I am running full backups of our DC's, but most of them fail because of certain databases like wins, dhcp, .net, etc. that cannot be backed up. We have the open file agent, but it doesn't seem to help much. I also run system state backups every night which I believe contains the registry and other critical system data. Is it necessary to backup the windows folder if you do a system state backup, or am I just wasting time and tape space? ;-)
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Do I need to backup the windows folder?
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Can you give the exact file paths and filenames you are having problems backing up please ? Some may be part of BITS and may need to be handled as per this document:
Let us know if there are others.
and BTW yes, you should perform a full backup of the system drive.
Let us know if there are others.
and BTW yes, you should perform a full backup of the system drive.
Just installing the OFA does not automatically mean that your open files gets backed up.
You have to configure the OFA to backup folders where you have open files.
Regarding excluding your Windows folder.
I would say that it depends on what your DR plan is.
If your DC crashes and your DR is to restore it from tape then your SOL (shit out of luck).
But if your DR is to reinstall the machine from scratch I would say that you can exclude it.
However, if you have purchased the OFA it doesn't make any sense to exclude it. Just make sure to configure your OFA and it will work.
By the way, what version of Arserve are you running and what is the OS on your DC? (SP level on DC as well)
I hope you find this post helpful.
Regards,
GSC
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You have to configure the OFA to backup folders where you have open files.
Regarding excluding your Windows folder.
I would say that it depends on what your DR plan is.
If your DC crashes and your DR is to restore it from tape then your SOL (shit out of luck).
But if your DR is to reinstall the machine from scratch I would say that you can exclude it.
However, if you have purchased the OFA it doesn't make any sense to exclude it. Just make sure to configure your OFA and it will work.
By the way, what version of Arserve are you running and what is the OS on your DC? (SP level on DC as well)
I hope you find this post helpful.
Regards,
GSC
Common sense is not so common anymore
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