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We just upgraded from 4.5 to 5.1 and we tried to do some restores of 2003 
servers like we did with 4.5 and are not having any luck.  The current 5.1 
client uses the volume shadow copy services (VSS) to do backups on Windows 2003 
machines.  We found that this makes things difficult when restoring a server ? 
especially when restoring to different hardware because certain protected files 
can no longer be selected/deselected as needed.
   
  We just tested a restore of an entire system to the same hardware (we backed 
the fully loaded system up, we wiped the system clean, we then installed the 
base OS along with the backup client, and we finally ran the restore).  The 
result was a system that will not even get to the windows GINA before 
bluescreening/rebooting continually.
   
  Is there any documentation on best practices for restoring an entire windows 
OS from scratch using NetBackup (as in a disaster recovery situation)?  
Likewise, is there any documentation and/or recommendation on restoring an 
entire system to different hardware?  We have successfully done restores of 
full systems from backups that still use the ?System State? method of 
addressing protected files (instead of VSS).  With that in mind, we would 
prefer a solution using what we have without having to investigate something 
new like bare metal restores.  Any direction you can offer would be most 
appreciated.


R. Andrew Johnson

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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 
FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We just upgraded from 4.5 to 5.1 and we tried to do some 
restores of 2003 servers like we did with 4.5 and are not having any 
luck.&nbsp; The current 5.1 client uses the volume shadow copy services (VSS) 
to do backups on Windows 2003 machines.&nbsp; We found that this makes things 
difficult when restoring a server ? especially when restoring to different 
hardware because certain protected files can no longer be selected/deselected 
as needed.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = 
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<div class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 
FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></div>  <div 
class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; 
FONT-FAMILY: Arial">We just tested a restore of an entire system to the same 
hardware (we backed the fully loaded system up, we wiped the
 system clean, we then installed the base OS along with the backup client, and 
we finally ran the restore).&nbsp; The result was a system that will not even 
get to the windows GINA before bluescreening/rebooting 
continually.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div>  <div class=MsoNormal><FONT 
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 
Arial"><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></SPAN></FONT></div>  <div class=MsoNormal><FONT 
face=Arial size=2><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">Is there 
any documentation on best practices for restoring an entire windows OS from 
scratch using NetBackup (as in a disaster recovery situation)?&nbsp; Likewise, 
is there any documentation and/or recommendation on restoring an entire system 
to different hardware?&nbsp; We have successfully done restores of full systems 
from backups that still use the ?System State? method of addressing protected 
files (instead of VSS).&nbsp; With that in mind, we would prefer a solution 
using what we have without having
 to investigate something new like bare metal restores.&nbsp; Any direction you 
can offer would be most 
appreciated.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></div><BR><BR><DIV><STRONG><FONT 
size=3><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT color=#ff0000>R.</FONT> <FONT 
color=#0000ff>Andrew </FONT></FONT><FONT color=#ff0000>Johnson<IMG 
src="http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/mesg/tsmileys2/14.gif";></FONT></FONT></STRONG></DIV><p>__________________________________________________<br>Do
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