Backup/restore strategy for Windows 2003

[midwest_steve]

I have one server that I need to backup. I've configured the backup wizard
to create a full backup each night, as our server is small (it is for a
school with 20 users). The backup is written to a USB drive. I would like
to test the restore and have some questions:

Do I have to create an ASR disk to accomplish the restore?
Can I simply boot into the recovery console and restore? If so, how do I
mount the USB drive?
Is there a good general strategy someone can point me to? I have searched
but must not be using the right terms.

Thanks you!

 

[Meinolf Weber]

Re: Backup/restore strategy for Windows 2003

Hello midwest_steve,

Is the server a domain controller or workgroup server? Do you use the SBS
version from windows?

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I have one server that I need to backup. I've configured the backup
> wizard to create a full backup each night, as our server is small (it
> is for a school with 20 users). The backup is written to a USB drive.
> I would like to test the restore and have some questions:
>
> Do I have to create an ASR disk to accomplish the restore?
> Can I simply boot into the recovery console and restore? If so, how
> do I
> mount the USB drive?
> Is there a good general strategy someone can point me to? I have
> searched
> but must not be using the right terms.
> Thanks you!
>

 

[Isaac Oben [MCITP, MCSE]]

Re: Backup/restore strategy for Windows 2003

Steve,

Please give us some details. Did you backup a file server or a domain
controller? Also do you want to restore option if the server fails
completely, or you are looking for a restore option for a server that
is still in good functioning. Also did you use a windows ntbackup or
some other backup utility.

Isaac