Chapter 3: Whole-Server Backups

Series: The Definitive Guide Series

Author: Don Jones

ISBN: pending

Synopsis:

Are you still making backups the old-fashioned way? Whether you back up Windows, Exchange Server, SharePoint, SQL Server, or virtualization servers, the old-school backup mentality may not be serving your actual needs. IT author and Microsoft MVP Don Jones explores the “Backup 1.0″ mentality and its shortcomings, and proposes a new “Backup 2.0″ way of thinking. He examines the true business needs behind backup (namely, quick recovery and as little lost work as possible), and proposes new techniques – using leading-edge technologies that are available today – that do a better job of meeting today’s business and technology needs. With special chapters devoted to Exchange Server, SQL Server, virtualization, and SharePoint, you’ll learn about new techniques and technologies designed to take backups out of the 1960’s and into the 21st century.

Chapter List:

Chapter 1: Introduction: Why the Backup 1.0 Mentality Is Killing You
Chapter 2: Horror Stories: We Thought We Had a Backup!
Chapter 3: Rethinking Whole-Server Backups
Chapter 4: Rethinking Exchange Server Backups
Chapter 5: Rethinking SQL Server Backups
Chapter 6: Rethinking SharePoint Server Backups
Chapter 7: Rethinking Virtualization Server Backups
Chapter 8: Getting More from Backups: Other Concerns and Capabilities
Chapter 9: Keeping Your Backups: Storage Architecture
Chapter 10: What’s Your Disaster Recovery Plan?
Chapter 11: Upgrading Your Backup Mentality: Is It Really Worth It?
Chapter 12: Tales from the Trenches: My Life with Backup 2.0

Author Quote:

“We’ve been doing backups basically the same way for more than three decades. Even the medium of choice—magnetic tape—hasn’t really changed much. That ‘Backup 1.0’ mentality doesn’t actually buy us much, though. We still have lengthy backup windows, lengthy restore times, difficult bare-metal recovery, and other downsides,” explains author Don Jones. “It’s time to rethink all that: I call it Backup 2.0. In The Definitive Guide to Windows Application and Server Backup 2.0, we look at what works and what doesn’t, what we’d love to have in an environment, and what technologies exist today to make it a reality.”

Author Biography:

Don Jones has more than a decade of professional experience in the IT industry. He’s the author of more than 30 IT books, including Windows PowerShell: TFM; VBScript, WMI, and ADSI Unleashed; Managing Windows with VBScript and WMI; and many more. He’s a top-rated and in-demand speaker at conferences such as Microsoft TechEd and TechMentor, and writes the monthly Windows PowerShell column for Microsoft TechNet Magazine. Don is a multiple-year recipient of Microsoft’s “Most Valuable Professional”

(MVP) Award with a specialization in Windows PowerShell. Don’s broad IT experience includes work in the financial, telecommunications, software, manufacturing, consulting, training, and retail industries and he’s one of the rare IT professionals who can not only “cross the line” between administration and software development, but also between IT workers and IT management. Don is a co-founder of Concentrated Technologies, and serves a series editor and CTO for Realtime Publishers.

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