The open file writes don't occur until after reboot. So essentially
you've got multiple copies of many window files just sitting around in
temporary locations waiting for the next reboot to replace the original
file. IMO if you are THAT strapped for space on your C: you've got a
worse problem then needing a restore. =P
-Jonathan
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[mailto:veritas-bu-bounces at mailman.eng.auburn.edu] On Behalf Of WEAVER,
Simon
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:38 AM
To: 'Shyam Hazari'; Spearman, David
Cc: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
I heard about this - does anyone know why the restore needs MORE disk
space to recover the OS ?
Regards
Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator
EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)
Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
Email: Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net
<mailto:Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net>
-----Original Message-----
From: Shyam Hazari [mailto:shazari at gmail.com]
Sent: 02 August 2006 13:09
To: Spearman, David
Cc: veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
Check this tech note.
http://seer.support.veritas.com/docs/251163.htm
I had to recover a production server after crash few weeks back.
What I did was to restore system_state and C: drive at one go. Make sure
you have enough space in the C: drive. Otherwise it will not restore all
the required files and will cause the system reboot continuously. I have
seen this happen before.
-Shyam
On 8/2/06, Spearman, David <spe08 at co.henrico.va.us> wrote:
Sorry one and All, made a mistake, it was 5.1mp3
that had the problem. My support call is below
I tried restoring a w2k3 server as a test and
got an lssas error on
reboot, with the machine constantly rebooting.
After going to your support
page I ran in to the following document
Document ID: 274353
http://support.veritas.com/docs/274353
<http://support.veritas.com/docs/274353>
It essentially says contact veritas. So what
now?
RESPONSE
David,
As we had discussed, this is a known issue, so
there wasn't any configuration mistakes on your end. There is a technote
with troubleshooting steps to try and remedy the issue. This isn't a
100% guaranteed fix, as we had discussed regarding the use of the
Win2Koption.
http://support.veritas.com/docs/262411
<http://support.veritas.com/docs/262411>
To reiterate what's occurring:
What is happening is that Windows 2003 Shadow
Copy Components have changed so that there is a slip in recovering some
registry hives. (see the Microsoft link at the bottom of the technote)
For us to keep up with these changes, we need to modify our software
with new patch releases. The new release for this issue is due out
soon, but no concrete date that I can release. In the meantime, I will
create an escalations task and will inform you on what I can get from
backline, and what they may request from you for additional information.
At any rate it was definately fixed with mp4,
for your sake Simon I would test your MP2 or upgrade your master/media
servers to mp4.
dds
-----Original Message-----
From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto:
simon.weaver at astrium.eads.net <mailto:simon.weaver at astrium.eads.net> ]
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:56 AM
To: Spearman, David; Wilkinson, Tim;
veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire
servers (Windows)
David
What is the bug, as we use MP2 NBU 5.1
can you provide details on this?
Thanks
Regards
Simon Weaver
3rd Line Technical Support
Windows Domain Administrator
EADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)
Anchorage Road, Portsmouth, PO3 5PU
Email: Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net
<mailto:Simon.Weaver at Astrium-eads.net>
-----Original Message-----
From: Spearman, David [mailto:
spe08 at co.henrico.va.us <mailto:spe08 at co.henrico.va.us> ]
Sent: 02 August 2006 11:33
To: Wilkinson, Tim;
veritas-bu at mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire
servers (Windows)
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:
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[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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