presented by Peter Gubarevich Optimal Solutions, Ltd Conference Microsoft IT Pro Tallinn, December 01, 2011 Something About Restoring Your Server

Agenda Something about Restore What is this Restore about? What is this Restore about? The backup does not really matter until you are able to restore How do we Backup right? How do we Backup right? What is to be includes into a backup to successfully restore a server What about Active Directory? What about Active Directory? Possible System State and Authoritative restore issues

What system is considered to be fault tolerant? Something about Restore Which implements RAID volumes? No. Which has redundant servers? Not really. Which implements backups? Depends on. A system that is able to recover and continue working in the event of the failure.

What do they face at the moment of failure? The backup does not contain all the necessary data The restore procedure is not tested and documented The necessary hardware and software is not in place The fact is that most administrators have never tried to restore their servers Something about Restore

How do we backup right? Make copies of all data processed within the enterprise. Do not consider anything to be unimportant until it really is; Make backups of all mission-critical computers; Backup system drive as a whole, not the System State only; Do not backup Domain Controllers using disk cloning software (check for USN Rollback and Lingering Objects issues); Remember to have installation media, serial numbers and tools like screwdriver and cables. Something about Restore

Automate the backup Automate the backup process by using Task Scheduler; Create multiple copies: Keep local copy for quick access Keep network copy for additional reliability Keep offsite copy for disaster recovery Maintain the backup rotation depth Check the backup quality on a regular basis; Test and document the restoration process. Make sure the responsible personnel is trained and documentation is easy to find. Something about Restore

Performing System Backup Performing System Backup Scheduling Backup Tasks Scheduling Backup Tasks Demonstration Something about Restore

Whats the Authoritative Restore? Something about Restore Authoritative Restore prevents restored data from being overrided by upcoming replication bad news Start -> Run -> ntdsutil C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdsutil.exe: authoritative restore authoritative restore: restore subtree OU=Managers,DC=MyCompany,DC=com

Performing Active Directory Authoritative Restore Performing Active Directory Authoritative Restore Demonstration Something about Restore

Q & A Class Discussion Contacts: Something about Restore