[BackupPC-users] how would -you- backup and restore a windows server?

[Ben Z. <bza...@uk...>]

Hello, first I just want to say that BackupPC is a really great program! =
I'm not using it in a production environment or anything yet, but I'm =
very close to, and I just want to make sure I'm going the right way =
about things. I plan to backup a whole lot of windows 2k servers with =
some running exchange. I just want to hear what your suggestions are on =
how to do an actual restore on a 2k machine. This is what I have in mind =
(all these backups will be done over the net):

First, the backup. Customer has a 2k server, so we go onsite and do a =
ghost of their drive. Do a direct copy of all those files to the backup =
(backuppc) server. Store the ghosted drive away for future restores. =
Then every night, do incremental backups to the backup server via rsync. =
This also backs up the system state including the exchange store.

Restore: Ok this is what I have in mind, but might not be the best way =
of doing it. Lets say a customer's server completely stuffs up. So, we =
get the ghosted drive, then start the restore process: Restore the =
system state then connect to the web interface of backuppc and do a =
restore on all files using rsync, overwriting all the existing files(?). =


Is this the best way of going about it do you think?