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Re: [Bacula-users] Windows File Daemon: "VSS" or "System State" or both ?

2012-01-25 12:02:34
Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Windows File Daemon: "VSS" or "System State" or both ?
From: Hugo Letemplier <hugo.let.35 AT gmail DOT com>
To: Simone Caronni <negativo17 AT gmail DOT com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2012 18:00:13 +0100
2012/1/25 Simone Caronni <negativo17 AT gmail DOT com>:
> Hello,
>
> I used to do one of the following depending on whether is Windows 2003
> or 2008+ to have some additional protection:
>
> ClientRunBeforeJob = "start /w ntbackup backup systemstate /F
> C:\\SystemState.bkf"
> ClientRunAfterJob = "del C:\\SystemState.bkf"
>
> ClientRunBeforeJob = "start /w wbadmin start systemstatebackup
> -backuptarget:D: -quiet"
> ClientRunAfterJob = "rmdir /s /q D:\\WindowsImageBackup"
>
> But if you run with VSS enabled you're able to back up also registry
> and open files, so unless you have a strict requirement to restore
> only a part of the "System State" I suggest you to use only VSS.
>
> I made many restore of complete Windows systems with BartPE and the
> bacula plugin. The only thing you will see is "shutdown unexpected"
> when you reboot the restored system.
>
> >From my experiences, Active Directory domain controllers are a LOT
> easier and faster to be replicated from another instance than to be
> restored from scratch.
>
> Regards,
> --Simone

Well explained.

I don't have any replica for my AD because It's just for a particular
application that required one and it's totally independent (HA not
needed, it's just for data security). Domain management for my users
is done on another system. Restore will be only from scratch.

I tried a restore it worked well even without restoring the System
State. I will keep the System State for a while, do many restore
retries and if it works I will only use VSS.

Thank you

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