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Restore with system state ??

William_Lawance
Level 6

Hi All,

- Can I use restore system state to full resote server ?

- Is it including all Windows update / installed software / etc ?

- Fully same as backup state ?

- Estimate restore time ? (need to write report to boss)

 

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Is the procedure like:

1) Reinstall corrupted server

2) Install BE agent

3) Restore system state

 

 

Thanks !

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pkh
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To fully recover any server, you need to backup the entire C: drive as well as the system state.  The system state alone is not sufficient to recover a server.

Backing up the entire C: drive and the system state would obviously include all the Windows updates, etc.

Nobody can tell you want the restore time is because nobody knows how big is your C: drive and the system state.  You need to test out a restore to be able to tell the restore time.

William_Lawance
Level 6

Hi pkh,

"Entire C: drive + system state" can restore everyting on C:

If the server have other partitions for data storage like D: , is system state also need it ??

Or I can leve it if data not important ?

 

Thanks

pkh
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If the other drives contains crucial information that is required to fully restore the server then it is needed.  The best way to know is the ensure that the SDR light is on.  If the SDR light is off, then a crucial part of the data needed to recover a server is missing.

William_Lawance
Level 6

- After reinstall OS / install BE agent, is the hostname important for restore ? same hostname is MUST ?

- How about EDI system partition, is it need ?

- Please help to vertify the procedure to restore.

1) install OS

2) change hostname / ip / install BE agent

3) restore

 

Thanks

William_Lawance
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Hi,

For current selection, why SDR light still not on ?

pkh
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The easiest way to restore a server is using SDR.  Read the SDR chapter in the Admin Guide.

For manual recovery, read the Restores chapter in the Admin Guide.

pkh
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... because of your exludes.

Deselect everything and then select the entire server.  Otherwise, create a new job and select the entire server.

William_Lawance
Level 6

After selected all folder in C:\, SDR green light turned on.

But backup "C:\ProgramData\Symantec\Syamntec Endpoint Protection\CurrentVersion" got problem.

But SDR grenn light not turn on while not select it.

Any advice ?

 

Thanks

pkh
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What is the error message

William_Lawance
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Please refer to below page:

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/forums/com...

 

That's why I disable to backup this folder

 

Please advice.

Thanks

pkh
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If you read the document reservedness in the discussion carefully it states that the problem with SEP does not exists in BE 2012

William_Lawance
Level 6

Then what's the procedure to restore full backup ?

1) install OS

2) install agnet

3) restore files, folder, volumes

4) restore complete online restore of a computer....

5) restore ms sql db

 

am i right ?

thanks

pkh
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In step 1, do not join the machine to the domain In step 3, you finish by restoring the stern p system state and rebooting the server

William_Lawance
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  • for 1), not join domain, that means use local agent install ?
  • step 4) then step 3) ?
  • otherwise, i want to test for db restore, but i couldn't change the restore location. how can test restore ?

thanks

William_Lawance
Level 6

Hi,

Any update ?

 

Thanks