All,
Am very new to backups in general and specifically Windows Server backups, I am interested in backing up a Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2008 R2 terminal server.
These servers have a bunch of applications and programs like Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, and various other programs.
I am wondering if worst case scenario, I have to rebuild the server, that if I have a bare metal backup with system state, system reserved, and local disk all backed up, that I can restore those programs and settings just to how they were before. Is it like taking an image of a computer? Or what can I expect from this.
Can I test out the restore on to a virtual machine to see for myself? Is the restore hardware specific? these servers are both physical.
Thanks much.