Ghost SBS2k system partition ?

One of the SBS2k disaster recovery whitepapers mentions ghosting the SBS2k
system partition as a means of backup. Is this a supported option? If so,
what's a suitable application and version to do that? I need to change the
raid array that contains the system volume from raid 0 to raid 1, and will
have to recreate the array to do so. I would like to avoid an OS reinstall
and restore from backup, if at all possible.

Thanks,

Joe Welna

Kevin
Thu Jan 12 17:49:10 CST 2006

Some people have reported success with Acronis' TruImage Server software.

--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"


"Joe Welna" <jbwelna@sprynet.com> wrote in message
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> One of the SBS2k disaster recovery whitepapers mentions ghosting the SBS2k
> system partition as a means of backup. Is this a supported option? If so,
> what's a suitable application and version to do that? I need to change the
> raid array that contains the system volume from raid 0 to raid 1, and will
> have to recreate the array to do so. I would like to avoid an OS reinstall
> and restore from backup, if at all possible.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe Welna
>
>

JoeWelna
Thu Jan 12 19:24:02 CST 2006

Thanks. I'll check it out.
--
Joseph B. Welna


"Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]" wrote:

> Some people have reported success with Acronis' TruImage Server software.
>
> --
> Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
> "The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"
>
>
> "Joe Welna" <jbwelna@sprynet.com> wrote in message
> news:%23OMW9v6FGHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > One of the SBS2k disaster recovery whitepapers mentions ghosting the SBS2k
> > system partition as a means of backup. Is this a supported option? If so,
> > what's a suitable application and version to do that? I need to change the
> > raid array that contains the system volume from raid 0 to raid 1, and will
> > have to recreate the array to do so. I would like to avoid an OS reinstall
> > and restore from backup, if at all possible.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joe Welna
> >
> >
>
>
>

Dave
Fri Jan 13 09:38:08 CST 2006

Joe,

I have successfully done our SBS2k with Norton Ghost 2003, but Symmantec
doesn't officially support it on raid. Their oficial stance seems to be,
"maybe it will work amd maybe it won't, but we're not going to support it
either way." If you take that route, BE SURE to run an integrity check on
the image filr before you move on. (I skipped that step once on my computer
at home, and found out after the hard drive failed that the DVD burner was
writing corrupted files, even when Ghost said it had completed
successfully.)

Dave

"Joe Welna" <jbwelna@sprynet.com> wrote in message
news:%23OMW9v6FGHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> One of the SBS2k disaster recovery whitepapers mentions ghosting the SBS2k
> system partition as a means of backup. Is this a supported option? If so,
> what's a suitable application and version to do that? I need to change the
> raid array that contains the system volume from raid 0 to raid 1, and will
> have to recreate the array to do so. I would like to avoid an OS reinstall
> and restore from backup, if at all possible.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe Welna
>
>

JoeWelna
Fri Jan 13 10:39:04 CST 2006

Dave,

Thanks for the input. Sounds kind of iffy in light of my need to change the
array from raid 0 to raid 1. I probably need a more expensive product, and
even so, I have my doubts due to the raid change. I think I will bite the
bullet and do the standard re-install. Ugh!

Thanks again,

Joe
--
Joseph B. Welna


"Dave Claxon" wrote:

> Joe,
>
> I have successfully done our SBS2k with Norton Ghost 2003, but Symmantec
> doesn't officially support it on raid. Their oficial stance seems to be,
> "maybe it will work amd maybe it won't, but we're not going to support it
> either way." If you take that route, BE SURE to run an integrity check on
> the image filr before you move on. (I skipped that step once on my computer
> at home, and found out after the hard drive failed that the DVD burner was
> writing corrupted files, even when Ghost said it had completed
> successfully.)
>
> Dave
>
> "Joe Welna" <jbwelna@sprynet.com> wrote in message
> news:%23OMW9v6FGHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> > One of the SBS2k disaster recovery whitepapers mentions ghosting the SBS2k
> > system partition as a means of backup. Is this a supported option? If so,
> > what's a suitable application and version to do that? I need to change the
> > raid array that contains the system volume from raid 0 to raid 1, and will
> > have to recreate the array to do so. I would like to avoid an OS reinstall
> > and restore from backup, if at all possible.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Joe Welna
> >
> >
>
>
>

Kevin
Sat Jan 14 02:13:09 CST 2006

well, if your last ditch effort is to do a re-install anyway, does it hurt
to try something else first, and if it doesn't work you still could do a
re-install. The only thing you lose is the time and effort, but you wuld at
least know.

--
Kevin Weilbacher [SBS-MVP]
"The days pass by so quickly now, the nights are seldom long"


"Joe Welna" <JoeWelna@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7B2EAACA-C39A-467E-9782-FACB53BB58D6@microsoft.com...
> Dave,
>
> Thanks for the input. Sounds kind of iffy in light of my need to change
> the
> array from raid 0 to raid 1. I probably need a more expensive product, and
> even so, I have my doubts due to the raid change. I think I will bite the
> bullet and do the standard re-install. Ugh!
>
> Thanks again,
>
> Joe
> --
> Joseph B. Welna
>
>
> "Dave Claxon" wrote:
>
>> Joe,
>>
>> I have successfully done our SBS2k with Norton Ghost 2003, but Symmantec
>> doesn't officially support it on raid. Their oficial stance seems to be,
>> "maybe it will work amd maybe it won't, but we're not going to support it
>> either way." If you take that route, BE SURE to run an integrity check on
>> the image filr before you move on. (I skipped that step once on my
>> computer
>> at home, and found out after the hard drive failed that the DVD burner
>> was
>> writing corrupted files, even when Ghost said it had completed
>> successfully.)
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> "Joe Welna" <jbwelna@sprynet.com> wrote in message
>> news:%23OMW9v6FGHA.3984@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
>> > One of the SBS2k disaster recovery whitepapers mentions ghosting the
>> > SBS2k
>> > system partition as a means of backup. Is this a supported option? If
>> > so,
>> > what's a suitable application and version to do that? I need to change
>> > the
>> > raid array that contains the system volume from raid 0 to raid 1, and
>> > will
>> > have to recreate the array to do so. I would like to avoid an OS
>> > reinstall
>> > and restore from backup, if at all possible.
>> >
>> > Thanks,
>> >
>> > Joe Welna
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>