{"id":12179,"date":"2012-03-08T15:34:46","date_gmt":"2012-03-08T15:34:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12179"},"modified":"2012-03-08T15:34:46","modified_gmt":"2012-03-08T15:34:46","slug":"windows-server-8-microsoft-online-backup-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/?p=12179","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 8: Microsoft Online Backup Service"},"content":{"rendered":"

What?\u00a0 You\u2019re kidding, right?\u00a0 Nope: Microsoft is adding online backup to Windows Server 8.\u00a0 From the guide<\/a>:<\/p>\n

Microsoft Online Backup Service is an installable service for Windows Server “8” Beta, which allows for file and folder backups to the cloud service<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It\u2019s basically an offsite backup solution to the cloud using a Microsoft Online Backup Service Agent.\u00a0 It provides:<\/p>\n

\u2026 file and folder backup capabilities for Windows Server “8” Beta computers<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It cannot backup system state.\u00a0 That\u2019s OK.\u00a0 I\u2019ve worked in in online backup and when people backup everything and see the first invoice for space consumed, well, they quickly decide that business data backup\/recovery will be enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

Access to Microsoft Online Backup Service is limited at first to successful applicants<\/a>.\u00a0 The installation<\/span>:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u2026 is a two-part process, which requires the creation of an online Microsoft Online Services account (not required for BETA since ids are pre-provisioned) and installation of the client components (agent) for the Microsoft Online Backup Service feature. The Microsoft Online Backup Service Agent installer download is located on the Microsoft Connect Site<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The backup can be configured via Computer Management or via PowerShell cmdlets:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Data is encrypted using a passphrase of your choosing or auto generated (minimum of 16 characters). I love that: passphrase.\u00a0 MSFT has no record of the passphrase and therefore cannot restore your data for you if you lose the passphrase.<\/p>\n

The following table lists the supported list of file and folder attributes\/types and the expected behavior of the Microsoft Online Backup Service when it encounters these types:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Attribute\/type<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nSupported<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\nExpected Behavior<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Encrypted<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nChanges in file cause full file transfer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Compressed<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nChange in file cause delta transfer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sparse<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nChanges in file cause delta transfer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hard Links<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nSkipped<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Reparse Point<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nSkipped<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Encrypted + Compressed<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nSkipped<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Encrypted + Sparse<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nSkipped<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Compressed + Sparse<\/td>\nYes<\/td>\nBacked up as sparse file<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Compressed Stream<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nSaved as uncompressed stream<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Sparse Stream<\/td>\nNo<\/td>\nDiscarded stream<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

You pick and choose files\/folders just as you would with a normal backup.\u00a0 You can have X backups per day (3 during beta) and set a retention period for your data (longer = more space = higher cost).<\/p>\n

You can restore data using a familiar interface to the original server or another one from a backup of your choosing from within the retention window.\u00a0 This will require credentials to access and the passphrase to decrypt.<\/p>\n

Notes: I don\u2019t see anything about data de-duplication or compression before backup, but that does not mean they are not there, just that this document doesn\u2019t mention them.\u00a0 I do not see anything for seeding large backups using an out of band device, such as I used when managing an Iron Mountain based service.\u00a0 There is no mention of backing up Hyper-V VMs.\u00a0 I think this would price this solution out but it might be an option for some.\u00a0 I\u2019ll try too find out more.<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: Windows Server 8<\/a>,Backup<\/a>,Cloud<\/a>,Cloud Computing<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What?\u00a0 You\u2019re kidding, right?\u00a0 Nope: Microsoft is adding online backup to Windows Server 8.\u00a0 From the guide: Microsoft Online Backup Service is an installable service for Windows Server “8” Beta, which allows for file and folder backups to the cloud service It\u2019s basically an offsite backup solution to the cloud using a Microsoft Online Backup … Continue reading “Windows Server 8: Microsoft Online Backup Service”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[52],"tags":[55,59,119],"class_list":["post-12179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-windows-server","tag-backup","tag-cloud-computing","tag-windows-server-8"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aidanfinn.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}