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Windows Server Backup Overview

With Windows Server Backup, you can:
• Protect your entire server without using separate backup and recovery technology
• Back up an entire server or selected volumes
• Use the wizards, tools, and the Complete PC Restore feature to assist in recovering a server
• Set up an automatic backup schedule
• Recover items or entire volumes
Windows Server Backup is a feature of the Windows Server® 2008 operating system, that backs up and recovers the operating system, and restores files and folders that are stored on the server

New Windows Server Backup Features

-Simplified restoration
-Simplified recovery of your operating system
-Ability to recover applications
-Improved scheduling
-Offsite removal of backups for disaster protection
-Remote administration
-Automatic disk usage management
-Extensive command-line support
-Support for DVD media
-Faster backup technology

Who Can Back Up Data?

• By default, members in the following groups can backup and restore data on a server:
• Administrators
• Server Operators
• Backup Operators
• To increase security, consider using custom groups that separate the backup and restore User Rights Assignments
• Limit the number of users that belong to the default groups with backup/restore rights
What Is System State Data?
What Are Shadow Copies?
• Shadow copies provide iterative versions of network folders
• Use shadow copies to:
• Recover files
• Review previous versions
• Shadow copies are:
• Enabled per volume
• Not a replacement for regular backups
• Allocated storage limits versions
Shadow Copy Scheduling
• Default schedule is 7:00 A.M. and noon
• Create a shadow copy schedule based on:
• Volume of changes
• Importance of changes
• Storage limitations
• Test a schedule with a small group
Managing Shadow Copies from a Client Perspective
Shadow copies from the client perspective:
• Windows XP and Windows 2000 Client computers must have the Previous Versions client installed
• Clients must use the share path to an object to show the Previous Versions tab
• Shadows Copies do not replace regular backups

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