Module 13: Configuring

Availability of Network
Resources and Content
Module Overview
• Backing Up Data

• Configuring Shadow Copies

• Providing Server and Service Availability

Lesson 1: Backing Up Data
• Windows Server Backup Overview

• New Windows Server Backup Features

• Who Can Back Up Data?

• What Is System State Data?

• Optimizing Backup Performance

• Specifying a Backup Time

• How Is Data Restored?

• Demonstration: Installing and Configuring Windows Server

Backup
Windows Server Backup Overview

Windows Server Backup is a feature of the Windows Server® 2008

operating system, that backs up and recovers the operating system,
and restores files and folders that are stored on the server

With Windows Server Backup, you can:

• Protect your entire server without using separate

backup and recovery technology
• Back up an entire server or selected volumes
• Use the wizards, tools, and the Complete PC Restore
feature to assist in recovering a server
• Set up an automatic backup schedule
• Recover items or entire volumes
New Windows Server Backup Features

 Faster backup technology

 Simplified restoration

 Simplified recovery of your operating system

 Ability to recover applications

 Improved scheduling

 Offsite removal of backups for disaster protection

 Remote administration

 Automatic disk usage management

 Extensive command-line support

 Support for DVD media, local disc, network share(NOT at Tape)

Who Can Back Up Data?

• By default, members in the following groups can backup

and restore data on a server:
• Administrators
• Server Operators
• Backup Operators
• To increase security, consider using custom groups that
separate the backup and restore User Rights Assignments
• Limit the number of users that belong to the default
groups with backup/restore rights
 What Is System State Data
(exclude application and user data)?
Component
Registry
COM+ Class Registration database
Boot files, including the system files
Active Directory Certificate Services
database (CA)
Active Directory Domain Services
database (DC)
SYSVOL directory (DC)
Cluster service information
IIS configuration files
System files that are under Windows Always
Resource Protection
When is this component included in
System State?
Always
Always
Always
If it is a Certificate Services server
If it is a domain controller
Only if it is a domain controller
If it is within a cluster
If it is installed
Optimizing Backup Performance
Specifying a Backup Time

Back up the entire server or

specific volumes only

Run Backup daily or

more often
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How Is Data Restored?
Demonstration: Installing and Configuring
Windows Server Backup
In this demonstration, you will learn how to install
and configure Windows Server Backup
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Lesson 2: Configuring Shadow Copies
• What Are Shadow Copies?

• Shadow Copy Scheduling

• Demonstration: Configuring Shadow Copies

• Managing Shadow Copies from a Client Perspective

• Restoring Shadow Copies

• Demonstration: Restoring Shadow Copies

What Are Shadow Copies?

• Shadow copies provide iterative versions of network folders

• Use shadow copies to:
• Recover files
• Review previous versions
• Shadow copies are:
• Enabled per volume
• Not a replacement for regular backups
• Allocated storage limits versions
 Shadow Copy Scheduling

• Default schedule is
7:00 A.M. and noon
• Create a shadow copy
schedule based on:
• Volume of changes
• Importance of changes
• Storage limitations
• Test a schedule with a
small group
Demonstration: Configuring Shadow Copies
In this demonstration, you will see how to configure
shadow copies
Managing Shadow Copies from a Client Perspective

Shadow copies from the client perspective:

• Windows XP and Windows 2000 Client computers

must have the Previous Versions client installed
• Clients must use the share path to an object
to show the Previous Versions tab
• Shadows Copies do not replace regular backups
Restoring Shadow Copies
If… Then…
No previous versions The file was not
modified after the last
save
Restoring a folder The current version is
deleted
Restoring a file File permissions are
not changed
Properties dialog box Shadow copies might
does not include a not be enabled
Previous Versions tab

Copying a file File permissions are

set to default
Demonstration: Restoring Shadow Copies

In this demonstration, you will see how to restore a

shadow copy
Lesson 3: Providing Server and Service
Availability
• Network Load Balancing Manager Overview

• Demonstration: Installing Network Load Balancing

• Creating a Network Load Balancing Cluster

• Demonstration: Configuring a Network Load Balancing

Cluster
• What Is a Failover Cluster?

• Failover Cluster Hardware Requirements

Network Load Balancing Manager Overview
Client
Request
Network Load Balancing Host
Dedicated IP: 10.1.1.2
Accept? Virtual IP: 10.1.1.1
No

Network Load Balancing Host

Dedicated IP: 10.1.1.3
Accept? Virtual IP: 10.1.1.1
No

Network Load Balancing Host

Dedicated IP: 10.1.1.4
Accept? Virtual IP: 10.1.1.1
Client Yes

Network Load Balancing Host

Dedicated IP: 10.1.1.5
Accept? Virtual IP: 10.1.1.1
No
Demonstration: Installing Network Load Balancing
In this demonstration, you will see how to install
Network Load Balancing
 Creating a Network Load Balancing Cluster
Router/
To configure Network Gateway
Load Balancing, you must
Front-end LAN
configure three types of
host parameters:

• Host Parameters Network

• Cluster Parameters Load
Balancing
• Port Rules Hosts

Back-end LAN

Shared storage
Optiona
l
Node 1 Node 2

Server cluster
Demonstration: Configuring a Network Load
Balancing Cluster
In this demonstration, you will see how to configure
a Network Load Balancing cluster
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What Is a Failover Cluster?

A failover cluster is a group of independent computers that work

together to increase the availability of applications and services

Failover clusters include:

• A new validation feature to ensure that the system, storage, and

network configuration is suitable for a cluster
• Improved cluster setup
• Simplified configuration interface
• Improved stability and security, which increases availability
• Improved cluster communication with storage, which improves
the performance of a SAN or DAS
• Configuration options that eliminate the need for the quorum
as a single point of failure
• Improvements to the software infrastructure, networking and
security, which increase reliability and availability
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Hardware Requirements for a Failover Cluster
Network
Servers adapters
and cable

Device controllers or Storage

appropriate adapters
Lab: Configuring Availability of Network Resources
• Exercise 1: Configuring Windows Server Backup and
Restore
• Exercise 2: Configuring Shadow Copying

• Exercise 3: Configuring and Testing Network Load

Balancing

Logon information
Virtual machine NYC-DC1, NYC-SVR1
and NYC-CL1
User name Administrator
Password Pa$$w0rd

Estimated time: 60 minutes

Lab Review
• What default groups in Windows Server 2008 have the
right to backup and restore data?
• Where Shadow Copies are enabled, is there a limitation on
the number of shadow copies per volume that Windows
Server 2008 keeps?
• When a user chooses to make a copy of a previous
version, what happens to the permissions for the new
object? Does it retain the security setting or revert to the
default setting?
Module Review and Takeaways
• Review Questions

• Best Practices
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