Share via

Backup and Recovery Planning

  • Article

This early stage of your SMS 2003 hierarchy deployment, is the perfect time to consider backup and recovery requirements, to develop a recovery plan, and to incorporate backup and recovery preparation into your SMS deployment plan.

A site recovery is a complex process, and it is recommended that you plan ahead and be prepared. This helps you in the following ways:

  • You minimize the risk of failure in your site.

  • You minimize the impact of a failure on your site, if it occurs.

You simplify the recovery process, reduce the time of the recovery process, and minimize data loss, in the event of failure.

See Scenarios and Procedures for Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003: Maintenance, Backup, and Recovery for a more complete discussion.