Chapter 8 (Windows) (NOT ON MIDTERM)

Backing up files and folders to network destinations has drawbacks:

1. Backups consume network resources 2. Backups across networks will be slower than backups using local disks 3. Backups to networked shared folders may time out or fail more frequently than local resources

What are the 2 main types fo plans you must have in place to ensure your organization doesn't suffer when the unexpected happens

1. Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) 2. Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

What are some of the best practices for Microsoft Windows Backup and Recovery?

1. Ensure that you know what business functions are critical to your organization 2. Develop a plan to continue all critical functions 3. Define recovery time objectives for each critical resource 4. Develop a backup plan for reach resource that minimizes the impact on performance while keeping secondary copies of data as up to date as possible 5. Automate as many backup operations as possible 6. Verify all backup operations 7. Document all backup and recovery procedures 8. Test all recovery procedures rigorously 9. Review your complete recovery plan quarterly (or more frequently), and adjust for any infrastructure changes

Backing up files and folders to network destinations provides two main benefits:

1. Files and folders are copied to another computer or device. Copy data to another computer or device protects the backed-up data from damage to the primary computer or stage device 2. Local disk space is not used to create backups. The backup process consumes disk space on the destination device and makes it easier to separate disk usage impact from live servers

What are some reasons you may lose data?

1. Hardware errors 2. Software errors 3. Malicious software 4. User actions (intentionally or accidentally deleting stuff) 5. Attacks 6. Environmental issues (sprinkler going off, air conditioning failure, etc) 7. Natural disasters

What are some Disaster Recovery options?

1. Hot site 2. Warm site 3. Cold site 4. Service Level Agreement (SLA) 5. Cooperative agreement

Anytime you lose the primary copy of your data, you have two choices:

1. Reconstruct the data (last resort) 2. Recover the data from a secondary source

What is the difference between a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) and a Business Continuity Plan (BCP)?

A DRP for IT ensures the IT infrastructure is operational and ready to support primary business functions. A DRP for IT focuses mainly on the IT department. A BCP is a organizational plan. IT doesn't focus only on IT. It ensures that the organization can survive any disruption and continue operating. If the disruption is major, the BCP will rely on the DRP to provide an IT infrastructure the organization can use

What is a Hot Site?

A complete copy of an environment at a remote site. They are kept as current as possible with replicated data, so switching from the original to the alternative environment can occur with a minimum of downtime

What is a Warm Site?

A complete copy of an environment at a remote site. They are updated only periodically—normally daily or even weekly. When a disaster occurs, there is a short delay while a switchover team prepares the warm site with the latest data updates

What is a Service Level Agreement?

A contract with a vendor that guarantees replacement hardware or software within a specific amount of time

What is a Secondary Copy?

A copy of the primary copy

What is the most common method to create secondary copies of important data to use in the case of primary data loss?

A scheduled backup

What is a Cold Site?

A site that may have hardware in place, but ti will not likely be set up or configured. They take more time to bring into operation because of the extensive amount of configuration work required for hardware and software

What is a Virtual Machine (VM)?

A software implementation of a physical computer.

What is a Cooperative Agreement?

An agreement between two or more organizations to help one another in case a disaster hits one of the parties. The organization that is not affected by the disaster agrees to allow the other organization to use part of its own IT infrastructure capacity to conduct minimal business operations. There is usually a specified time limit that allows the organization that suffered damage time to rebuild its IT infrastructure

What is a Primary Copy?

Any piece of information you use most frequently

For more specific control over what is backed up and when, Microsoft also includes an updated version of the legacy Backup and Restore utility with Windows. Now called the _____, it has been upgraded form its Vista predecessor to make backing up and restoring workstations simpler

Backup and Restore (Windows 7) Utility

Why is a valid backup crucial?

Because an organization's ability to recover from losing data is necessary in the case of data loss/breach

A ____ ensures critical business functions continue in the fact of interrupted processes

Business Continuity Plan (BCP)

Microsoft provides a utility for backing up Windows servers. All Windows Server versions, except for the ____, include the Windows Server Backup utility

Core Server installation

Your ____ covers the actions you must take when a disaster strikes to address the damage and return your infrastructure to a point where you can continue operations

Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP)

What is the current main backup solution for Microsoft workstations?

File History

Windows Server includes Microsoft's ____ technology, which is a product that supports creating and running virtual machine in newer Windows Server OSs

Hyper-V

What does the File History feature do?

It allows users to identify personal files and designate a location to where they will be automatically backed up. Microsoft maintains versions of backed up files and makes it easy to restore one or more files on demand

What does a Disaster Recovery Plan (DRP) contain?

It contains the steps to restore an IT infrastructure to a point where an organization can continue operations

What is a Recovery Time Objective (RTO)?

The amount of time it should take to recover a resource and bring it back to normal operation

What is Virtualization?

The ability to run multiple virtual machines (VMs) simultaneously on a single physical computer. It allows organizations to do more with less physical hardware

A ____ is a defined collection of copies of files you create in case the primary copies of the files are damaged or destroyed

backup

A restore that includes the operating system and all configuration settings is called a ____. The name comes from the fact that you can restore everything from your backup media

bare metal recovery

Data backed up to the ____ are physically separate from your local computer. It provides a high level of protection from any damage to local data. However, its biggest restriction is bandwidth (or rather lack of) and it can also be intercepted by a sniffer. So, make sure to encrypt any traffic

cloud

By default, File History backs up files in your user's ____ folder

home

Most if your efforts to secure information will focus on the ____ of your information

primary copy

Most organizations set a ____ for critical resources

recovery time objective (RTO)

A ____ is the process of copying secondary copies of files back to their primary locations

restore operation

Hyper-V supports the ability to create ____ of a running VM, which can be used as a rollback point

snapshots

The process of restoring is the basically...

the opposite of creating a backup

The real reason for creating any backup is to have...

the option of restoring if you lose any primary data