backing up a win2k server . . . ideas ?
I've just taken on a dedicated win2k server and am more than a little paranoid about backups . .
An image of the drive is taken daily by the hosting company - strictly for use in the event of a drive failure, it's not available to me. So I'm covered in case of hardware failure.
I also have an extra drive attached to the machine where I will copy user data, the IIS metabase etc. no problems.
However the scenario that worries me is installing a MS patch or getting a virus or similar whereby the server is rendered unusable ( server is all patched up to date but you never know . . )
I can't get the drive restored by the hosting company and although I have all the raw data saved on the spare drive I've lost all the permissions etc. and face a day or two's work getting everything running right again.
Is anyone aware of any software that would allow me to make a complete backup of the server, whilst it's running, to the spare drive ?
I spoke to powerquest ref. their drive image software but they say its no go for servers :-/
Ta in advance . . . . .
