{"id":470,"date":"2010-09-13T02:11:36","date_gmt":"2010-09-13T07:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wildow.com\/?p=470"},"modified":"2010-09-20T03:31:50","modified_gmt":"2010-09-20T08:31:50","slug":"2008-backups-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wildow.com\/?p=470","title":{"rendered":"2008 backups again-from backup forum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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Hello,<\/p>\n

Yes this has been discussed in another post, but I may as well update what I ended up doing for my companies.<\/p>\n

I have Windows 2008 R2 servers installed, and the main data disk is a RAID 3 configuration. I added a SATA 1 TB hard disk to the box, and the backups now “land” on this drive. I gave it a drive letter, despite the performance warning, and locked it down via NTFS so that only the backup users could read \/ write to it.<\/p>\n

I then installed RSYNC onto the server, and configured it (along with the firewall) to talk to a linux box. After the backups run on Windows, the Linux box makes a rsync call to the windows box, and another 1TB drive syncs with the Windows 2008 R2 1 TB drive, so they have matching copies.<\/p>\n

I then attach a USB 1 TB drive to the linux box, and rotate copies so that I have data that leaves the shop on a regular basis. Do not leave your primary and backups at the same location!<\/p>\n

Clumsy? Yup. But it works. And restoration of a file(s) is soooo easy. I have had my RAID fail already, and rebuilding it blew it up. Boot from the Windows 2008 R2 DVD. Have any special drivers on a thumb drive. When stable, point to either the labeled hard drive, or the samba-enabled linux box, and my backup image is right there, ready to perform.<\/p>\n

Restoring a single file or files is also easy… inside the Server Manager, mount the backup as a VHD. Don’t make it read-only, or it will fail. It comes up with a drive letter. Tunnel down to what you need, and go get it.<\/p>\n

Yes, I wish there was a way to manage the backup process more to make a true full \/ differential backup. But I cannot argue with the benefit of a bare-metal restore.<\/p>\n

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