The ABC.com network consists of a single Active Directory domain named ABC.com. All servers
on the ABC.com network run Windows Server 2003 and all client computers run Windows XP
Professional.
A file server named ABC-SR24 hosts shared folders for users in the Sales department. The
shared folders are on the D: drive of ABC-SR24. The D: drive is a 500GB volume with 100GB
used space. The D: drive of ABC-SR24 is backed up to a tape drive every night using a Full
Backup.
Users complain that it takes a long time to restore backed up files.
You want to design a backup system that improves restore times. If possible, a system that allows
users to restore their own files would be ideal.
How would you design the backup system?
A.
Incremental backups should be configured on ABC-SR24.
B.
The Volume Shadow Service (Shadow Copies) must be enabled on ABC-SR24 and the
Previous Versions client software should be installed on the Sales computers.
C.
The Disable volume shadow copy option in the backup job properties should be deselected.
D.
All Sales users should get the Backup Operators group membership on ABC-SR24.
Explanation:
The question states drive D: has plenty of available disk space; enough space left
over to hold shadow copies of the files. The client computers will need the previous versions client
software to access the previous versions of the files.
The client software for Shadow Copies of Shared Folders is installed on the server in the
\\%systemroot%\system32\clients\twclient directory.
You can distribute the client software in a variety of ways; consider the various options before
deployment.
There are several tools included in the Windows Server 2003 family, such as Group Policy, that
can make deploying and maintaining the clients software easier.
If you accidentally delete a file, you can open a previous version and copy it to a safe location.
Recover from accidentally overwriting a file. If you accidentally overwrite a file, you can recover a
previous version of the file.
Compare versions of file while working.
You can use previous versions when you want to check what has changed between two versions
of a file.
Reference:
Martin Grasdal, Laura E. Hunter, Michael Cross, Laura Hunter, Debra Littlejohn Shinder, and Dr.
Thomas W. Shinder, Planning and Maintaining a Windows Server 2003 Network Infrastructure:
Exam 70-293 Study Guide & DVD Training System, Syngress Publishing, Inc., Rockland, MA,
Chapter 8, p. 602