Solutions in this chapter:

• Basic Principles of Backup and Disaster Recovery

• Designing a Disaster Recovery Plan

• Implementing a Backup Strategy

• Defining Support and Service Levels for Your Organization

• Backing Up Dedicated NAVCE 7.6 Servers

• Restoring Dedicated NAVCE 7.6 Servers

• Summary

• Solutions Fast Track

• Frequently Asked Questions

Introduction

Most of the topics addressed in this book discuss the use of Norton Antivirus Corporate Edition (NAVCE) to prevent network outages or data losses caused by virus outbreaks. However, the best laid plans of mice, men, and network administrators often go awry, and the formulation of a proactive backup plan and disaster recovery strategy is essential to ensure that your network is protected. Whether you are protecting a single Small Office/Home Office (SOHO) server or a large corporate enterprise, there are some basic principles of computer backups and business continuity planning (BCP) that are common to all network installations. We ll begin this chapter by exploring some of these concepts, such as assessing potential risks to your information services, defining your critical data and processes, and procuring offsite recovery locations. We ll then discuss the more hands-on details of developing a backup plan: selecting hardware and software, creating a viable schedule to perform your backups, and creating a tape rotation scheme that will provide the most complete coverage for your data.

This chapter concludes with a step-by-step walk-through of performing a backup of a dedicated NAVCE Windows server, and even more importantly, using the built-in Microsoft backup utility to restore your information. The Windows 2000...