[Tfug] bacula et ilk

[Eric M. Gearhart]

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "Bexley Hall" <bexley401 at yahoo.com> 
>Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2008 2:23:28 PM GMT -07:00 U.S. Mountain Time (Arizona) 
>Subject: Re: [Tfug] bacula et ilk 


>Problem seems to be that either some things did not get 
>backed up *or* that some things did not get restored. 
>The fact that some programs required "re-authorization" 
>had me suspecting the registry (or parts thereof) were 
>not as they were originally. But, the fact that other 
>programs did NOT suffer from this problem leaves that 
>an unresolved issue (it is possible that some programs 
>brand the executable while others do it via a registry 
>entry, etc. <shrug>) 


Bexley, 

I believe NTbackup only does the bare minimum - it will backup the system state (only parts of the registry) and files only, not a "complete system image" as you describe. That would explain why some of the programs you restore seem to not know what's going on - from their perspective, parts of the registry they expect to be there are not there. 

Just my .02, 
Eric
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