12-03-2014 04:00 AM
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12-03-2014 06:18 AM
does the recovery recognize the other three disks and migrate them as it was before?
A restore wont migrate the other 3 disks/partitions. It really depends if you are restoring to the same or different hardware? If the same hardware, you'd just restore the partitions that were lost and the other partitions would remain as they are.
You also need to take into consideration if the partitions are on the same or different physical disks.
does the recovery overwrite the existing data on the other disks?
It wont overwrite existing data as long as you direct the restore to the correct disk.
Personally I would recommend you test a restore, perhaps into a virtual environment. That is likey to answer most, if not all, your questions.
Hope this helps.
12-03-2014 04:11 AM
hi,
For a full recovery of the server, consider SDR, or Symantec System Recovery for servers.
If you want to do this on a file level, then your selections are fine. You would need the System State and any data to recover the server, but include the full C:\ drive as well.
Thanks!
12-03-2014 04:33 AM
12-03-2014 05:05 AM
That depends what data is stored on the other drives.
For example, you may have MS Exchange related data on other disks. In which case, you'd need to backup C plus the additional drives that contain Exchange data in order to restore the server fully.
If you could explain exactly what data is stored on each drive, we could provide better advice.
12-03-2014 06:09 AM
Server is a WHS 2003 R2 (no Exchange)
Data:
1. shared folders
2. duplicated folders
3. client system backups
4. system
If I would backup only the system disk(C:D:) and the disk would one day break down
and I would then recover the backup on a new systemdisk, does the recovery recognize
the other three disks and migrate them as it was before?
On the other hand, if I were to backup all disks, but only the system disk fails and I would
recover all disks, does the recovery overwrite the existing data on the other disks?
I'm sorry, this is the first time configuring a server backup, so please excuse my lack of
knowledge.
Regards,
12-03-2014 06:18 AM
does the recovery recognize the other three disks and migrate them as it was before?
A restore wont migrate the other 3 disks/partitions. It really depends if you are restoring to the same or different hardware? If the same hardware, you'd just restore the partitions that were lost and the other partitions would remain as they are.
You also need to take into consideration if the partitions are on the same or different physical disks.
does the recovery overwrite the existing data on the other disks?
It wont overwrite existing data as long as you direct the restore to the correct disk.
Personally I would recommend you test a restore, perhaps into a virtual environment. That is likey to answer most, if not all, your questions.
Hope this helps.
12-03-2014 06:37 AM
Thank you very much for the help. I will do as you suggested and test a
restore in a virtual environment.
Best Regards,