System State backup

[JHeaton]

NBU - 7.1 Capacity

OS - W2K8R2

Is the Shadow Copy Components directive the only way to get system state backups?  It seems that this directive backs up a lot more data than another backup product we were using previously.

Also, is there another way of backing up Active Directory besides that Shadow Copy Components directive?

[Sebastian_Baszc]

Hi,

If you want to get granular restores from your AD, the following set of directives should be enough:

Active Directory Application Mode:\
Shadow Copy Components:\
System State:\

ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES

For the GRT you have to install NFS service on the server and on the Media Server + enable it in the policy.

Cheers

Sebastian

[Andy_Welburn]

There are sections on what each directive backs up & also AD granular backups & recovery.

e.g. ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES includes Shadow_Copy_Components which in turn includes System_State.

Symantec NetBackup Administrator's Guide for Windows, Volume I
http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=DOC3653

We did also find that there is a lot more data to backup for 2008 SCC cf earlier O/Ss.

[Kernel_Panic]

Follow this technote in order to understand how to do that and to get an answer for your whys.

http://www.symantec.com/business/support/index?page=content&id=TECH35151