Server or System Failure

When a server or system failure occurs, administrators must decide on which recovery plan of action will be the most effective. Depending on the particular system, in some cases, it might be more efficient to build a new system and restore the functionality or data. In other cases, where rebuilding a system can take several hours, it might be more prudent to troubleshoot and repair the problem.

Application or Service Failure

If a Windows Server 2012 system is still operational but a particular application or service on the system is nonfunctional, in most cases troubleshooting and attempting repair or restoring the system to a previous backup state is the correct plan of action. The Windows Server 2012 event log is useful ...

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