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I'm very much new to this and server administration. I have two main servers in my department. Both serves few file storage drives which they want to backup continuously, in case the servers fail physically they will still have the data. How can I create a separate backup server on a separate physical machine?

The two servers are running on VMWare, with server 2012. I hope I can create the data backup server to run on Server 2012 as well. I have no idea of this, please guide me for whatever the relevant information.

Thank you very much. Have a nice day!

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This question requires much more detail than you've provided. I know that you're new to this, but SF isn't really a place to ask "how do I everything". – jscott Nov 14 '12 at 2:14
I have a main server, runnin on VMWare. It has 2 virtual Servers running on Windows Server 2012. Then there is another File Server running on Server 2003 on a seperate physical machine. In all these three servers I have several drives which I need to backup daily. My idea is to create another seperate machine called "backup server" with enough storage, and configure each server to run a backup and save it in the location shared for each specific server in the Backup Server. Is it correct and is it the recommended method? If not at least give me a keyword so I can search and find out myself. – JRulz Nov 14 '12 at 17:08

closed as not a real question by Shane Madden, jscott, Michael Hampton, Zoredache, voretaq7♦ Nov 14 '12 at 2:17

It's difficult to tell what is being asked here. This question is ambiguous, vague, incomplete, overly broad, or rhetorical and cannot be reasonably answered in its current form. For help clarifying this question so that it can be reopened, see the FAQ.