Re: WIndows 2k server restore

Joe ,
        There are two things that I would add to this. They are as follows:

Step #1 = If this is a member server in AD, then I would re-install W2K as
the same machine name but DO NOT install it into the AD domain. I install it
to a workgroup 1st with the same machine name. Why?  because then there is
no question in my mind that I will NOT have a GUID problem when this machine
comes back on -line in AD. When it comes back on-line you will see that it
will come right back online in the domain like nothing ever happened to it.

Step 5a. = Once you have restored the system state, all the drives C$,
etc..and BEFORE the reboot, I would re-hot fix it..This way, when the
machine comes back online, there is no questions as to "is this server in
the same state as before it went down.

Other than those above it works just fine.

BTW: If this is a IIS5 server as well? No big deal..just make sure you have
saved off the metabase.bin file and restore that as well, when your
restoring the sys state, drives, *.bin file...So long as your IIS install
matches when the reboot occurs, your server will come back up like nothing
was ever wrong with it.

Tony

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Howell [mailto:jhowell_tsm AT YAHOO DOT COM]
Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 1:16 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: WIndows 2k server restore


Works well for us, assuming the same hardware.  We generally restore all of
the data on all the drives, then restore the sysobj, then reboot.  Make sure
that you're installing Windows into the same directory that you're restoring
to, and that the computername is identical.  Otherwise you'll run into NTFS
permissions issues.  You might also get some popups from Windows File
Protection when you overlay the system files; just cancel past these.

Tae Kim <tkim AT MFSP DOT COM> wrote:Will be doing a full restore of a win2k box
for DR testing tomorrow and
was wondering if there are any gotchas...

Here is the steps I will be taking

1. reinstall windows (setup the network driver and IP address etc.)
2. put in the service pack
3. install tsm client
4. restore c:\
5. before reboot, restore system objects
6. reboot and restore the rest of the drives

missed anything?
Thanks for your input

Tae


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