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    Question Cloning a server to new disks

    Can anyone recommend software that will take an exact copy of a server, currently a raid 1 mirror, store the image on an external USB drive & then boot from a cd & recopy the image to new drives?

    Dell Server with Raid 1, one drive has failed, but as its using a hostraid adapter, you cant just replace the faulty disk with a new one & rebuild the array as the hostraid adapters are basically software raid at a bios level.

    Dell are sending two new disks, which means building a new array, but as this 2003 server is also a terminal server, setting it back up again will take a day or two to do.

    If I can copy the entire server to an external drive as an exact mirror, so that I can reinstate it to the new drives & carry on as if nothing has changed, but I need to be able to boot from a cd or floppy to recopy the image to the array.

    Ghost, Acronis True image (which version?) & any other software?

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    drive snapshot

    http://www.drivesnapshot.de/en/index.htm

    especially as you can get it to run from a PE environement
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    Thanks Moby, the only issue i can see with that, is the SCSI drivers & Network drivers as a dos boot disk, id have to set it up specifically for this server...

    It also does not mention usb drive support which could be an issue as i have 70gb to backup.

    The other issue is that you can only backup one partition at a time, i can see if I do that, permissions on the folders on the 2nd partition will fail when its reinstated?
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    If you run the software from a PE disk , that should support USB.
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    Question

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    If you run the software from a PE disk , that should support USB.
    Any recommendations on a PE disk Moby?

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    I used to use Bart PE
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    BartPE has worked great in a jam for me, very nice to boot into a stable environment and some great tools to boot.

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    • madman045's system
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    Would this still be possible if I restore the image to two new drives, in Raid 1, but using a different SCSI card?

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