Restoring a File & Print Server
Good afternoon, Symantec.
I am preparing disaster recovery documentation for one of my file & print servers and have a few questions. I'm new to disaster recovery, so please bear with me.
- I have over 50 printers on Server A. Server A's hardware fails completely and a new chassis must be ordered (same make/model/OS). Will a full restore reinstall all of those printers + features for me or will I need to manually recreate all 50 of them?
- I have about 20 network shares with specific permissions on Server A. Will a full restore recreate all of these shares, their permissions, etc. or will I need to manually recreate all of those, too?
- Are user accounts recreated with their appropriate permissions?
- Do I need to rejoin the failed machine to my domain?
I guess the bigger question here is "What does a full restore job NOT restore for me?" If anyone can answer this, it will clear a lot of the fog surrounding the top four questions. I never had to perform a full restore before, so I'm not sure of what's covered and what's not.
By the way, I am currently using Backup Exec 2010 R3 on a Windows 2008 R2 SP1 Standard box, using LTO-4 cartridges.
Thanks Symantec!
-Josh
If you are leveraging IDR, then most everything you would need would be handled with it. permissions, shares, etc all restored.
If it's a machine in which you rebuild the OS, patch, join to domain, then try to perform a restore.. Odds are you'll be doing a lot of cleanup and re-configuration.
Try out IDR, and test test test.. It's not a fun product to work with, but when setup right, it will work for what you want to do.