Backing Up and Restoring Windows Small Business Server 2003

The Windows® Small Business Server 2003 R2 server software and the Windows® Small Business Server 2003 server software (both called Windows SBS in this document) provide a reliable way to perform regular server backups to a tape drive, external hard drive, or network share. You can use the Backup Configuration Wizard to easily configure your backup. After a system failure or other disaster, you can restore your server from your latest successful backup. You can use the Backup Configuration Wizard to configure storage for individual files and e-mail messages, so that they can be restored in the event they are permanently deleted, without restoring the entire server. You can also configure backup of your company Web site, so that you can easily restore files and list items to the site.

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Backing Up Windows Small Business Server

Windows SBS provides a reliable way to perform regular server backups for small companies. To schedule and implement a backup, run the Backup Configuration Wizard from the To Do List or from the Manage Backup taskpad in Server Management.

The Backup Configuration Wizard enables you to specify the following:

• The location for the backup files, either tape or hard disk. We recommend backing up to tape or other portable media.
• Which local folders should be excluded from the backup.
• The days and time that the backup occurs. By default, the server is backed up at 11:00 P.M., Monday through Friday. You can modify the schedule to suit your business needs.
• Whether an on-site user will be reminded to change backup tapes and clean the tape drive.
• The number of days that deleted e-mail messages are retained.
• The amount of disk space to reserve for saving snapshots of \Users Shared Folders.

After a backup has been completed:

Backup results are displayed in the Manage Backup taskpad in Server Management. The results show whether the backup succeeded or failed, and you can view the backup log. This information is also available in the server status reports.

You can run the Backup Configuration Wizard again to modify settings. Shortcuts to common settings are available on the Manage Backup taskpad in Server Management.

After you run the Backup Configuration Wizard, you can run a manual, unscheduled backup of your server if necessary. Use the following procedure to perform a manual backup of your server.

To manually back up Windows SBS

1. Click Start, and then click Server Management.

2. In the console tree, click Backup.

3. If you have already configured backup settings and want to back up the computer running Windows SBS immediately, click Backup Now.

If you use backup software made by a company other than Microsoft, you should ensure that circular logging is enabled.

To enable circular logging

1. Click Start, and then click Server Management.

2. In the console tree, click Advanced Management.

3. Double-click DomainName (Exchange), double-click Servers, double-click ServerName, right-click First-Storage Group, and then click Properties.

4. Ensure Enable circular logging is selected.

Backing Up Additional Servers

You can create a backup of any additional servers in the Windows SBS domain by using either Windows NT Backup software or a third-party solution. For more information about the Windows NT Backup software, see "Windows NT Backup Software" at the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70320).

Restoring Your Server

After a system failure or other disaster, you can restore your server from your latest successful backup. In the event of a software failure, you can restore to the same computer or you can restore to new hardware. You can also restore individual files and e-mail messages if they were permanently deleted.

• SCSI controller. You can restore to a computer that has an IDE controller if the original computer had SCSI.
• Motherboard chip set.
• Number of processors.
• Hard disk size. The new computer’s hard disk should contain matching volumes the same size or larger than those on the original computer.
• Drive letter of the boot partition.
• We recommend restoring to the same brand and model as the original computer.

For information about restoring to a different computer with different hardware than that which was originally running Windows SBS, see Article 263532, "How to perform a disaster recovery restoration of Active Directory on a computer with a different hardware configuration" at the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=4441).

In the event of a system failure, use the following procedures to restore your server from the latest successful backup. You must perform the following tasks in order:

1. Install Windows SBS and apply any service pack for the Windows Server® 2003 operating system that existed on your server when you ran the last backup.
2. Restore the server from backup media.
3. Verify the success of the restore, and then rejoin client computers to the network.

To install Windows SBS and apply the service pack

1. Before installing the operating system, disconnect any external disk drives, such as USB or IEEE 1394 drives, that were not connected to the server during the original installation.

2. If you did not upgrade from Small Business Server 2000, turn on the computer, and then insert into the drive Disc 1 of the most recent version of Windows SBS for which you have the full CD set or the DVD. When a message appears prompting you to boot from the CD, press any key, and then proceed to Step 3.

   -Or-

   If you upgraded from Small Business Server 2000, ensure that the computer BIOS is set to boot from the CD. For information about how to do this, see the documentation from your computer manufacturer. Insert the floppy disk into the floppy disk drive and Windows SBS Disc 1 into the CD drive, and then turn on the computer. When a message appears prompting you to boot from the CD, press any key.

3. When the Welcome to Setup page appears, press ENTER.

4. On the Windows Licensing page, read the agreement, and then press F8.

5. Select the partition where you want to restore Windows SBS. If you have not yet partitioned your disk drive, you must do so at this time. Follow the instructions in the wizard.

6. Select NTFS as the file system for the partition.

   Setup copies temporary files to a Windows installation folder on your computer. This takes a few minutes. After the copying is finished, Setup restarts your computer, and then the Installing Windows portion of the operating-system installation begins.

7. On the Regional and Language Options page, customize your regional and language options, if necessary.

8. On the Personalize Your Software page, type the information you want in each field.

9. On the Your Product Key page, type your product key.

10. On the Computer Name and Administrator Password page, type the administrator password.

11. On the Date and Time Settings page, verify the information.

    The Finalizing Windows portion of the Windows SBS installation begins. After Windows SBS is installed, your computer restarts.

12. Install any service packs for Windows Server 2003 that were running on your server when you ran the last backup.

To restore the server from backup media

1. If you have external disk drives, click Start, click Administrative Tools, click Disk Management, and then connect your drives. Using Disk Management, configure your drives exactly as they were before the restore. After your drives are configured, restart your computer.

2. Log on by using the administrator password.

3. On the Continuing Microsoft Windows Small Business Server Setup page, click Cancel.

4. On the Microsoft Windows Small Business Server Setup alert page, click Yes to cancel the setup.

5. On the Setup Canceled page, click Finish.

6. Make sure that the backup media is accessible to the system.

7. Click Start, click Run, and then type ntbackup to open the Backup Utility.

8. When the wizard starts, on the Welcome to Backup or Restore Wizard page, click Advanced Mode.

9. On the Backup Utility menu, click Tools, click Options, and then click the Restore tab.

10. Select Always replace the file on my computer, click Apply, and then click OK.

11. On the Restore and Manage Media tab, double-click the tape or file corresponding to your last full backup.

    1. If you are restoring from tape, click the tape name to expand and select the date corresponding to the last successful backup.
    2. If you are restoring from disk or from a network share, right-click File in the details pane, click Catalog File, type the path or browse to your backup file, double-click the file, and then click OK.

12. To restore your hard disks and system state, select the check boxes for the drives you want to restore and the system state. Do not check Microsoft Information Store because data stored in this folder includes Exchange Server data, and all Exchange Server data is restored from the drive or drives on which it is installed.

13. Under Restore files to, make sure that Original location is selected.

14. On the Restore and Manage Media tab, click Start Restore.

15. In the Warning dialog box, click OK.

16. In the Confirm Restore dialog box, click Advanced. On the Advanced Restore Options page, ensure that the following four check boxes are selected:

    • Restore security.
    • Restore junction points, and restore file and folder data under junction points to the original location.
    • When restoring replicated data sets, mark the restored data as the primary data for all replicas.
    • Preserve existing volume mount points.

17. Click OK, and then click OK again.

18. Remove the Windows SBS CD from the CD drive.

    The server restore begins. This might take several hours depending on the amount of data.

19. When the restore is complete, click Report to verify that the system state and all files were recovered.

    There might be a few files for which the Backup Utility was unable to set the short file name. The files in the following list will not affect the functionality of the system if the short file names are not set.

    • \Documents and Settings\Administrator\Recent\*
    • \Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Microsoft\Crypto\*
    • \WINDOWS\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\DataColl\*
    • \WINDOWS\system32\inetsrv\History\*
    • \WINDOWS\WinSxS\Manifests\*
    • \WINDOWS\WinSxS\Policies\*
    • \WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322\*.sql
    • \WINDOWS\RESOURCES\THEMES\Luna\luna.msstyles

20. In the Backup Utility dialog box, click Yes to restart the server, and then log on.

21. If you are restoring to a server with two network adapters, complete the following steps to ensure that you are able to access the Internet and that your network is protected from external attacks:

    1. Click Start, select Control Panel, and double-click Network Connections.
    2. If any of the network adapters is disabled, right-click the adapter, and select Enable.
    3. Unplug the cable that goes to your external network adapter (the network adapter that is used to access the Internet). In the Network Connections folder, the status of this adapter will change to Network cable unplugged. Rename this adapter to Network Connection, then right-click the adapter, and select Disable.
    4. Unplug the cable that goes to your internal network adapter (the network adapter that is used to access the local network). In the Network Connections folder, the status of this adapter will change to Network cable unplugged. Rename this adapter to Server Local Area Connection.

22. After your computer restarts, if you are restoring to hardware that has different network adapters, you must verify the IP address of each card in the system and change it, if necessary, by using the following procedure:

    1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then double-click Network Connections.
    2. Right-click a network connection, and click Properties.
    3. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), and then click Properties.
    4. For an internal network adapter, change the IP address to the exact IP address it had before the backup. In the IP address dialog box, type the IP address it had before the backup. In the Subnet mask dialog box, type your subnet mask (for example, 255.255.255.0). Leave the Default gateway dialog box blank, and in the Preferred DNS Server dialog box, type the IP address of the server.

23. If you receive a Service not started error after you restore the system from a backup, complete the following steps:

    Stop the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) Service

    1. Click Start, point to Administrative Tools, and then click Services.
    2. In the list of services, right-click the Windows Firewall/Internet Connection Sharing (ICS) service, and then click Properties.
    3. If the service is started, click Stop.
    4. Set the Startup type to Manual, and then click OK.

**Restart the Microsoft Firewall Service**

If you are running ISA Server 2004, ensure that the Microsoft® Firewall service is started. If the service is not started, complete the following steps:

1.  Click **Start**, point to **Administrative Tools**, and then click **Services**.
2.  In the list of services, right-click the **Microsoft Firewall** service, and then click **Properties**.
3.  Ensure that the **Startup type** is set to **Automatic**.
4.  If the service is not started, click **Start** and then click **OK**.

**Restart Routing and Remote Access Service**

If you are not running ISA Server 2004, complete the following steps:

1.  Click **Start**, point to **Administrative Tools**, and then click **Services**.
2.  In the list of services, right-click the **Routing and Remote Access** service, and then click **Properties**.
3.  Ensure that the **Startup type** is set to **Automatic**.
4.  If the service is not started, click **Start** and then click **OK**.

24. Click Start, click Server Management and then click Internet and E-mail. Click Connect to the Internet, and follow the instructions in the Configure E-mail & Internet Connection Wizard

25. On the server, click Start, and then click Run. In the Open box, type %sbsprogramdir%\backup\prestore.exe, and then click OK. This will enable Power Users to add users after the restore.

26. Click Start, click Control Panel, double-click Scheduled Tasks, select all the ShadowCopyVolume tasks, and press Delete to delete these tasks. In the Confirm File Delete dialog box, click Yes.

    To re-enable retention of previous versions of files, click Start, click Server Management, click Backup, and then click Modify Storage for Deleted Files and E-mail. On the Storage Allocation for Deleted Files and E-mail page, select Enable periodic snapshots of users’ shared folders.

27. If you have manually created shadow copies on other volumes, then re-enable shadow copy as follows:

    1. Right-click Start, click Explore.
    2. Right-click the volume which contains the shadow copies and then click Properties, and click the Shadow Copies tab.
    3. Click Settings and choose appropriate settings under Storage Area and Schedule. Click OK to close the Schedule dialog box.

28. If you chose to exclude client applications from the backup, click Start, click Control Panel, click Add or Remove Programs, select Windows SBS, and then select Change/Remove. Follow the on-screen instructions to reinstall your applications. Any other items that you chose to exclude from the backup may need to be reinstalled as well.

29. On the client computer, click Start, click Run, and then type cmd to open a command prompt. At the command prompt, type ipconfig /renew to reestablish a network connection. Restarting client computers also reestablishes a connection to the restored server.

To verify the success of the restore

1. Open Server Management, and then confirm that the state of your user accounts and computers is the same as it was prior to the restore.

2. Make sure that you can connect to the Internet.

3. Open https://Companyweb/ and make sure that the site appears.

4. Send and receive e-mail.

If you are unable to confirm the success of the restore, click Start, click Server Management, click the Information Center link, and then click Community Website or Technical Support to get information about your problem.

Backing Up and Restoring Individual Files and Folders

By default, the server is configured to take a regularly scheduled snapshot of the shared folders on the server so that users can recover files in the event they are deleted or a version is overwritten by using the Backup Wizard. Files can be recovered if they are stored in \Users Shared Folders on the computer running Windows SBS or in other shared folders on the same volume.

When you enable periodic snapshots of the server, a snapshot is taken at 7:00 A.M. and 12:00 noon. When you recover a file, the version you recover is the version that was saved to the server when the most recent snapshot was taken. The amount of disk space you reserve will be used to retain files for all network users. There must be at least 310 megabytes (MB) of available disk space to enable this feature. The default amount of disk space reserved is 10 percent of the hard disk.

If \Users Shared Folders is deleted or renamed, this selection is unavailable. If this folder has been renamed, change the name back to Users Shared Folders. If \Users Shared Folders has been deleted by mistake, rerun Windows SBS Setup and reinstall the Administration component. For information about how to rerun Setup, see “To modify your Windows Small Business Server installation” in Windows SBS Help.

To restore individual files

If a user accidentally deletes a file and you have enabled My Documents redirection, and you allocated space for deleted files when you configured your backup, try to restore the file from the client computer by using the following procedure:

To restore individual files

1. On the client computer, right-click My Documents, and then click Properties. The Properties dialog box appears.

2. On the Previous Versions tab, double-click the most recent version of the folder that contains the file that you want to recover. A list of files appears.

3. Select the file that you want to recover, and then click Restore.

If the accidentally deleted file is not on a server share, or you cannot recover the file using the preceding method, you might need to recover the file from your backup by using the following procedure.

To complete this procedure, you must be logged on as a member of the Domain Admins security group.

To restore individual files from backup media

1. Make sure that the backup media is accessible to the system.

2. Click Start, click Run, and then type ntbackup. This opens the Backup Utility, which is a feature of Windows Server.

   If you saved your backup to a tape and the Backup Utility does not recognize the tape, the Recognizable Media Found dialog box appears. In the Action dialog box, select Allow Backup Utility to use the media.

3. On the Backup or Restore page, select Restore files and settings.

4. On the What to Restore page, in Items to restore, navigate to the files and folders that you want to restore, select them, and then click Next.

5. On the Completing the Backup or Restore Wizard page, review the settings. If you want to change the location to which you are restoring or change how the existing files that you are restoring are handled, click Advanced.

   • On the Where to Restore page, you can change the location to which your files are restored, or you can choose to have your files restored to a single folder.
   • On the How to Restore page, you can choose what to do with the versions of the files that already exist on your computer.
   • On the Advanced Restore Options page, if you chose to restore to the original location on the Where to restore page, ensure that the Restore junction points, but not the folders and the file data they reference check box is selected. If you chose to save to a different location, make sure that the check box is not selected.

Recovering Deleted E-Mail in Outlook

If users permanently delete an e-mail message from a folder, they can recover the deleted message back to the folder that it was permanently deleted from by using Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003 or later. You can specify the number of days to retain e-mail messages by using the Backup Wizard. The default is 30 days. This applies only to e-mail that is stored by using Microsoft Exchange Server, which includes e-mail that is delivered using the Microsoft Connector for POP3 Mailboxes.

To recover deleted e-mail

1. Open Outlook.

2. Navigate to the folder from which you permanently deleted the e-mail message.

3. On the Tools menu, click Recover Deleted Items. A dialog box appears.

4. Select the e-mail message that you want to recover, and then click Recover Selected Items.

   The recovered e-mail message appears in the folder from which it was deleted. You may need to wait a few minutes for the recovered e-mail message to be restored to the folder.

Restoring Corrupted or Deleted E-Mail From a Backup

If you need to restore corrupted or deleted e-mail that cannot be recovered in Outlook 2003, you can use a Recovery Storage Group and ExMerge.exe to restore the e-mail. The following steps guide you through the process of restoring e-mail from a backup.

To restore corrupted or deleted e-mail from a backup

1. Use the Exchange System Manager to create a Recovery Storage Group. For more information, see "Using Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 Recovery Storage Groups" at the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=70663).

2. Restore your most recent backup either by restoring a mailbox store from an online backup or by copying database files to the Recovery Storage Group. For more information, see Knowledge Base Article 824126, “How to use Recovery Storage Groups in Exchange Server 2003” at the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=101143).

3. Use ExMerge.exe to merge mailbox data from the Recovery Storage Group to a regular storage group. You can download ExMerge.exe from the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=91324).

Backing Up and Restoring Files and List Items in Windows SharePoint Services

Your company Web site is based on Microsoft Windows SharePoint® Services. You can enable the recovery of Windows SharePoint Services files. If a file or list item is accidentally deleted from your company Web site, you can restore it without having to perform a full recovery from your backup media. Instead, you can create a copy of your Windows SharePoint Services database on your hard disk.

Use the following procedure to schedule a task to enable you to restore Windows SharePoint Services files.

To enable recovery of individual Windows SharePoint Services files

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Scheduled Tasks, and then click Add Scheduled Task.

2. Click Next on the first page of the Scheduled Task Wizard.

3. Click Browse, go to %Programfiles%\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Web server extensions\60\Bin, and then double-click Stsadm.exe.

4. Select how often you want this task to run, and then click Next.

5. Select a time to run the schedule, and then click Next.

6. Enter administrator credentials, and then click Next.

7. Select the Open advanced properties when I click finish check box, and then click Finish. A dialog box appears.

8. Click the Task tab, and then in the Run box, type “%Programfiles%\Common files\Microsoft shared\Web server extensions\60\Bin\Stsadm.exe” -o backup -url https://Companyweb -filename "target path" -overwrite, where target path is where you save the backup of your internal Web site. You must type the quotation marks. Click OK.

   After you click OK, a dialog box appears, prompting you to enter administrator credentials.

To restore Windows SharePoint Services files

1. From the server, click Start, click Command Prompt, and then type “%Programfiles%\Common files\Microsoft shared\Web server extensions\60\Bin\Stsadm.exe” -o createsiteinnewdb -url https://companyweb/sites/RestoredSite -ownerlogin DOMAIN\administrator -owneremail administrator@DOMAIN.local -databasename STS_RESTORE, where DOMAIN is your server domain, administrator is the name of the built-in administrator account, and administrator@DOMAIN.local is your administrator’s e-mail address. Include the quotation marks as part of the path. Press ENTER.

2. Type “%Programfiles"\Common files\Microsoft shared\Web server extensions\60\Bin\Stsadm.exe” -o restore -url https://Companyweb/Sites/Restoredsite -filename "target path" -overwrite, where target path is the location where you chose to save your Windows SharePoint Services backup. Include the quotation marks as part of the path. Press ENTER.

3. Open Internet Explorer. In the address bar, type https://Companyweb/Sites/Restoredsite. The site that displays is your company's Web site at the time of your last successful backup.

4. In the restored site, navigate to the missing file.

5. Right-click the file, select Save Target As, and then select a location to which to save the file.

6. Repeat Steps 4 and 5 for all missing files.

7. Open your company Web site, navigate to the location where the missing files should be, and then on the toolbar in Windows SharePoint Services, click Upload Document.

8. Type the path or browse to the location where you saved the file, and then on the toolbar in Windows SharePoint Services, click Save and Close.

9. After you recover the files that you need, delete the restored subsite as follows:

   1. Click Start, click Server Management, click Internal Web Site, and then click Central Administration.
   2. Under Virtual Server Configuration, click Configure Virtual Server Settings.
   3. Click companyweb.
   4. Under Virtual Server Management, click Delete site collection.
   5. Type https://Companyweb/Sites/Restoredsite, click OK, and then click Delete.

10. After you recover the files that you need, delete the content database as follows:

    1. Click Start, click Server Management, click Internal Web Site, and then click Central Administration.
    2. Under Virtual Server Configuration, click Configure Virtual Server Settings.
    3. Click companyweb.
    4. Under Virtual Server Management, click Manage content databases.
    5. Click STS_RESTORE.
    6. Under Remove Content Database, select remove content database, and then click OK.
    7. Click Start, click Command Prompt, and then type osql -E -S SERVERNAME**\SharePoint -Q “drop database sts_restore”**, where SERVERNAME is the name of the server running Windows SBS. You must include the quotation marks. Press ENTER.

To restore list items in Windows SharePoint Services

1. From the server , click Start, click Command Prompt, and then type “%SystemDrive%\Program files\Common files\Microsoft shared\Web server extensions\60\Bin\Stsadm.exe” -o createsiteinnewdb -url https://companyweb/sites/RestoredSite -ownerlogin DOMAIN\administrator -owneremail administrator@DOMAIN.local -databasename STS_RESTORE, where DOMAIN is your server domain and administrator@DOMAIN.local is your administrator’s e-mail address. Include the quotation marks as part of the path. Press ENTER.

2. Type “%SystemDrive%\Program files\Common files\Microsoft shared\Web server extensions\60\Bin\Stsadm.exe” -o restore -url https://Companyweb/Sites/Restoredsite -filename target path -overwrite, where target path is the location where you chose to save your Windows SharePoint Services backup. Include the quotation marks as part of the path. Press ENTER.

3. Open Internet Explorer. In the address bar, type https://Companyweb/Sites/Restoredsite. The site that appears is the same as your company Web site. This is your restored site.

4. In the restored site, open the missing list item.

5. In Internet Explorer, on the File menu, click New, and then click Window to open a new Internet Explorer window and navigate to the location to which you want to restore the list item.

6. In the location to which you want to restore, copy line-by-line the contents of the list item from the restored site to the live site.

7. Repeat Steps 4 through 6 for all missing list items.

8. After you recover the files that you need, delete the restored subsite as follows:

   1. Click Start, click Server Management, click Internal Web Site, and then click Central Administration.
   2. Under Virtual Server Configuration, click Configure Virtual Server Settings.
   3. Click companyweb.
   4. Under Virtual Server Management, click Delete site collection.
   5. Type https://Companyweb/Sites/Restoredsite, click OK, and then click Delete.

9. After you recover the files that you need, delete the content database:

   1. Click Start, click Server Management, click Internal Web Site, and then click Central Administration.
   2. Under Virtual Server Configuration, click Configure Virtual Server Settings.
   3. Click companyweb.
   4. Under Virtual Server Management, click Manage content databases.
   5. Click STS_RESTORE.
   6. Under Remove Content Database, select remove content database, and then click OK.
   7. Click Start, click Command Prompt, and then type osql -E -S SERVERNAME**\SharePoint -Q “drop database sts_restore”**, where SERVERNAME is the name of the server running Windows SBS. You must include the quotation marks. Press ENTER

Backing Up and Restoring Update Services

Windows SBS builds in a simple-to-use but powerful backup feature for the server. You can use this backup feature to easily backup and restore Update Services.

Back up files

Because Update Services uses Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) 2.0 as the underlying engine for managing updates, backing up Update Services involves backing up the following important WSUS 2.0 data:

• The WSUS 2.0 database, which contains:
  • Update metadata, which contains information about updates (for example, properties). Metadata is also where End-User License Agreements (EULAs) are stored.
  • Information about the configuration of the WSUS server.
  • Information about client computers, updates, and client-computer interaction with updates.
• The folder where the update files are stored. Update files are the actual files that are required to install an update on a computer. The location of the update files depends on the location you specified during Setup. Update Services Setup creates a subfolder named WSUSContent in the specified folder on the computer that is running Windows SBS 2003 R2.

Considerations

In addition to the information given about the data that you should include when backing up Update Services, consider the following:

• By default, Update Services folders are added to the default set of backup folders. If you do not want to include the Update Services folders as part of your back up, you must manually exclude them. To do so, run the Windows Small Business Server Backup Configuration Wizard. On the Backup Data Summary page, add the folder containing your WSUS content to the list of excluded folders.
• Over time, the amount of WSUS 2.0 metadata and update files can grow considerably. This can greatly increase the size and duration of your backups. You should regularly monitor the amount of WSUS data that you are backing up to ensure that you do not exceed the amount of data that your backup system can accommodate. For example, if you are currently using a back up strategy that requires only a single tape, a large increase in the amount of WSUS content could cause your backup size to exceed the capacity of one tape.

To completely restore a computer that is running Windows SBS 2003 R2 with Update Services installed, you need to restore the WSUS 2.0 database. For detailed instructions about restoring WSUS content, see the "Back up and restore WSUS" section in the WSUS Help file. To do so, click Start, and then point to Administrative Tools. Click Microsoft Windows Server Update Services. On the home page for WSUS, click Help. When the help file for WSUS appears, click Back up and restore WSUS on the Contents tab. On the Back up and restore WSUS topic page under Related Topics, click Restore your WSUS server.

Troubleshooting Backup and Restore

For information about troubleshooting backup or restore of your Windows SBS, see the "Troubleshooting Backup and Restore" section of the "Windows SBS 2003 Troubleshooting" document at the Microsoft Web site (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=18144).