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Table 8.5 SAC Commands (continued)

Command

Description

shutdown

Shuts down the computer. Do not use this command unless you can be

physically present at the computer when you are ready to restart it.

Lists the processes and threads that are currently running.

? or help

Lists the available commands.

!Special Administration Console

The !Special Administration Console (!SAC) is separate from both the SAC

and Windows Server 2003 command-line utilities. You should use it when

the SAC is unavailable. !SAC contains a subset of the SAC command-line

options. Some of the available !SAC commands appear in Table 8.6.

Table 8.6 !SAC Commands

Command

Description

restart

Restarts the server immediately.

Displays all log entries (screen pauses at each page of information).

Displays computer identification.

Quits !SAC and resumes normal out-of-band port operation.

? or Help

Lists available commands.

Summary of Disaster Recovery

Options

Windows Server 2003 offers you several options for restoring data files and

troubleshooting server startup problems. You should create an ASR backup

set after you complete the installation and configuration of every Windows

Server 2003 computer. You should also create a new, updated ASR backup set

prior to making any major OS, hardware, service pack, or device driver

changes to the system. Make sure not to save the ASR backup file on the

same drive as the operating system, if you don't save the ASR backup to tape

or some other media besides a local disk. To fully leverage ASR, only store

operating-system files on the system drive volume (%systemdrive%).

Administrators and users can restore data using the shadow copies of shared

folders feature along with the Previous Versions Client software that you can