We will review backup strategies, techniques, and other practices that make system and data recovery a reliable and viable option when data loss occurs. Superb backup tools exist for the Windows platform. A recent SANS Institute survey indicates that several backup programs are in wide use. Veritas’ (formerly Seagate’s) BackupExec and Computer Associates’ ArcServe programs were the most popular products in this survey. Legato’s Networker is also represented and is a good tool for managing backups in a combined Windows/Unix network | Windows Backups Security Essentials The SANS Institute Windows Backups - SANS 2001 1 This portion of the SANS Security Essentials curriculum has been developed for information technology professionals responsible for backing up Windows 2000 and Window NT systems. 5 - 1 Course Topics Backup methods Important recovery tools Procedures and processes Other backup topics Windows Backups - SANS 2001 2 This course will allow you to implement effective backup strategies for all your Windows 2000 and Windows NT systems. 5 -2 Recommended Products ArcServe - Computer Associates BackupExec - Veritas formerly Seagate Networker - Legato NTBackup - included with Windows 2000 and Windows NT Windows Backups - SANS 2001 3 We will review backup strategies techniques and other practices that make system and data recovery a reliable and viable option when data loss occurs. Superb backup tools exist for the Windows platform. A recent SANS Institute survey indicates that several backup programs are in wide use. Veritas formerly Seagate s BackupExec and Computer Associates ArcServe programs were the most popular products in this survey. Legato s Networker is also represented and is a good tool for managing backups in a combined Windows Unix network. Every installation of Windows 2000 and NT includes Microsoft s NTBackup program though the program is different on each version of the operating system. Because NTBackup is included free with Windows and performs the most essential backup and restore functions we will examine NTBackup in-depth. 5 .
