Planning and Administering

Windows Server® 2008

Servers
Module 11: Managing Windows Server 2008
Restore
• Planning a Server Restore Policy

• Planning an EFS Restore Policy

• Verifying Restored Data

Lesson: Planning a Server Restore Policy
• Considerations for a Server Restore

• Impact of a Server Restore

• Improving the Backup Plan

• Change Management Considerations

Considerations for a Server Restore

Considerations for a server restore:

• Total server failure
• File restore
• Impact on operations
• Impact on service-level agreements
• Number of users affected
Impact of a Server Restore

 Change management requirements

 Overwriting during restore
 Server downtime
 Business impact analysis
Improving the Backup Plan

• After performing a trial restore, does the backup

and restore strategy meet all requirements?
• How can the backup policy be improved?
Change Management Considerations

• Data owners

• Emergency changes

• Impact of data restore

• User restore capabilities

Lesson: Planning an EFS Restore Policy
• Considerations When Restoring EFS Data

• Requirements for EFS Recovery

Considerations When Restoring EFS Data

 Data restore
 Original keys
 Key security
 Data recovery agents
Requirements for EFS Recovery

• Key recovery:
 Active Directory
 Backup
 Data recovery agents

• Group Policy

• Smart cards

• Private key lifetime

Lesson: Verifying Restored Data
• Restore Logs

• Accessing Data After a Restore

• Security Analysis

• Updating Backup Policy

Restore Logs
Accessing Data After a Restore
Security Analysis

• Granting the right to restore files:

 Restrict the right to restore files

 Backup Operators group

 Administrators

• Post-restore tasks:

• Authorized user access

• Unauthorized user access

Updating Backup Policy

• Review:

 After data is restored

 On a regular basis

 As technology changes

 As SLAs change

 As restore strategy changes

Lab: Planning Windows Server 2008 Restore
• Exercise 1: Evaluating Backup Data

• Exercise 2: Planning a Restore

• Exercise 3: Investigating a Failed Restore

• Exercise 4: Restoring System State Data

Logon information
6430A-NYC-DC1-12
Virtual machine 6430A-NYC-INF-11
6430A-NYC-SVR1-11
User name Woodgrovebank\Administrator
Password Pa$$w0rd
Estimated time: 50 minutes
Module Review and Takeaways
• Review Questions

• Real-World Issues and Scenarios

• Best Practices Related to Windows Server 2008 Backup

• Best Practices Related to Windows Server 2008 Restore