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"Lawrence Garvin (MVP)" <onsitech[ at ]community.nospam> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > "Alzana" <Alzana[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8D8F9820-95D3-4A2D-A248-521A743C865E[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> I'd like to know the exact procedure and SEQUENCE for the backup of Wsus
>> config and Update content.
I have one followup on this thread... I tried to find confirmation of this
prior to posting, but was unable to, so I took the conservative route;
however, now I have found it (in Chapter 13 of the MSPress 70-290 Training
Kit).
Concerning the procedure I documented:
> [1] Use IISAdmin to make a backup of the IIS Metabase.
> [2] Run NTBackup and select
> [a] The \WSUS folder, and
> [b] C:\Inetpub, and
> [c] C:\Program Files\Update Services, and
> [d] C:\Windows\System32\Inetsrv\MetaBack, and
> [e] the System State
It is not necessary to perform step [1], as the System State backup will
include the IIS Metabase automatically.
Thus, the above procedure is correctly written as:
> Run NTBackup and select
> [a] The \WSUS folder, and
> [b] C:\Inetpub, and
> [c] C:\Program Files\Update Services, and
> [d] the System State
--
Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP
Independent WSUS Evangelist
MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007)
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D095EB07B36E
Everything you need for WSUS is at
http://www.microsoft.com/wsus
And, almost everything else is at
http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
.....
>> Also what is the correct SEQUENCE to restore in on a different server
>> I am actually studying for the 70-290 and there are many questions and a
>> bit
>> of confusion i found about it. First metabase with IIS?? etc etc
>
> Concerning studying for the 70-290 .. first objective would be to
> determine if the exam has been revised to include any =WSUS= content at
> all. Last I heard, according to the 2nd Edition MSPress MCSA/MCSE Training
> Kit for 70-290, the exam still tested only SUS.
>
> Furthermore, having just read that lesson last night (I'm also prepping
> for the 70-290), I don't recall anything in the section concerning
> comprehensive backup procedures for IIS/WSUS/SQL, though I believe backup
> of IIS is a testable component.
>
> Having said that, though, for operational purposes, here's what you should
> do to get a full backup of a WSUS server.
>
>
> From that one tape, you should be able to fully restore an entire
> functioning WSUS environment in one pass, after rebuilding a core Windows
> operating system installation, and installing IIS.
>
> The only requirement for restoring on an alternate server is that the
> alternate server have the same MACHINENAME as the machine originally
> backed up. If not, the IIS restore will not work correctly.
>
> Now... also.... consider this: In most cases, rebuilding a WSUS server
> from scratch (e.g. reinstalling WSUS, configuring, synchronizing, and
> downloading content unattended), will take less human resources time than
> babysitting a tape restore of a complete WSUS Server -- and about the same
> amount of *clock* time.
>
>
> --
> Lawrence Garvin, M.S., MCTS, MCP
> Independent WSUS Evangelist
> MVP-Software Distribution (2005-2007)
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile=30E00990-8F1D-4774-BD62-D095EB07B36E
>
> Everything you need for WSUS is at
> http://www.microsoft.com/wsus
>
> And, almost everything else is at
> http://wsusinfo.onsitechsolutions.com
> ....
>
>
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