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Windows server, backup methods?

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Lathos85

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Jun 4, 2008
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Hi all.

I need a way to backup esential parts of a server.

There is no IT-staff on site, and I check in there ones a week.

They have one Windows 2003 server and 50+ clients

Is there an easy way to make a backup of Active Directory? (backup users, groups, OU, ++ )

Thanks
 
NTBackup

I'm Certifiable, not cert-ified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.
 
I agree, use NTBackup to backup the files and system state and take the backup tape offsite with you to provide a degree of disaster protection.

Steve G (MCSE / MCSA:Messaging)
 
Thanks for the reply,

Would it be posible to save the backup on an external file server?
 
Define "external". If you mean another server on a local LAN, sure, just point the backup file to a share on that server.

I'm Certifiable, not cert-ified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.
 
I was thinking of a server that's not on the same LAN.
 
How exactly would the server your backing up see the server you're trying to backup to?

I'm Certifiable, not cert-ified.
It just means my answers are from experience, not a book.
 
I was thinking, that was the problem.

Setting up a scrip to send it somewhere via ftp is the idea stuck in my head now, or do you have a better idea? (ftp might turn out to be harder then necessary)
 
Throw a cheap usb drive onto either the server or a client and use that as your backup destination.
 
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