BACKUP ON WINDOWS 2000 SERVER

The data on Windows 2000 network can be divided into two categories. They are:

• User Data
• System State Data

User data includes Application datas and folders, Operating system datas and folders, and user created datas and folders.

System state data includes various critical operating system files, floders, and databases.

Types of Backup in Windows 2000 Server

There are five types of Backup available in Windows 2000 Server. They are:

• Normal Backup
• Copy Backup
• Incremental Backup
• Differential Backup
• Daily Backup

Normal Backup

A Normal Backup backs up all selected files and folders. It removes the archive attributes from the backed up files and folders. A normal backup is a full, complete backup.

Copy Backup

A Copy Backup backs up all selected files and folders and it does not remove or affect the archive attributes.

Incermental Backup

An Incermental Backup backs up all the files and folders that have been changed since last Normal or Incremental Backup. An Incremental Backup removes the archive attributes from the files and folders. Because less data is backed up, and also takes less time to perform than a differential backup.

Differential Backup

A Differential BAckup backs up all selected files and folders that have changed since the last normal backup. A Differential backup does not remove the archive attribute from any files and folders. A Differential Backup is often used in between Normal backups, as it takes less time to backup the datas than Normal Backup.

Daily Backup

A Daily Backup backs up all selected files and folders that have changed during the day the backup is made. It does not remove or otherwise affect the archive attribute.

Hope, this will help you to recall the various types of backup