Comments on: Automated Windows Server Backups on AWS EC2 http://www.noahlh.com/blog/2014/07/automated-windows-server-backups-on-aws-ec2/ Figuring out the world, one day at a time. Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:08:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4 By: noahlh http://www.noahlh.com/blog/2014/07/automated-windows-server-backups-on-aws-ec2/comment-page-1/#comment-386 noahlh Wed, 30 Jul 2014 19:08:31 +0000 http://www.noahlh.com/blog/?p=23#comment-386 Hi Gavin -- no, no verification of consistency -- it's just a raw snapshot output. I haven't had any issues so far -- have restored once and had zero problems. But I imagine that putting some consistency-checking in there would be a good thing (a bit beyond my know-how right now though). The restore process for me is pretty straightforward -- you use the same instance and create a new EBS volume from the snapshot(s), then assign the correct device path on AWS (i.e. /dev/sda1, xvdb, etc.) and attach the new volumes that were built from the snapshots. All seems to work fine for me. See here: http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-restoring-volume.html Hi Gavin — no, no verification of consistency — it’s just a raw snapshot output. I haven’t had any issues so far — have restored once and had zero problems. But I imagine that putting some consistency-checking in there would be a good thing (a bit beyond my know-how right now though).

The restore process for me is pretty straightforward — you use the same instance and create a new EBS volume from the snapshot(s), then assign the correct device path on AWS (i.e. /dev/sda1, xvdb, etc.) and attach the new volumes that were built from the snapshots. All seems to work fine for me. See here:

http://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/ebs-restoring-volume.html

]]> By: Gavin Hamill http://www.noahlh.com/blog/2014/07/automated-windows-server-backups-on-aws-ec2/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Gavin Hamill Tue, 08 Jul 2014 20:55:40 +0000 http://www.noahlh.com/blog/?p=23#comment-381 What a wonderful piece of work! Thank you not only for doing it and making it public, but also putting it on Github! Do the scripts do anything to ensure a consistent snapshot e.g. any kind of VSS? If not. have you had any problems with backup integrity? What would be the restore process? EC2 is a pain that you can't just create a 'blank' Windows instance and attach an EBS volume as its root in the way you can with Linux instances. How have you solved that? Cheers, Gavin. Before now I've just had to launch a new Windows EC2 instance, and 'stop' it as soon as it moves to What a wonderful piece of work! Thank you not only for doing it and making it public, but also putting it on Github!

Do the scripts do anything to ensure a consistent snapshot e.g. any kind of VSS? If not. have you had any problems with backup integrity?

What would be the restore process? EC2 is a pain that you can’t just create a ‘blank’ Windows instance and attach an EBS volume as its root in the way you can with Linux instances. How have you solved that?

Cheers,
Gavin.

Before now I’ve just had to launch a new Windows EC2 instance, and ‘stop’ it as soon as it moves to

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