We've gone through a process of removing all our site reps from the Domain Administrators group. The main issue for this was a security requirement to not allow them to have too much power. No sense in having them break anything on our servers to test our DR recovery capabilities.
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“So Employee “A” is sitting there playing with astoundingly powerful magnet right next to their computer with a pile of hard drives in it all whirring away. Not far away, a nice 19 inch monitor sits patiently waiting to be permanently wrecked if the shadow mask gets magnetised.
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“Dear All,
PLease find the attached document which can guide you to install BESR 8.5. Also restoration process with restore anyware enabled.
Regards
Kaustubh
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“Hi All,
Here I would like to share my experience of my first project of Symantec Backup Exec.
I hope you will find this interesting.
Regards,
Abhijit Soman
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“The SRD is a collection of advanced diagnostic and recovery tools for Windows computers in one application. Putting the SRD on a USB flash drive gives you a convenient way to easily access these powerful tools whenever and wherever you need them.
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“I have recently been tasked with the establishment of an IT Disaster Recovery plan for my company, part of which was the best way of protecting our Small Business Server 2003 installation.
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“If a catastrophic failure requires repair or replacement of your server, you can't afford for your systems to be down for an extended amount of time. Server downtime causes lost productivity and revenue, makes it difficult for internal employees to get their work done, and prevents external...”
“When you have to take your system offline because of a hardware problem or migration, you need to restore your operations as quickly and efficiently as possible so you can get back to business. The key to a successful system recovery is having a fully loaded, fully functional recovery disk.
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“In Part 1 of this TechTip, we discussed why it is important to use a Symantec Recovery Disk (SRD) containing the correct drivers to ensure the success of a system restore operation. In Part 2, we will talk about how to create a customized SRD.
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“Recovering a system involves more than just booting up and reinstalling programs. You need to plan ahead to be sure that your recovery disk contains all the drivers that will be required by the hardware components of your system. You don't want to be sidelined in the middle of recovering your system...”
“Information is the lifeblood of modern business. Losing a system can result in loss of data, which can severely handicap a company or even put it out of business. Protecting critical data as well as the systems on which it is stored is of critical importance. What's the best way to protect this...”
“Servers are investments: They represent hours of installation, configuration, and patching.Those investments can be lost in an instant through a variety of failures. Restoring a server involves hours or days spent searching for disks and drivers, installing, and rebooting constantly.
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