Backing up Active Directory in Windows 2000
Generally speaking, the backup of mission critical data is the most important part of any IT engineer’s job. While recovering the missing data is important, additional consideration needs to be given to getting the network framework back up and running quickly so that employees can get back to work, saving the company the added cost of lost man-hours. We also need to ensure that the network structure that gets restored is one that the employees are use to using. Those hours the company saved in lost productivity by getting the network back up and the data restored will be lost if the environment provided to the employees is unfamiliar and causes them to spend their time working inefficiently. Any precautions implemented by a company need to take into account these factors at the very least to ensure network stability. During the discussion of these topics in this paper we will first explore the various procedures and structures that make up a sound backup system, and then we will look what it takes to backup the network environment in a Windows 2000 domain.
Let’s take into consideration a situation where the hard drive on your corporation’s primary file server fails. You contact the manufacturer of the server and have a warranty replacement hard drive shipped out to replace the one that failed. The problem is that that replacement hard drive is not shipped with your company’s data on it, and therefore is not a comprehensive substitute for the drive you lost. The main reason for this is because data (unlike hardware) cannot be replaced once it is lost, unless precautions were taken ahead of time that takes into consideration the possible failure of that drive.
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...mpany a fortune in lost productivity. We have seen how to restore the Active Directory using many different scenarios and situations, and we are aware of the inner working of the AD so that we can take into account the best method for restoring the domain.
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As the term addressed in the contract: ‘Computers are guaranteed to be best quality fully operational machines’, it is apparent a fundamental and essential obligation under the contract; however, and providing the defects opposite to his guarantee, it is considered “a fundamental term the failure to perform which goes to the root of the contract and entitles the vendor to renounce further performance‘”(Brien v Dwyer (1978) 141 CLR 378 at
Data could be lost permanently, rather than at least being available in a consistent state that existed prior to a failure.
Disaster recovery is a useful feature of virtualization. Snapshots of your server can be taken regularly and as often as you prefer. Then, you can use any one of those snapshots to return your server to a particular configuration from a particular point in time. For example, before your network was infected by a virus.
Backing up data, avoiding a single point of failure, and making sure data is only put where it needs to be are a few extra precautions to keeping your network secure [8].
[As a support technician for a small company, your job is to support the company’s employees and personal computers (PCs). Ben, a coworker, approaches you with a problem. For some reason, the Microsoft® Windows® 7 operating system is not booting correctly on his computer. Ben is worried because he has many important data files in several locations on the hard drive, but he does not know which files are located in which folders. Ben is also worried about losing his saved e-mail addresses, individual e-mails, and favorite links in the Microsoft® Internet Explorer® browser. You attempt every method you know to recover the information on Ben’s computer, but nothing works.
“Have backup procedures in which you can have confidence.” In order to maintain operations despite technical issues, CareGroup employees must be trained in using an alternative method of operating. After this incident, many employees were able to adapt to a paper system because of their preparedness from Y2K. Incase their employees didn’t have a reliable backup system, CareGroup’s network shutdown would have had a negative impact on their health
If updated information is lost or misplaced, then the employees will have to update information again which is time consuming as if they made backup in the first place they could have been focusing on something else in that time, they will fall behind in their work. Another way it effects John Lewis is because it prevents them from losing business such as its employees and customer information, which could difficult the way they work so for instant making regular backups ensures that John Lewis can always have access to the information they need without them constantly worry about losing it. This will protect John Lewis staff and its customers as they will not be lost. If John Lewis keep backing up their information this will save them a lot of time and money in case anything happens. One way to this is that John Lewis can automatically put the computer using a software than auto synchronization their important files in certain times so that they will not forget to do so as the system already did it. If they did this, then this will stop from losing work at all which would make them spend money if they had to redo it all again. This will take a lot of time than
We are being hired as a consultant to help respond to a small medical office in which they learned that 10 of their employees have been victims of identity theft. The office has 55 total employees amongst two office locations. They have one workstation per employee and different kinds of computer operating systems in use. There is a mixture of Windows 7, Vista, and XP operating systems. The servers being used are Windows 2003 and 2008 versions. This is used for the billing system which hasn’t been updated to cloud services. As a consultant, I will try to help the business by looking at how their information was being received by the attacker, to prevent further attacks, and to check
Problem Statement: In 2003, Zara's CIO must decide whether to upgrade the retailer's IT infrastructure and capabilities. At the time of the case, the company relies on an out-of-date operating system for its store terminals and has no full-time network in place across stores. Despite these limitations, however, Zara's parent company, Inditex, has built an extraordinarily well-performing value chain that is by far the most responsive in the industry. Therefore the major problem to the company is to decide whether it has to upgrade the present system and by doing so, risking the reliability they have with the current system or to continue with the present DOS based system which will not be compatible for future changes or improvements.
"You said that you had data recovery as a utility program, so it shouldn't be that hard to fix them."
Whitman, M., & Mattord, H. (2010). Management of information security. (3rd ed., p. 6). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
Introduction Disaster Recovery Planning is the critical factor that can prevent headaches or nightmares experienced by an organization in times of disaster. Having a disaster recovery plan marks the difference between organizations that can successfully manage crises with minimal cost, effort and with maximum speed, and those organizations that cannot. By having back-up plans, not only for equipment and network recovery, but also detailed disaster recovery plans that precisely outline what steps each person involved in recovery efforts should undertake, an organization can improve their recovery time and minimize the disruption time for their normal business functions. Thus, it is essential that disaster recovery plans are carefully laid out and updated regularly. Part of the plan should include a system where regular training occurs for network engineers and managers.
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