Undoing a restore from previous versions (Shadow copy)
To undoing volume shadow copy to a previous state: 1. Open Computer Management. ( Click Start >Control Panel > Administrative Tools, and then double-click Computer Management) 2. In the console tree, right-click Shared Folders, select All Tasks, and then click Configure Shadow Copies in “Computer Management/System Tools/Shared Folders” 3. In the Shadow Copies dialog box, [...]

View Answer   |  November 8, 2010  6:49 AM
Backup, Backup and restore, Shadow Copy, Windows Server 2003

Creating a comprehensive disaster recovery plan for servers
Just go through the list of your Critical business functions and decide what is crucial for you business to operate and how you would recover if that thing were to be destroyed. Like for example you have a AD server that also does exchange and you need email and login information at all times. You [...]

View Answer   |  November 4, 2010  4:17 PM
Data Center in 2010, Data Center management, Disaster Recovery, Disaster Recovery Plan, Disaster recovery planning, Server management

System restore on Windows Server 2003 R2
I believe they can be but these will not save you in a emergency backup situation. You should get a external backup set up and just use the backup program it comes with or windows back up. System restore only puts the system back in a state by doing small changes to registry and application [...]

View Answer   |  November 4, 2010  3:47 PM
Backup and restore, external drive, Network Drive, System Restore, Windows Server 2003 R2

ntds.dit not backing up with Windows 2003 Backup Utility
If ntds.dit gets corrupted or deleted or is missing or whatever it is ! you have to manually backing up ! * Reboot the domain controller and press F8 to display the Windows 2003 Advanced Options menu. * Select Directory Services Restore Mode and then press ENTER. * Select the correct installation, and then press [...]

View Answer   |  November 4, 2010  9:52 AM
Active Directory Administration, Active Directory backup, Active Directory Backup and Restore, Backup, NTDS, Windows Backup Utility, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup

How do I recover deleted data from Oracle 9i?
Using this code to recover this and u have to change the date and time as per the mess was happened ! INSERT INTO USERS (SELECT * FROM USERS AS OF TIMESTAMP TO_TIMESTAMP (<b>’25-APR-03 10:30:58′,</b>’DD-MON-YY HH24: MI: SS’) MINUS SELECT * FROM USERS); Using “DBMS_FLASHBACK utility”: DECLARE CURSOR c IS SELECT * FROM users; v_rec [...]

View Answer   |  November 4, 2010  9:44 AM
Backup, Oracle 9i, Oracle 9i Configuration, Oracle backup, Oracle database backup and recovery, Solaris 10

Can I use NTBackup to schedule backup jobs to create a file and then copy it off the server to our collocation?
NTBackup offers the ability to schedule backup jobs. When you use NTBackup and take the “schedule” option, NTBackup builds a command-line string and then uses the Windows “Scheduled Tasks” functionality to schedule it to run. You can adjust the schedule manually once you have initially created it, from the control panel. Click: Start -> Control [...]

View Answer   |  November 4, 2010  9:34 AM
Backup, Backup Scheduler, NTBackup, Scheduled Backup, Tape Backups, Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 Backup

RAID Configuration in HP Server
it is expected that u have the hard drive connected to the motherboard because that chip is predominately used for onboard RAID. You will only need to enter the BIOS and change the hard drive as well: config from RAID to something like “IDE” (which means your SATA drives will act as normal IDE) meaning [...]

View Answer   |  November 4, 2010  4:23 AM
Deleting RAID, HP ProLiant, HP server Raid configuration, RAID 5, RAID configuration

RMAN Retention Policy
it depends alot on what is written on your policy procedure (on retention period and how you are going to do the backup). maybe you can explain more on what you are backing up (windows image, database or etc). with more information I might be able to give you more pointers… Configure Retention Policy is [...]

View Answer   |  November 4, 2010  4:13 AM
Backup, Backup and restore, Data Retention Policy, Oracle RMAN, RMAN backup

Path Depth in Windows XP, Windows 7, & Vista
Okay have you tried going into the folder in question say half way through and moving that folder out of the others making the path shorter to get to the file? Also you can go almost to the folder in question and select sharing and share this folder then access it as if you were [...]

View Answer   |  November 3, 2010  12:19 PM
FIle path, NTFS, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP

Creating a new domain controller, sync then use as a backup offline active directory server
It will work but realize you have the potential to lose information in between the sync and should your domain controllers go down. If you synced on Friday, shut it down, and then on Thursday night all domain controllers go down, you will lose all changes in between then including new users, password changes, group [...]

View Answer   |  November 2, 2010  10:14 PM
Active Directory, Backup hardware, Domain Controller, Domain Controller Building, Offline Backup

Automatically erase BrightStor backup tape.
Most just use the Overwrite option to let the job overwrite the tape automatically. However if you really want to erase the tape prior to the job you can use either ca_devmgr -erase or ca_devmgr -cherase, depending on if it is a stand alone driver or a library. This can be run either via the [...]

View Answer   |  November 1, 2010  9:15 PM
Backup, Backup and restore, BrightStor, BrightStor ARCserve Backup, Tape Backups, Windows

How to recover deleted files of file server from client?
Shadow copy not working means, there is a serious problems….. It is better to use any good utility tool / licensed disk recovery software, which may help to recover ur data.

View Answer   |  October 30, 2010  6:39 AM
Backup and restore, Client server software, Deleted files, File server software, File servers

Deleted items folder retention policy on exchange 2007
To use the Exchange Management Console to configure deleted item retention for a mailbox database 1. Open the Exchange Management Console. 2. In the console tree, expand Microsoft Exchange, then expand Server Configuration, and then select Mailbox. 3. On the Database Management tab in the work pane, expand the storage group that contains the mailbox [...]

View Answer   |  October 29, 2010  5:45 PM
Data Retention Policy, Deleted Items Retention Policy, Exchange 2007, Exchange policy management, Standard Edition

How to take online backup of Outlook PST file?
from what I know it cannot be done…i tried backing it up before when my outlook was open and it will give some error msg..

View Answer   |  October 29, 2010  8:55 AM
.PST file backup, .PST files, Online Backup, Outlook .PST Files, Outlook Backup

Troubleshooting and Support for hard drive
Ur q is not clear here! more details r required here. Though u may check with Disk recovery tool or related disk checking sw which available in the market !

View Answer   |  October 28, 2010  10:52 AM
HARD drive, Hard drive failure, Hard drive repair, Hard drives

Backing up Active Directory with two servers
How often do the two servers replicate? I have a client that has the same type of set up, Active Directory on a server that replicates to another server every 5 minutes over a fiber channel. I still have them include the Active Directory into their nightly backups just in case. You never know if [...]

View Answer   |  October 27, 2010  10:48 PM
Active Directory, Active Directory backup, Active Directory Backup and Restore, Backup, Backup Server, Replication

HP LTO2 Ultrium tape restore error
The backup application cannot read the tape. Block 10 is where I would expect the Filemark which designates the beginning of the first session should be. Possibilities: the backup was done via a different application the tape has been erased or corrupted Try reading another backup from the same set or close to the same [...]

View Answer   |  October 27, 2010  7:47 PM
Backup and restore, LTO Tape, LTO2, Tape Backups, Ultrium

Presenting a data store to Multiple ESX environment
No, doing so will corrupt the data on the LUNs. You will need to create new LUNs and present those new LUNs to the new cluster. That or shutdown the VMs, and remove the LUNs from the current cluster and present them to the new cluster.

View Answer   |  October 26, 2010  6:20 PM
ESX, ESXi, ESXi and Datastores, LUN, vSphere, vSphere 4.0

Backing up a WSUS server
You’ll need to backup the database, and the file server. There isn’t much reason to. If you were to build a new WSUS server, the machines on the network would check into that machine and simply tell it that they have the patches.

View Answer   |  October 25, 2010  3:05 PM
Backup, Backup and Recovery, Windows Backup, WSUS

Can I use WBAdmin to restore NTBackup files?
The wbadmin command replaces the ntbackup command that was released with previous versions of Windows. You cannot recover backups that you created with ntbackup by using wbadmin. However, a version of ntbackup is available as a download for Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008 R2, or Windows 7 users who want to recover [...]

View Answer   |  October 24, 2010  2:49 AM
Backup, Backup and restore, NTBackup, NTBackup Configuration, WBADMIN, Windows Server 2008 R2