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Installing a backup server
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Not enough information on what you want to do!
Are you moving from one server to another, or what are you doing?
Win2000 allows you to back up and store the backup onto a different server. If you put the new server on the network, then backup the old server (including the system state) to a file on the new server.
Once this is done, take the new server off the network, run the backup/restore on the new server and restore the backup from the original server to the new server, including the systems state, and you will then have the old server moved to the new server. HOWEVER.... the two servers need to have similar hardware for this to work, especially if the old or new server has a SCSI raid array, etc, or else the restore will fail.
If however, you have a Domain, and the files are using Domain permissions, then all you need to do is backup the files/folders of concern, then restore them to the new system, and the permissions, etc., will be retained (assuming you are using NTFS file system). These will now exist on both systems and will not be maintained in sync.
If you want to have two copies of a set of folders/files and want to keep them in sync, set up replication between the two systems and simply replicate the folders/file to the new system. The domain permissions will be retained, and the files will be constantly synced. Remember, however, that trying to maintain duplicate files on different systems will always run the risk that both files will be in use at the same time, and when it comes time to sync again, which ever was closed last may override the other, depending on how the sync is done. You have this risk anytime you have multiple copies available to work from. Is there a pressing need to have multiple open copies of something, and if not, why do you want to do this?
HTH
David
Are you moving from one server to another, or what are you doing?
Win2000 allows you to back up and store the backup onto a different server. If you put the new server on the network, then backup the old server (including the system state) to a file on the new server.
Once this is done, take the new server off the network, run the backup/restore on the new server and restore the backup from the original server to the new server, including the systems state, and you will then have the old server moved to the new server. HOWEVER.... the two servers need to have similar hardware for this to work, especially if the old or new server has a SCSI raid array, etc, or else the restore will fail.
If however, you have a Domain, and the files are using Domain permissions, then all you need to do is backup the files/folders of concern, then restore them to the new system, and the permissions, etc., will be retained (assuming you are using NTFS file system). These will now exist on both systems and will not be maintained in sync.
If you want to have two copies of a set of folders/files and want to keep them in sync, set up replication between the two systems and simply replicate the folders/file to the new system. The domain permissions will be retained, and the files will be constantly synced. Remember, however, that trying to maintain duplicate files on different systems will always run the risk that both files will be in use at the same time, and when it comes time to sync again, which ever was closed last may override the other, depending on how the sync is done. You have this risk anytime you have multiple copies available to work from. Is there a pressing need to have multiple open copies of something, and if not, why do you want to do this?
HTH
David
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