Question : Problem: Questions about backup and recovery using Backup Exec 10d

I have successfully recovered data in the past, but never from a folder with special permissions.

What happens to these folders when I recover them?  Do they keep their permissions?  If so, what happens if the system state wasn't recovered correctly?  After recovery, would I be able to take ownership of the folders with an Admin account?

If I was able to do that, I can't see how I could take ownership of folders with special permissions, like the ones used with roaming profile and folder redirect issued through group policy.  I'm unable to get into these folders locally, so taking ownership might be hard.

Any comments?

Answer : Problem: Questions about backup and recovery using Backup Exec 10d

Your question is a very good one, and I dont know the answer to how veritas does (did) it.  I do know that with Admin rights you can click on any folder after a restore and take ownership of the folder, that is easy.  But as to whether a system state restore would lock you out of the system after the restore, that is a very good question.  You would think they would have figured this out.  Certainly a computer name change would not be a problem, and a SID change is no problem, as the true Administrator account has rights to access everything.  And when you think about it, you are restoring as Admin, so the "process" doing the restore knows the rights of the person doing the restore -- admin.  Therefore, if it does indeed *rewrite* the file and folder permissions as the restore is taking place, then YES, it should acquire the permissions that you have when you do the restore - does that make sense?  This is all theoretical, as to whether they do this or not, here are some links for further edification or confusion --

www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/restore_overview.mspx
www.microsoft.com/WINDOWS2000/en/advanced/help/restore_overview.htm
www.daniweb.com/techtalkforums/thread4616.html
www.windowsitpro.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=7664
www.xpforum.co.uk/forums/technical-reference-library/3197-nt-backup.html
www.minasi.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=18240
www.ilopia.com/Articles/WindowsServer2003/Backup.aspx