Backup Procedures
How to back up (Odin 10.21.25.3) manually
This is how manual backups are done to an external drive kept in chamberlains desk. Get the external drive labelled "server backups" from the middle drawer on the left of chamberlains desk. Take the drive into the back room and remove the guard on the server labelled Valhalla and plug the drive into the right usb port. On a computer in the classroom use chrome and type "10.21.25.2" into the address bar. The log in for esxi is the same for your log in for class. Go to virtual machines and click on "Odin" click on "Edit" and click on "Add other device" and then "USB device" select Western Digital My Passport 25E2. Press save and click on the window of the virtual machine to be taken to Odins desktop. Click on "Actions" and then "Guest OS" "Send Keys" and "ctrl-alt-del" and log in using your profile in class. Use the start menu and type "Windows Server Backup" open it. The Snap-in on the left
Automated (W.I.P)
schedule, a single manual backup, or to recover a backup. From here you can choose to do a manual backup. To do a weekly automatic backup follow this guide here . Alternatively there is an easer way doing it through command prompt The following command will create a Task Scheduler task named WeeklySystemStateBackup that runs every Saturday ( SAT ) at 19:00. This task will run WEEKLY with the HIGHEST privileges. It will run the Windows Server Backup CLI to backup SYSTEMSTATEBACKUP to target volume I:. (of course these variables are interchangeable to the users liking) (Source)
SCHTASKS /Create /SC WEEKLY /D <Day Of Week> /TN <TaskName> /RL HIGHEST /ST <StartTime> /TR <Windows Server Backup Command>
SCHTASKS /Create /SC WEEKLY /D SAT /TN WeeklySystemStateBackup /RL HIGHEST /ST 19:00 /TR "WBADMIN START SYSTEMSTATEBACKUP -backupTarget: I: -quiet >> C:backupLogs.txt "
This can also be ran manually via the task scheduler.
Restore Windows Server Backup on ESXi
- Attach the storage device with the backups saved to the ESXi machine and attach the storage device to the VM you are trying to restore to
- Reboot the computer into the ISO of Windows Server 2019 Installation and instead of installing go to repair this computer
- From the Windows Repair Tool go to advanced options and go into system restore
- Follow the prompts and choose the backup from the device you are trying to restore to
- Restore
How to back up Logan_Web (10.21.25.11) Manually
Step One; The first and most essential step to backing up Logan_Web onto the Fog server is to register it to the Fog server itself, in order to be able to perform the process. If not already completed, this can be performed by doing a full host registration. Begin this by logging into the Fog server (http://10.21.25.29/fog) and selecting the 'Images' tab. Create a new image, and name it accordingly to what is required. Once completed, you're going to find Logan and select it. Before booting into the device, make sure to head into the 'Actions' tab near the top and choose to Edit settings. On the first tab, the Virtual Hardware, make sure that the ability to connect with the NIC is available; as this is how we'll be PXI booting. Then, head into the VM settings and expand the 'Boot Options' category. Scroll for just a moment and select the option to force the device to boot into BIOS. Once accomplished, go into the boot settings of the BIOS and move 'Ethernet' to the top of the list. Continue the booting process, and do not forget to rearrange the Boot Order at a later date. Once you are prompted with a menu, select 'Full Host Registration'
Hostname: Dev_Logan
logging into the Fog server (http://10.21.25.29/fog) and selecting the 'Hosts' tab. Search this list of servers for 'dev_logan', as this is the server we're going to be backing up. Select the 'Capture' option on 'dev_logan', and once completed, the next time that Logan is PXI booted through ethernet it'll be automatically pulled and backed up.
Step Two; Once this request to pull the image from Logan has gone through, the next step is to boot into Logan to perform the backup. Head to https://10.21.25.8/ui/#/login and logon to the ESXi device. Once completed, you're going to find Logan again and select it. Before booting into the device, make sure to head into the 'Actions' tab near the top and choose to Edit settings. On the first tab, the Virtual Hardware, make sure that the ability to connect with the NIC is available; as this is how we'll be PXI booting. Then, head into the VM settings and expand the 'Boot Options' category. Scroll for just a moment and select the option to force the device to boot into BIOS.
Step Three; When ready
Step Two; Once the request has been sent over and has gone through, you'll need to pull the image from the Fog server onto Logan. This can be done by 'Pxi Booting', as in, taking it off of the network by booting from Ethernet. By doing this, you'll be initiating the booting process in such a way that the image will begin its installation. You can 'Pxi Boot' a system by going into the boot menu while the device is starting up, and selecting the Ethernet option. The actual process of this may be more complicated, and you can get more insight into it *here*. (Possibly hyperlink to another article if existing, if not then write a short section on it here.)
Step Three; Coming to the end now, the final step in your process will be to store the image you've just used in the UnRAID Server, for future usage and documentation. This can be done by first logging into the UnRAID server and then navigating your way to
Step Four; Verify full system functionality as any good technician in 24PinTech should, and then your task should be complete.
How to back up Logan_Web (10.21.25.11) automatically DO NOT PREFORM THIS IT WILL BREAK THE SHARE
we use a program called rsync and to use rsync we first need ssh rsa authentication for rsync to work to do that follow this process here