Security Information Backups
Depending on your system configuration, you can have special security configurations for files, drives and/or subdirectories. NovaBACKUP has full support for this information. This data is backed up each time you backup your registry. Please note that this information will ONLY be restored if you restore your registry, it is not stored on a file-by-file basis due to potential security issues.
Details on Backing Up System State Data
System state data is comprised of the following files:
· Boot files, including the system files, and all files protected by Windows File Protection (WFP).
· Active Directory (on a domain controller only).
· Sysvol (on a domain controller only).
· Certificate Services (on certification authority only).
· Cluster database (on a cluster node only).
· The registry.
· Performance counter configuration information.
· Component Services Class registration database.
The system state data can be backed up in any order. Restoration of the system state replaces boot files first and commits the system hive of the registry as a final step in the process.
System state backup and restore operations include all system state data: you cannot choose to backup or restore individual components due to dependencies among the system state components. However, you can restore system state data to an alternate location in which only the registry files, Sysvol directory files, and system boot files are restored. The Active Directory database, Certificate Services database, and Component Services Class Registration database are not restored to the alternate location.
You cannot change which components of the system state are backed up.
NOTE: If you have more than one domain controller in your organization and Active Directory is replicated to any of these other servers, you might have to authoritatively restore any Active Directory data that you want to restore.
For more information about authoritative restores, see the Microsoft® Windows® 2000/2003 Server Resource Kit Distributed Systems Guide.
Keep the following in mind when you are backing up system state data:
1. You must be an administrator or a backup
operator to back up files and folders.
2. You can only back up the system state data on a local computer. You
cannot back up the system state data on a remote computer.
To select files to be backed up from other PCs on a peer to peer network, once you click on Backup, in the left window click the plus sign next to My Network Places. Then click on Entire Network, and click on Microsoft Windows Network. There, you should find the other PCs.
To backup to a network device, it is recommended that you select the UNC path and not the mapped drive letter. Example \\server\path and not use a drive mapping (S:\path)