"Alzana" <Alzana[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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[Quoted Text] > Good Morning,
> I'd like to know the exact procedure and SEQUENCE for the backup of Wsus
> config and Update content.
> 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.
[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
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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