The open file writes don't occur until after reboot.
So essentially you've got multiple copies of many window files just sitting
around in temporary locations waiting for the next reboot to replace the
original file. IMO if you are THAT strapped for space on your C: you've
got a worse problem then needing a restore. =P
-Jonathan
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Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 8:38 AM
To: 'Shyam Hazari'; Spearman, David
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Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)
I
heard about this - does anyone know why the restore needs MORE disk space to
recover the OS ?
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From: Shyam Hazari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 02 August 2006 13:09
To: Spearman, David
Cc: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)Check this tech note.I had to recover a production server after crash few weeks back. What I did was to restore system_state and C: drive at one go. Make sure you have enough space in the C: drive. Otherwise it will not restore all the required files and will cause the system reboot continuously. I have seen this happen before.-Shyam
On 8/2/06, Spearman, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Sorry one and All, made a mistake, it was 5.1mp3 that had the problem. My support call is belowI tried restoring a w2k3 server as a test and got an lssas error on
reboot, with the machine constantly rebooting. After going to your support
page I ran in to the following document
Document ID: 274353
It essentially says contact veritas. So what now?
RESPONSE
David,As we had discussed, this is a known issue, so there wasn't any configuration mistakes on your end. There is a technote with troubleshooting steps to try and remedy the issue. This isn't a 100% guaranteed fix, as we had discussed regarding the use of the Win2Koption.To reiterate what's occurring:What is happening is that Windows 2003 Shadow Copy Components have changed so that there is a slip in recovering some registry hives. (see the Microsoft link at the bottom of the technote) For us to keep up with these changes, we need to modify our software with new patch releases. The new release for this issue is due out soon, but no concrete date that I can release. In the meantime, I will create an escalations task and will inform you on what I can get from backline, and what they may request from you for additional information.At any rate it was definately fixed with mp4, for your sake Simon I would test your MP2 or upgrade your master/media servers to mp4.dds-----Original Message-----
From: WEAVER, Simon [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 02, 2006 6:56 AM
To: Spearman, David; Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)DavidWhat is the bug, as we use MP2 NBU 5.1can you provide details on this?ThanksRegards
Simon Weaver
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Windows Domain AdministratorEADS Astrium Limited, B23AA IM (DCS)
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From: Spearman, David [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 02 August 2006 11:33
To: Wilkinson, Tim; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)Tim,Windows is the easiest restore in the entire venue. From scratch, load the OS (patched to whatever level your version of NBU requires) and leave it in the workgroup mode with a workgroup having the same name as the domain it was in. Load the nbu agent, partition the drive, then do a FULL resore, reboot, done. I have actually done this across disimiliar platforms, albeit you have to be a bit tricky. In short we will never waste money on windows bmr, it's just to easy to do it the old fashioned way. The only caveats are1. Domain Comtrollers require a reboot into domain controller restore mode2. NB5.1 mp2 had a major bug with w2k3. Just make sure you are higher (or lower) than that.-----Original Message-----
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Subject: [Veritas-bu] Restoring entire servers (Windows)I'm just reviewing disaster recovery at the moment and have found a paragraph or 2 recommending that all system files and application files are backed up. We generally run A_L_D in our policies 'just in case' but I've been thinking about restoring system and application files and wonder how most people approach this sort of thing.We don't use BMR so I figure the best way to restore an entire server is to rebuild the OS, install any applications then restore actual 'data'; I've always considered if you try to restore 'everything' it could get a bit messy and confused if some of it doesn't get restored exactly as it was before.Without using BMR, can you restore the contents of an entire server in Windows (I'm talking the whole show including system files, system_state data, applications and everything)?Cheers,
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