Hello,
I am looking at changing out an older Windows 2003 Standard server and installing a new HP Proliant 310 server that will run Windows 2008 R2.
I did not setup the 2003 server and have not installed Terminal Server before. All the users RDP into the current server for everything - email (Outlook and Outlook Express), applications (Church application that handles all aspects of the congregation), files documents.
My purpose of this is inquiry is to make sure everything gets backed up properly.
The proposed new server would be setup without Terminal Services. The clients would login to the domain and gain access to shared files on the server and have all the apps installed on their computer(s).
What is the best way to backup the existing server and make sure all the user profiles data get backed up?
Doing some research on this I was thinking of connecting an external hardrive that is formatted as FAT32. Then open a Remote Desktop to the server under each client or profile, back up each clients files, PST files and so on to the external drive. Then transfer all the backup and move the files to their folder on the server and also the public folder as well. The main church application is in its own folder and I can move the entire folder to a backup drive per the software company.
Is this the best way to accomplish the backup of their data? Will it work?
Any thoughts tips, suggestions would be helpful.
Thanks,
Paul
PAUL