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Questions tagged [backup-restoration]

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Can Windows Home Server be used on an active directory domain?

The situation: an Active Directory network with a few dozen machines. Most of the machines have the same vanilla image applied to them so if there was a hard drive failure getting the machine back up to the standard network image would be quick and…
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Complete backup / restore solution Windows Sharepoint Services 3.0

Let me start by saying that if I've missed out on some very basic papers, KBs or anything, feel free to link me in the right direction. I've checked some threads here and haven't found the answer to the questions I have. I've created a simple script…
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Are Google Cloud Platform (GCP) persistent disk snapshots a proper way for doing long-term backups?

Let's say I need a long-term backup for a webserver in Google Cloud Platform. I need to have a possibility to access to the state or restore the state of the machine up to 1 year ago. (Weekly snapshots will be ok.) Are snapshots a proper solution…
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Backing up volumes from host vs from the inside of the container

The official docker documentation suggests as a good practice to backup the entire docker volume as it is. When you need to back up, restore, or migrate data from one Docker host to another, volumes are a better choice. You can stop…
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Server 2012 R2 backup and restore

I do not have much experience with backup/restore to windows server images. I have a Windows server 2012r2 with sql and an accounting program. It is/was joined to a domain. I had to do a restore from backup image (I use Novastor backup server). …
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How to restore from .dump.gz file using dump tool?

I have taken a dump of my server using the following command /sbin/dump -0uan -f - / | gzip -2 | ssh -p ***** -c blowfish dev***@***.**.**.** dd of=/DATA/junkBEN/server-full-backup-date '+%d-%B-%Y'.dump.gz This was suggested in this answer However…
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Storageworks DAT 40 Drive Stuck, All Lights On and Not Responsive on Boot

Let me start by stating that I'm something of an amateur forced to deal with an unfamiliar matter, so sorry in advance if there's something trivial I've missed that should've been done in my description... To make an insanely long story short as…
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Prometheus with remote_write and backups

I'm building a prometheus stack that uses the remote_read/remote_write feature for long term storage, and I have some questions about if/how prometheus' tsdb needs to be backed up, given that it is using long term storage. 1) Do I need to back up…
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TSM Can't Restore to Another Node

I have a server setup here which has been running for more than eight years. The servers are starting to fail, so the ability to restore from backup is becoming critical. I have a machine which has died. When I go into TSM Backup-Archive GUI on…
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Restoring Windows Server 2008 to 2012

I am using Windows Server 2008 R2 and I am about to create a one time backup of a system drive (D: approx. 2TB - contains files and folders only), using the 'Windows Server Backup' tool. I'm planning on saving this backup to an external HDD. I will…
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How to restore a directory with Bareos/Bacula while excluding deleted files?

I would like to restore a directory so that it is identical to the original directory. Files that have been deleted in the original directory should not be restored. Consider a configuration file directory: The original version of this directory…
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Mysql/Mariadb backup from non-bootable system

My working server crashed, more precise, my HDD got bad sectors. What is proper method to make a backup from non-working server and restore it later on newly installed server? Any set of files I need to copy/replace?
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Can I get the backup of my aws instance?

Does aws store autoback up of my server? Can I get get backup of my system before or restore my instance to last week or 2-3 days back state? I my aws server got hacked and no data available in database. So If I can restore it then it will be great…
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Veeam backup and copy jobs reorganization to resolve out-of-space issue

I have two sites, one hosting the Veeam Management Server, the other hosting a Proxy. Both server have proxy and repository roles, and both are running one job to backup all production VMs of on-site ESXis. Also, they are both running Copy jobs to…
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fast backup script in linux

I have a server with more applications and do normal shell command to take backups. it took couple of days to complete. Tried to install duplicity. but its told some packages are not found. its Debian 2.6 in server. Is there is decent industry…
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