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½onfiguring Shadow ½opies ½onfigure shadow copy 4.3
of Shared Folders services
Backing Up Windows Server ½onfigure backup and 4.4
2008 restore
½onfiguring Disk Quotas Manage disk quotas 4.5
  

 

Ñ Windows Server 2008 mechanism that automatically

retains copies of files on a server volume in multiple
versions from specific points in time.
Ñ When users accidentally overwrite or delete files, they can
access the shadow copies to restore earlier versions.
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his feature is designed to prevent administrators from
having to load backup media to restore individual files for
users.
Ñ Shadow ½opies is a file-based fault tolerance mechanism
that does not provide protection against disk failures, but it
does protect against accidental file deletions that
inconvenience users and administrators on a regular basis.
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Ñ Shadow ½opies of Shared Folders functionality is enabled
at the volume level, which means that it will be enabled or
disabled for all shared folders on the ½ drive, the D
drive, etc.
Ñ Shadow ½opies of Shared Folders works by periodically
taking a snapshot of the contents of all shared folders on a
particular volume, and storing those snapshots to allow
users and administrators to refer back to them later for any
of the purposes described above.
Ñ Shadow copies are read-only; you cannot modify the
contents of a shadow copy.

 
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he client software required to use Shadow
½opies of Shared Folders is built into
Windows XP Service Pack 2 and later,
Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008;
the necessary software for previous
operating systems can be downloaded from
the Microsoft Web site.
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Ñ n Windows Server 2008, a  is simply a

limit that is placed on the disk space a user is
permitted to consume in a particular volume or
folder.
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Windows automatically makes a user the owner of
all files that he or she creates on a server volume.
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he quota system tracks all of the files owned by
each user and adds their sizes. When the total size
of a given user·s files reaches the quota specified
by the server administrator, the system takes
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Ñ Provides tools that enable file server
administrators to monitor and regulate their server
storage, by performing the following tasks
 stablish quotas that limit the amount of storage
space allotted to each user.
 ½reate screens that prevent users from storing
specific types of files on server drives.
 ½reate templates that simplify the process of
applying quotas and screens.
 utomatically send e-mail messages to users and/or
administrators when quotas are exceeded or nearly
exceeded.
 enerate reports providing details of users· storage
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Ñ Using FSRM, the actions the system takes when a
user approaches or reaches a quota are highly
configurable.
   prohibits users from consuming any
disk space beyond the allotted amount.
   allows the user storage space beyond
the allotted amount and just sends an e-mail
notification to the user and/or administrator.
 dministrators can also specify the 
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which dictate the percentage of available disk space
at which the system should send notifications, and
configure the quota server to generate event log
entries and reports in response to quota thresholds.
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is the recommended method for
managing quota assignments on a large
scale.
Ñ quota template is a collection of settings
that defines a number of configuration items
for disk quotas; because it is a template, this
collection of settings can be used to create
numerous quota assignments, all containing
consistent configuration settings.
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Ñ Reporting is one of the keys to efficient

storage management.
Ñ File Server Resource Manager is capable of
generating a variety of reports that enable
administrators to examine the state of their
file server volumes and identify
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Ñ ne of the most essential duties of an
administrator is ensuring that data and
operating system information is backed up
in case of a failure.
Ñ Procedures that include the frequency of
backups in addition to the type of
information that needs to be backed up
should be planned and implemented in
every organization.


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Ñ Windows Server 2008 introduces a new
technology for performing backups, called
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Ñ Similar to Shadow ½opies of Shared Folders,
Windows Server Backup uses the Volume
Shadow ½opies Service (VSS) to perform
snapshots of the items being protected by
backup.


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Ñ Unlike previous versions of Windows, the

new Windows Server Backup tool does not
allow you to back up individual files or
directories.
Ñ ou must back up the entire volume that
hosts the files that you want to protect.
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his means that you must configure a
backup destination that is at least as large
as the volume or volumes that you wish to
back up.


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Ñ Windows Server 2008 supports two types of backup

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his backup can be initiated by using
Server Backup or the Wbadmin.exe command-line tool
when a backup is needed.
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Backup perators group to launch a manual backup.
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group can schedule backups using the Windows Server
Backup utility or the Wbadmin.exe command-line tool.
 Scheduled backups will reformat the target drive that hosts the
backup files, and thus can be performed only on a local physical
drive that does not host any critical volumes.
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Ñ Whether you need to restore an individual

file or folder that a user has inadvertently
deleted, or if you need to restore all of the
data stored on an entire volume due to a
hardware failure on a server, restores of
Windows Server 2008 can be performed
using the Windows Server Backup MM½
snap-in, as well as the
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server that has experienced a catastrophic
hardware failure by using the › 
 
  › , a special boot mode that
provides a centralized platform for operating
system recovery.
Ñ Unlike traditional restores in which data files are
restored onto an existing operating system, a bare-
metal restore allows you to restore operating
system and data files onto a server that does not
have a pre-existing operating system.

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Ñ Shadow ½opies of Shared Folders is based
on the Volume Shadow ½opy Service (VSS)
and allows users to access previous versions
of files in the event that they are accidentally
deleted or overwritten.
Ñ Shadow ½opies of Shared Folders is enabled
at a volume level and affects all shared
folders on a particular volume.
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he Restore Previous Versions functionality
allows users to access and restore their own
Shared ½opies of Shared Folders snapshots
without requiring administrative intervention.
Ñ disk quota is a limit on the disk space a
user is permitted to consume in a particular
volume or folder.
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Ñ Disk Quotas are based on file ownership.

he quota system tracks all of the files
owned by each user and adds their sizes.
Ñ When the total size of a given user·s files
reaches the quota specified by the server
administrator, the system takes action.
Ñ Windows Server 2008 introduces the
Windows Server Backup feature, which uses
VSS to back up servers at the volume level.