The Best Damn Windows Server 2003 Book Period- P32:The latest incarnation of Microsoft’s server product,Windows Server 2003, brings many new features and improvements that make the network administrator’s job chapter will briefly summarize what’s new in 2003 and introduce you to the four members of the Windows Server 2003 family: the Web Edition, the Standard Edition, the Enterprise Edition, and the Datacenter Edition. | 276 Chapter 7 Planning Implementing and Maintaining a High-Availability Strategy Advanced Mode Advanced Mode is accessed by clicking the Advanced Mode link in the opening Backup or Restore Wizard window see Figure . Advanced Mode gives you direct access to the ASR Wizard customization options and reporting and media management functions. If you click Advanced Mode you are presented with the window shown in Figure . Figure The Windows Backup Utility Advanced Mode Using Advanced Mode you can predefine different backup jobs and save their can then set up schedules for these backup jobs to accommodate the needs of your organization and your can also access the Report option available from Tools Report to get detailed information on the backup and restore activity that has occurred on your system. Using the Command-Line Tools You can also run the Windows Backup Utility as part of a batch file or directly from a command prompt. Using this capability you can integrate the Windows Backup Utility into sophisticated batch files or scripts. Most of the options available in Advanced Mode are available when using the command-line mode. However you cannot do a restore from the command-line. Restores must be performed with the Wizard or Advanced Mode. Selecting Backup Media An important part of your backup and restore strategy is your choice of backup media. Many different types of media are usable by Windows Backup and each has advantages and disadvantages. You must consider factors such as backup and restore speed media capacity media cost device cost media shelf life and the reliability of the technology. When analyzing these factors take a long-term view. Technology changes rapidly but data stays around for a long time. Examine the necessary life of your data. Accounting data usually needs to be recoverable for seven years. Data relating to legal proceedings may need to be retained for decades. Medical research data may need to be retained
