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What is the best practice for backing up the Operating System drive (typically C: drive)? Do most people include this in their backups or do they just do a systems state and in a disaster scenario do a fresh OS installation, restore system state, then reload the applications? At my previous...

I realize many factors can go into backup to disk performace. Though, I am looking for opinions one what kind of job rates (mb/min) I should be seeing for Microsoft Exchange using Backup Exec 11d. I am using a remote media server and backing up disk to disk using an EMC Clarrion cx300i...

Thanks Mark...I was aware to end a disconnected session. What I am looking to do is to log off the session when the application closes. Just as you would if you were to run a Terminal Session and do Start - Log off.

I am using the "Start the following program on connection" in my RDP config. When the user closes the application the terminal server session stays open. Is there a way to log off the session when the user closes the appliation? Otherwise they have to disconnect, not log off the session

I am planning a DRP for the first time. My current environment is 2 Windows 2000 Domain Contollers. DC1 holds the FISMO roles, Primary DNS and DHCP. DC2 a redundant DC and redundant DNS. I backup system state on both nightly We are planning a trip to an offsite location to test our recovery...

Is studying the MOC, Sybex and Transcenders enough to pass the 70-290 test? I have never take a certification test before. I have 5 years of experience with Windows 2000 Server in a 600 PC environment. Thanks for any feedback