Recently, a user asked me how he could recover the SYS volume of an intraNetWare server, which suffered a hard drive failure. Because these components perform different functions, each component has a unique set of backup requirements that you must follow to ensure that you can fully restore the components in the event of a server failure. This article is the first article in a two-part series that explains how to perform the backup and restore processes on an intraNetWare or NetWare 4 server.
Backup requirements vary depending on the network configuration.
This article addresses backup issues for companies with one intraNetWare or NetWare 4 server and one NDS tree. These companies are usually the ones most in need of a comprehensive backup plan because they don't have a large IS staff or outside consultants to develop, maintain, and test the backup plan. 4 server, you should be aware that Novell recommends you create a replica of every partition in the NDS tree. Ideally, you should have at least one additional server on which to store the replica. As a result, this article is based on the assumption that you will have to restore NDS information to the server if it fails.