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IST Backup Service - Local Directives for Windows

Local Directives are rarely used on servers because backups of servers are intended to be used for a complete system restore. Workstations and laptops usually have their operating systems restored from original media, and only the user data needs to be backed up.

In the following discussion, NetWorker User must be launched with administrative credentials. You can either log on with an administrative account or launch NetWorker User via Run as... and supply administrative credentials when prompted. You should be aware that if you intend to restore an operating system from a backup, the directories ASR, SYSTEM DB, SYSTEM FILES and SYSTEM STATE must be included in the backup. Directory ASR is not present on Windows 2000 systems.

  1. Launch NetWorker User. A NetWorker User window should open which should then connect to hoover.uwaterloo.ca.
  2. Under the Options menu, select Local Directives.
  3. A Local Directives sub-window should open with several items marked with a check mark. You should Unmark all checked items, then Mark the folders that you wish to back up. Normally this will be the Documents and Settings folder and possibly a folder or folders containing additional data you wish to back up. There is normally no need to back up Program Files or WINDOWS because these can be re-installed from the original CD sources. You should be aware that ASR, SYSTEM DB, SYSTEM FILES and SYSTEM STATE will probably be backed up, even if they are unmarked. This is a 'feature' of Legato NetWorker. At the present time, for workstations and laptops, the backed up copies of these files will be deleted on the backup server so that they will NOT be included in the calculation of backup charges.
  4. Under the File menu, select Save Directive.
  5. Note: If a new file or directory is created at the root level (e.g. C:\NewerFolder), it will be backed up. If you wish it to be excluded from the backup, you will need to update the Local Directives file (see above).
  6. Close NetWorker User.

    Last updated by Paul Henderson (email henders at UWaterloo.ca) on July 15, 2005.

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