Tim,
 
Windows is the easiest restore in the entire venue. From scratch, load
the OS (patched to whatever level your version of NBU requires) and
leave it in the workgroup mode with a workgroup having the same name as
the domain it was in. Load the nbu agent, partition the drive, then do a
FULL resore, reboot, done. I have actually done this across disimiliar
platforms, albeit you have to be a bit tricky. In short we will never
waste money on windows bmr, it's just to easy to do it the old fashioned
way. The only caveats are
1. Domain Comtrollers require a reboot into domain controller restore
mode
2. NB5.1 mp2 had a major bug with w2k3. Just make sure you are higher
(or lower) than that. 

        -----Original Message-----
        From: veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of
Wilkinson, Tim
        Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 12:27 AM
        To: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
        Subject: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
        
        
        I'm just reviewing disaster recovery at the moment and have
found a paragraph or 2 recommending that all system files and
application files are backed up. We generally run A_L_D in our policies
'just in case' but I've been thinking about restoring system and
application files and wonder how most people approach this sort of
thing.
        We don't use BMR so I figure the best way to restore an entire
server is to rebuild the OS, install any applications then restore
actual 'data'; I've always considered if you try to restore 'everything'
it could get a bit messy and confused if some of it doesn't get restored
exactly as it was before. 
        Without using BMR, can you restore the contents of an entire
server in Windows (I'm talking the whole show including system files,
system_state data, applications and everything)?
         
        Cheers,
        
        

        
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