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Questions tagged [backup-restoration]

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Best method to clone a Windows server?

I have a Windows Server 2012 production server I am running with RDS set up. I want to copy everything I have done to set up this RDS server (user profiles, files, settings, etc) and make a second server identical to it. Obviously, I would want the…
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How do you verify a restore?

What tool(s) would you use to verify that a restored file structure is whole and complete? My environment is a Windows Server 2008 file server. (We use tape for backup, but that is inconsequential.) I am specifically looking for a tool that…
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What is a good schedule / methodology for test-restoring my backups?

It's common knowledge on SF that your backups are only as useful as your ability to restore them. So you've revised and documented your backup schedule. You check the logs and/or receive notifications of the results for each backup job. Now you…
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Automated bare-metal recovery practices for small network

I have several machines which are on a small network with one DC and 3 to 5 workstations on the network at any given time. These are all setup with DNS and AD on the same server. I want the ability to automate a backup, re-image, and restore of…
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Restore Virtualbox snapshot from backup

I have a .SAV and .VHD file from a backup. Since these files were created the revert to snapshot feature was used, by design this deleted everything since the snapshot was created. However I now need to access the data that was in the snapshot. Is…
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How to revert back and undo changes in Centos?

Sometimes, I need to make some changes to Centos like installing and testing some utilities or trying a complex tutorial to install an advanced program for which the outcome is unknown. How can I revert back to the state before doing changes. A…
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Ridiculous Exchange database restore scenario

Okay, so I have a little bit of a challenge for the Exchange pros. I am looking for the mailbox database that a specific user was on... Before their account (and mailbox) was destroyed, around 7 months ago. I have backups from this time period,…
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Can I restore a SQL Server 2008 R2 backup to SQL Server 2008 R2 Express?

I have a server that's currently running SQL Server 2005 Express, and I need to restore a database backup that a developer has modified using SQL Server 2008 R2 [I think the full version, but still waiting to hear back on whether it's a full edition…
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In a managed environment, should user PCs have local external HD backups?

Our environment manages thousands of user PCs, provides high-end secure file servers. Users (from new staff to executive-level) are urged to store data to the file servers and generally do so. PCs are acquired with a standard HD image (currently…
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How to test the integrity of an Exchange database?

I would like to verify the integrity of my Exchange 2010 database backups and could use some guidance. We have an Microsoft Small Business Server 2011 server that we backup but I don't know if the backups are any good yet. Since I don't have the…
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rsync and --fake-super - how to preserve attributes?

I have been trying to sort out my backups, so that when files are restored the owners/groups and any other metadata are correctly restored. For my testing I have been backing up from a Ubuntu 9.10 server (with rsync version 3.0.6, protocol version…
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Will a Solaris server tolerate a ZFS pool from its future?

My experience with ZFS has generally been that it just works, so I expect the answer will be, it’s not a problem — but I have a data pool which will ruin my January if it fubars, so I want to double-check. This is a question that could actually come…
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RAID 5 array not working after disk replacement?

We have an HP StorageWorks server with HP Smart Array P212. It has 2 SAS array configurations. Logical drive 1 which is a RAID 1 configuration Logical drive 2 which is a RAID 5 configuration One of the drives in the RAID 5 configuration failed…
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How to do restore test with limited testing resources?

How does a small organization with limited resources go about doing a restore test of its data backup system? The cajoling of "Test your backups!" seems unrealistic when faced with the reality of what a full-scale restore test would involve, without…
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S3 restoration using s3api get-object is not working in aws china region

I have set up a daily backup script in my aws china instance which uploads my required files to be backed-up to s3 bucket. I have a restoration script which uses s3api to restore the objects to the instances. The command used to get the file is aws…
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