Windows Server's OS configuration, covering things like the registry, boot files and Active Directory. MARS is able to back it up, but a restore needs Windows Server Backup.
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Each book explains System state in context, with comparison tables and the common traps.
Terms in this definition
- LIKE
Compares strings with a pattern that can contain the % and _ wildcards. Because it only understands character patterns, searching big volumes of text this way is much slower than using full-text search.
- AD
Short for Active Directory, the directory service built into Windows Server (AD DS). Entra Connect synchronises on-premises forests to Microsoft Entra ID.
- Microsoft Azure Recovery Services agent
Usually installed on on-premises Windows machines, the MARS agent sends their files, folders and system state directly into a Recovery Services vault.
- RESTORE
Puts a Delta table back to how it was at an older point, picked by
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The Windows Server feature that applies a system state recovery from MARS to the server; restoring files and folders does not require it.