How to benifit from System Restore?

[lebisol]

Hello everyone,
I was just wondering if anyone can share an experience from using BEs Syetm Restore option....
What is the success rate?
If the server (file server & PDC) crashed what is 'system resotre' actually restoring? Would I need to reinstall OS and BE agent?
In other words how much of a 're-install' would I have to do before using system restore with BE?
Thanks for your time.
All the best!

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[steveot]

If you mean Backup Exec then you would need to re-install the OS and then Backup Exec remote agent if a remove server or re-install Backup Exec locally if a local recovery and catalog the tapes and restore over the OS. You restore most of the files.

If you talking about Backup Exec System Recovery product then you dont need to install a OS since this is basically a disk image.

 

[lebisol]

Thanks steveot,
I was basically wondering if the system restore = 'disk image'.....or =ghost, acronis.
Thanks the info!
All the best!

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[Zelandakh]

No, the system restore is kind of a backup of your registry. Useful when it works. I've yet to have that joy.

 

[lebisol]

Hi Zelandakh,
thanks for the notes....I was wondering about how well they work. No matter how much pain and extra effort may be...it seems that nothing beats image of the drive suing acronis.
Other than slowing down my backups...I have never used System Restore (and I hope not to ;-) ).

I think it is safe to conclude that System Restore in BE is nothing more thatn reg. backup = system restore in XP.....if I am at the point of having to rebuild the machine System Restore of BE does Nothing.

Anyone else cares to share?
Thanks guys for your thoughts!


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