CREATING AND RUNNING AN UNATTENDED BACKUP JOB

3. Andrew expresses his concern about being able to restore his system to workingorder if disaster strikes. What could you do to ensure that Andrew could recoverthe computer in the event of a major system failure?

Troubleshooting Lab

You are an administrator for a company named Contoso, Ltd., a manufacturer of finedinnerware. You are working with a user named Ariane. Ariane’s computer is config-ured to run a normal backup of her data each Saturday and to run an incrementalbackup every other evening. Backups are stored on a network file server. You are trou-bleshooting an intermittent hardware error on Ariane’s computer. Before you begintroubleshooting, you want to create a backup of Ariane’s data. Which type of backupshould you perform to ensure that you do not interfere with the regular nightly back-ups already scheduled on Andrew’s computer? Why?

Chapter Summary

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The Windows Backup utility provides a simple interface for backing up andrestoring data. The Backup utility offers two modes: Wizard mode, which stepsyou through a backup or restore, and Advanced mode, which provides a more tra-ditional backup interface and access to more options.

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Before backing up data, it is best to make sure that users have closed all theirfiles. To back up data, you can use the Backup And Recovery Wizard to select thefiles that you want to back up, the location to create the backup file, and anyadvanced backup options that you want to use (such as verifying files after theyare backed up). You can also schedule backup jobs to occur at a later time or atregular intervals.

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To ensure that you can successfully restore data, you should follow certain guide-lines, such as keeping thorough documentation on all your backup jobs and per-forming test restores on a regular basis.

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The Automated System Recovery Wizard creates a system recovery disk (on afloppy disk), which contains your hard drive configuration and a backup of yourlocal system partition on tape or as a file.

Exam Highlights

Before taking the exam, review the key points and terms that are presented in thischapter. You need to know this information.

Key Points

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To back up all data on a computer regardless of the assigned permissions to thatdata, you must use a user account that has the Backup Files And Directories userright assigned. To restore data, you must use a user account that has the RestoreFiles And Directories user right assigned. Members of the Administrators andBackup Operators local groups have these rights by default.

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Backup allows you to back up data from or to shared folders on remote comput-ers. Backup cannot write backup files directly to a CD-ROM or DVD.