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System State Backup and Restore
File Selection, System State & Registry
Overview
Security Information Backups
Depending on your system configuration, you can have special security configurations for files, drives
and/or subdirectories. Steelgate has full support for this information. This data is backed up each time
you backup your registry. Please note that this information will ONLY be restored if you restore your
registry, it is not stored on a file-by-file basis due to potential security issues.
Details on Backing Up System State Data
System state data is comprised of the following files:
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Boot files, including the system files, and all files protected by Windows File Protection (WFP).
Active Directory (on a domain controller only).
Sysvol (on a domain controller only).
Certificate Services (on certification authority only).
Cluster database (on a cluster node only).
The registry.
Performance counter configuration information.
Component Services Class registration database.
The system state data can be backed up in any order. Restoration of the system state replaces boot
files first and commits the system hive of the registry as a final step in the process.
System state backup and restore operations include all system state data: you cannot choose to backup
or restore individual components due to dependencies among the system state components. However,
you can restore system state data to an alternate location in which only the registry files, Sysvol
directory files, and system boot files are restored. The Active Directory database, Certificate Services
database, and Component Services Class Registration database are not restored to the alternate
location.
You cannot change which components of the system state are backed up.
NOTE: If you have more than one domain controller in your organization and Active Directory is
replicated to any of these other servers, you might have to authoritatively restore any Active Directory
data that you want to restore.
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