Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring Shadow Copy Component/System State
2008-02-14 02:08:23
Randy
In the backup policy where this client belongs, are you
selecting the "Shadow Copy Components" directive?
S.
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 for the production
network. Today I had to restore a Windows 2003 Server in the production
environment and most of the registry wasn’t restored; services and other objects
were missing. With the test restores, I always had the option of doing an
ntbackup of the System State and then I would run a full backup of the
client. I’d take my tape to the lab, run a full restore, but before I
rebooted the restored client, I restored the ntbackup of the System State
(Shadow Copy Component.) That seemed to work just fine. But today
when the server blew up, there was no opportunity to do an ntbackup of the SS
first. I asked Symantec last year if the ntbackup was still needed and
they said no, a full backup and restore should recover the client. I just
never had the chance to test that theory.
Am
I missing a step? I installed the OS from a basic CD install, loaded the
NBU client, and then did a full restore. But it’s as if the system state
was never restored so I’m wondering if I’m even backing it up. How can I
tell? Do I need VSS or VSP activated in order to get a good copy of the
system state? We turned VSP off over a year ago because we were having
problems with the orphaned cache files. I’ve never gone back and changed
the setting on most of the clients and my plans were to start using VSS but
haven’t gotten to that task either. Is there a trick or an added step to
getting a good backup of the system state on a Windows 2003 Server server or is
there a trick to restoring it?
Thanks,
Randy
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