NEED HELP: I have only one Novell 5.1 Server in a Single Tree environment. I backup daily the Novell server from a NT40 workstation with Backup Exec Version: 8.0 software. My Server was crashed. I reinstalled the Server exactly the same, with the same Server ID. I also installed same service pack as the old server was having. I restore the NDS and other volumes, expect the SYS: volume. Now my question is that do I have to restore the SYS: volume from my backup to complete the restoration. Will appreciate your help. Shemsher

I would think you should. If you dont your going to lose all of your configuration information in your NCF files and any custom NCF files you have created along with any config setting from other programs installed. You can edit these files manualy if you know what the settings were, or even copy some of them back to the server without doing a full restore on the volume.

Thanks for your suggestion. It's a good idea to restore *.NCF files from the backup or edit the specific *.NCF files. In addition one thing is confusing me is that the server is up and running. If I try to do full restoration of SYS: Volume from the backup, can the backup exec over right the loaded modules on a running server and Can the server will be stable. Will appreciate your answer. Shemsher