ASR Backups are a cool way to get system state backups of Windows 2003 server. They are cooler than regular NTBackup system state backups, because you can do a “bare metal” restore by booting a system with no OS to the installation CD and providing the ASR disk and path to backup files (USB drive, [...]
I had a lively exchange with another consultant today that included a discussion of imaging client machines. This other fellow subscribed to what I think is an old school philosophy that there should be a separate volume for the system and the data on client machines. I still subscribe to this view in regard to [...]
Some IT shops don’t even bother with client backups. I’ve had one IT Admin tell me that he sets a policy for all users to save their data on the network. If they neglect to do that, it’s not his fault. This CYA approach only makes sense if you are almost deliberately [...]
Why am I so turned off by online backups? Well I’m not entirely turned off, I use http://filesanywhere.com to backup my personal workstation. Here are some things that bother me:
special files - The performance of online backups relies on being able to perform incremental backups (and compress these?). But some special files are problematic to [...]