Backup and Recovery
To avoid the loss of critical data, you must plan and prepare for both backup and recovery operations. It is important that you are able to quickly recover Microsoft® Systems Management Server (SMS) 2003 sites and hierarchies with as little data loss as possible.
A total backup and recovery cycle consists of four major administrative tasks:
Planning for backup and recovery - done during the SMS deployment planning phase.
Preparing for recovery - done during the SMS deployment phase.
Backing up a site - done on a regular basis after deploying SMS.
Recovering a site - done as needed.
This chapter assumes that you have read and are familiar with Chapter 13, "Planning for Backup and Recovery," in the Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Concepts, Planning, and Deployment Guide.
This chapter does not describe backup and recovery issues related to upgrading to SMS 2003. For information about backup and recovery upgrade issues, see Chapter 14, "Upgrading to SMS 2003," in the Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Concepts, Planning, and Deployment Guide. For information about backup and recovery issues in a mixed-version hierarchy, see Chapter 6, "Understanding Interoperability with SMS 2.0," in the Microsoft Systems Management Server 2003 Concepts, Planning, and Deployment Guide.
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Planning for Backup and Recovery
Preparing for Recovery
Backing Up a Site
Recovering a Site
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