Re: [Networker] DR enabled backup of Windows Server 2008

The EMC recommendation is discussed in EMC Technical Advisory esg109074:
NetWorker: Support for Disaster Recovery of Windows 2008 and the Windows
Server 2008 Offline System Recovery Using Windows Server Backup with
NetWorker 7.4 Service Pack 2 and Later Technical Note which is available
here: 

http://powerlink.emc.com/km/live1/en_US/Offering_Technical/Technical_Doc
umentation/300-010-339.pdf?mtcs=ZXZlbnRUeXBlPUttQ2xpY2tDb250ZW50RXZlbnQs
ZG9jdW1lbnRJZD0wOTAxNDA2NjgwNDkzZTQzLGRvY3VtZW50VHlwZT1wZGYsbmF2ZU5vZGU9
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-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Huff [mailto:mhuff AT ox DOT com] 
Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 1:28 PM
To: Jones, Michael; 'NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU'
Subject: RE: [Networker] DR enabled backup of Windows Server 2008

Well, since what we have in place is the best we can do for now, what
other solution is available?

We cannot shut down systems and image raw disks, so until next March,
what do we do?


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Matthew Huff       | One Manhattanville Rd
OTA Management LLC | Purchase, NY 10577
http://www.ox.com  | Phone: 914-460-4039
aim: matthewbhuff  | Fax:   914-460-4139



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jones_Michael2 AT emc DOT com [mailto:Jones_Michael2 AT emc DOT com]
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 4:19 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU; Matthew Huff
> Subject: RE: [Networker] DR enabled backup of Windows Server 2008
>
> An image of the entire drive c is a requirement
>
> Please see MS article below
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694
>
> This has the following text
>
> "System State Recovery after a new installation of Windows Server 2008
on new hardware or same
> hardware This kind of recovery is not supported.
>
> Windows Server Backup does not block recovery on a newly-installed
operating system. Instead, it warns
> that this operation is not supported. This feature is used only as a
last-ditch support effort to
> reclaim data from a failed server and is not a supported backup
feature
>
> System State Recover is only supported on the same operating system
instance. It is not supported on a
> reinstalled operating system on the same or different hardware"
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On Behalf Of Matthew Huff
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 4:25 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] DR enabled backup of Windows Server 2008
>
> For the short term we created a share on our NetApp NAS box and have
setup windows backup to run every
> Friday in the early evening. We do a full backup of the Netapp on
Friday nights. We are also running
> the regular Legato client on the 2008 machines so that individual
files are backed up. Hopefully this
> will get us along until March.
>
> ----
> Matthew Huff       | One Manhattanville Rd
> OTA Management LLC | Purchase, NY 10577
> http://www.ox.com  | Phone: 914-460-4039
> aim: matthewbhuff  | Fax:   914-460-4139
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
On Behalf Of Joey Admin
> Sent: Tuesday, December 15, 2009 5:29 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] DR enabled backup of Windows Server 2008
>
> Hi folks,
>
> I'm working on this issue with Server 2008, that it's not possible to
do DR
> restore with NetWorker alone. EMC is now recommending to use the
Windows
> Server Backup utility to create an image of drive C: to be used in DR
> purposes.
>
> How are you solving this? Are you using the savepnpc method described
in
> the NetWorker procedure generator? I find it almost unusable because
it
> will create an image of the entire drive C:
>
> Does anyone here know if it's enough to only have the systemstate
backup?
> It can be created with this command:
>
> wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:<path>
>
> I would be very interested in knowing how other organizations are
solving
> this and how it's working.
>
> Joey
>
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