Backup of Windows Server 2008

Backup is a feature designed by Windows Server 2008 to improve availability. Backup features provide backup and restore performance for servers that set up backup capabilities. It employs a new backup and recovery technology that replaces the backup features of previous Windows operating systems.

Backup capabilities can be used to effectively and reliably protect the entire server without having to worry about the use of complex backup and recovery technologies. An Easy-to-use wizard helps users complete the setup of automatic backup schedules, create manual backups when necessary, and restore related content or entire data. The backup feature in Windows Server 2008 can be used for backups of the entire server or selected data.

New backup capabilities

Major improvements to backup include:

"New, Faster backup technology: Backup uses volume Map Copy service and block level backup technology to efficiently perform operating system, files and folders, and backup and restore of data volumes."

"Simplified backup: After the first full backup is created, the backup feature automatically runs an incremental backup, saving only the data that has been modified since the last backup occurred to date." Unlike previous backup versions, administrators do not have to worry about the time required to manually schedule full and incremental backups.

"Simplified recovery process: You can now complete the backup process by selecting a backup and then recovering the content you need to back up from that backup." In previous releases, if the content was stored as incremental backups, you would need to manually restore the items that need to be recovered from multiple backups. Now, the user simply chooses the backup date they want to restore the content to complete the recovery.

"Simplified operating system Recovery: the integration of backup with the new Windows Recovery Tool makes it easier to restore the operating system." The user can restore content to the original server or, in the event of a hardware failure, recover to the new server without the operating system.

"Supports DVD media playback: Users can manually back up content volumes directly to DVDs. Backups can also retain support for manual backups to shared folders and hard disks. Store the scheduled backup on the hard disk.

"Improved Schedule: Backup now contains wizards that allow it technicians to create a daily backup process. The system volume is also automatically included in all scheduled backups.

Windows Server 2008 provides the necessary backup and recovery capabilities to improve availability, protects enterprise data and operating systems that are stored on servers on the network, and eases the burden of administrators to ensure that critical data is backed up correctly, and accelerates data backup processes.