Re: Backup - Restore and Disk Image Program
- From: Hank Arnold <rasilon@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 04:27:50 -0400
Regards,
Hank Arnold
WPD wrote:
Hi
My responses are posted after each question/statement.
"Hank Arnold" wrote:
You need to rethink your prejudice against Symantec, at least w.r.t. Ghost. I can understand it when talking about NAV/SAV. I got a copy of NAV 2006 (free after rebates). I removed it within a couple of weeks and reverted to NAV 2005.
However, Ghost is a completely different story. It's exactly what you need. You can clone drives, create drive images and even backups. I've found the corporate and personal versions to be robust and extremely useful with no problems.
I can appreciate that you are able to compartmentalize your relationship with Symantec, and if it works for you, then by all means, do it. In my case, I used to compartmentalize, however, now I do not. I suspect that there are other products and companies that have a Ghost equivalent. One that I can think of is Acronis' True Image which, I believe, is both a backup and disk image program.
Not sure what "compartmentalize" means.... All Im' saying is that Ghost is an awesome program that, IMNSHO, does not suffer from the issues that other Symantec programs have.
I have no problems with Acronis. It's an awesome program, also, and very well thought of...
If you can afford it, the corporate version will allow you to do some pretty amazing things.
If you are running an AD domain, be very careful about trying to restore a DC with a cloned drive (or backup). It's not nearly as straight forward as restoring a non-DC server....
I am running an AD domain. Does the fact that it is only a single domain as described in my initial post eliminate the problem(s) of which you are thinking?
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Single/multiple domains is not the issue. Active Directory and Domain Controllers are the issue. Trying to restore a DC from an image can be problematic, at the least, disastrous, at the worst.
All I'm saying is that you need to research this thoroughly before you proceed.
.WPD wrote:Hi
If, for example the hard drive crashes, burns and is consumed by the fires of hell, I want to be able to slide in a new hard drive with everything already installed. Well, not quite everything. Of course, there will be data that has been backed-up that will need to be added. But the idea is to be back up and running within the hour, and preferably, within the 1/2-hour.
Your mentioned "Ghost". Isn't that a Symantec product? If so, I eliminated Symantec from my life several years ago because I found that they were, all too frequently, a problem-creator rather than a problem-solver.
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"Steve Goddard" wrote:
I'm a fan of Ghost, but really I think you should just NTbackup things and rebuild to a core OS and restore if you suffer a complete failure.
"WPD" wrote:
We have a micro-sized client/server network of 2 servers with Windows Server 2003 - Service Pack 2, 3 clients with Windows XP Pro - Service Pack 2 and 2 clients with Windows 2000 Pro.
I want to add a backup/restore program that will include a Disk Image feature. I would appreciate any assistance in reaching a decision about which product to acquire.
Thank you for your help.
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