Windows 2008 Backup Configuration Raiders

In the previous article we experienced the Server core features in Windows Server 2008 (Longhorn Server), and today we are going to discuss the backup restore features that are very familiar to you.

Data has always been an important enterprise asset, but it is also the most vulnerable asset. For example, a hard disk crash, a virus, or a natural disaster can lead to the loss of important customer lists and financial statements, and the loss of these data is almost a devastating blow to the business. So the user should perform a backup operation on a regular basis, but if you copy important files for backup manually, it can be time-consuming when you have a large number of files or folders. Believe that more users will choose to backup software to complete this work. Compared to complex, expensive professional backup software, the Windows system comes with a backup package is a good choice. This tool has also been further enhanced in Windows 2008.

The Backup tool in Windows 2008 provides users with a basic backup-restore solution that includes a new backup-restore technology that makes the backup tools in the new version more practical. Backup features an optional feature in Windows 2008 that leverages the backup feature to effectively help users back up, restore the operating system, or files and folders on the server. In the following article, let's take a look at how to implement these features in Windows 2008.

The Windows 2008 Backup feature has those innovations

The backup features in Windows 2008 include the following improvements:

• A new fast backup technology. Backup uses the Volume Shadow Copy service and block-level backup technology to effectively restore and back up the operating system, files, and folders. When a user completes a full backup for the first time, the backup program will automatically run an incremental backup operation, which will only transfer data that has changed since the last backup, whereas in previous releases the user would have to manually set whether a full backup or an incremental backup would be required for each backup job.

• Simple and quick restore method. For users who have previously used Windows Backup to restore their backups, it must be well aware of the distress of restoring files, especially those with incremental backups that require 1.1 points to restore, which has caused great inconvenience to our work, If you can automatically identify the incremental backup action of the backup operation at the time of restore, and then complete the restore at once, it will definitely reduce the intensity of our work, which is achieved by backup in Windows 2008, which allows users to simply select different versions of the files they need to restore. The user can also choose to restore a finished folder or some specific file in the folder.

• Support for DVD-ROM backup. With the increase in backup volume, as well as the popularity of burn tools, DVD media Backup is becoming more and more common, Windows 2008 ' responsive to the public ' in backup to add support for DVD backup, should be said to be a large ' Convenience, of course, backup still supports backing up to a shared folder or a hard drive, and another change is that the backup in Windows 2008 no longer supports tape media.

Start a backup restore trip

Because backup has become an optional component in Windows 2008, we need to install the tool before using it, and we can install backup via initial Configuration Tasks or Server manager.

When configuring backup by initial Configuration tasks, first enter OOBE at the command line and then select Add Features in customize this server, in select Features On the page page, select Windows Server Backup and follow the wizard to complete the installation.

Another way is to install it through Server Manager, double-click Administrative Tools in Control Panel, select Server Manager, click Add Features under Features summary to start the Add Attribute Wizard. Select Windows Server Backup on the page where you selected the feature, and then follow the wizard to complete the installation.