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Windows Server 2012 R2 Administrator Cookbook

By : Jordan Krause
Book Image

Windows Server 2012 R2 Administrator Cookbook

By: Jordan Krause

Overview of this book

Table of Contents (17 chapters)
Windows Server 2012 R2 Administrator Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Index

Recovering data from a Windows backup file


Creating a backup or even a backup schedule is easy enough, but what is the process for restoring information from one of those backup files that we have sitting around? This is where the rubber really meets the road, as they say. Let's run through the process of restoring some data from a backup file that was taken yesterday. Perhaps some data was corrupted or accidentally deleted. Whatever the reason for our recovery needs, we will work together to restore some data from a backup file and get comfortable with that interface.

Getting ready

We are still working on our Server 2012 R2 web server. This server was previously configured for Windows Server Backup, so it already has that feature installed. Yesterday we created a full backup of our server, and today we need to recover some of the data from that backup file.

How to do it...

Follow these steps in order to restore the server using the Windows Server Backup utility:

  1. Open up the Windows Server Backup...