Randy Samora" <Randy.Samora AT stewart DOT com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:45:38 -0600
I’m getting ready to replace the hardware for my Master and I was getting nervous about a full backup and restore on the system drive. I’m feeling a lot more comfortable now. I might even
If this works, you have a case of beer headed your way. I've been stressing over this for years. I'll let you know how it goes. Thanks, Randy From: Rosenkoetter, Gabriel [mailto:Gabriel.Rosenkoetter
Author: "Randy Samora" <Randy.Samora AT stewart DOT com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:02:53 -0600
Absolutely; I will follow up with my results. Don’t go away. Got to admit, I restored a DC Win2k3 in AD Restore Mode, and I did not follow the document. Can you let us know how this goes? From:
Author: "WEAVER, Simon \(external\)" <simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 11:44:02 -0500
I am here :) From: Randy Samora [mailto:Randy.Samora AT stewart DOT com] Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 4:03 PM To: WEAVER, Simon (external); Rosenkoetter, Gabriel Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.au
I recently did a full system restore of a win2k3 machine to another win2k3 machine and didnot follow the doc. Here is what I did: 1. Backup server A (ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES) running win2k3 NBU6.0MP4 2. On
Author: "Randy Samora" <Randy.Samora AT stewart DOT com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:33:28 -0600
And that's the way I have always done it in the past; sometimes it worked, more times than not it didn't. I'm looking for something that always works and hopefully this is it. Restoring to similar ha
I have never run the w2koption command on either Win2k or 2k3 when doing full system restores and typically do not have any issues, but this might explain why those few gave us fits. Here's a super o
Author: "Randy Samora" <Randy.Samora AT stewart DOT com>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:21:50 -0600
I’m using the All Local Drives directive. Does it make a difference to list Shadow Copy Components separately? Randy In the backup policy where this client belongs, are you selecting the "Shado
Author: "WEAVER, Simon \(external\)" <simon.weaver AT astrium.eads DOT net>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:39:07 -0500
Randy Selecting ALD will include the system state. But for some systems, where you do not want to include all the drives, system state (win2k) or shadow copy comp. (win2k3) must be selected. just sel
Author: "Rosenkoetter, Gabriel" <Gabriel.Rosenkoetter AT radian DOT biz>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:01:03 -0500
No, ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES includes the appropriate one of System_State:\ or Shadow Copy Components:\ based on how you've listed the client (Windows2000 v. WindowsNET, for example). Or, I think it's based
Author: "Randy Samora" <Randy.Samora AT stewart DOT com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:10:57 -0600
I’ve always wondered about that. In the client list of the policy, if I say the client is a 2000 Server and it is actually a 2003 Server. Does NBU override my 2000 Server selection? No, ALL_LOC
Yes, NBU will override the selection. We discovered that recently when we realized we had a bunch of Win2k servers mistakenly configured as Win2k3; System_State was still being backed up as opposed t
Author: "Randy Samora" <Randy.Samora AT stewart DOT com>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 08:39:48 -0600
I wish I had the option of doing Windows infrequently. 800 clients, all Windows here. I’m getting ready to jump out of one if this keeps up. Though the client will show up under host properties
Author: "Rosenkoetter, Gabriel" <Gabriel.Rosenkoetter AT radian DOT biz>
Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 09:36:28 -0500
Though the client will show up under host properties with its real OS type (probed from the master), it's my understanding that it'd be Best Practice to change its OS type in the policy definition (i