Windows Server 2003 ASR Creation....do you need a floppy

[Guest scale]

Simple question

 

when you create an ASR set for a server it wants to create a floppy disk(s).

 

Can you change this so you can have it create it to a usb thumb drive

instead? Alot of of hte newer servers dont have floppy drives at all and i

want to be able to utilize the ASR features on our new servers.

 

is there an option to create these elsewhere? Everything i have read says

you need a floppy disk to create the ASR set.

[Guest John John]

Re: Windows Server 2003 ASR Creation....do you need a floppy

 

You can create the backup set without creating the floppy diskette but

you cannot initiate an ASR Restore without the floppy diskette. The ASR

restoration process will only work with the floppy diskette, it will not

work with any other media source. You can fit a floppy to the server or

use a USB floppy drive, or use another disaster recovery solution.

 

HOW TO: Re-Create a Missing Automated System Recovery Floppy Disk in

Windows Server 2003

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325854

 

John

 

scale wrote:

> Simple question

>

> when you create an ASR set for a server it wants to create a floppy disk(s).

>

> Can you change this so you can have it create it to a usb thumb drive

> instead? Alot of of hte newer servers dont have floppy drives at all and i

> want to be able to utilize the ASR features on our new servers.

>

> is there an option to create these elsewhere? Everything i have read says

> you need a floppy disk to create the ASR set.

[Guest scale]

Re: Windows Server 2003 ASR Creation....do you need a floppy

 

great...thanks...that was the exact answer i was looking for. Time to find me

a USB floppy :)

 

Thank you

 

"John John" wrote:

> You can create the backup set without creating the floppy diskette but

> you cannot initiate an ASR Restore without the floppy diskette. The ASR

> restoration process will only work with the floppy diskette, it will not

> work with any other media source. You can fit a floppy to the server or

> use a USB floppy drive, or use another disaster recovery solution.

>

> HOW TO: Re-Create a Missing Automated System Recovery Floppy Disk in

> Windows Server 2003

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325854

>

> John

>

> scale wrote:

>

> > Simple question

> >

> > when you create an ASR set for a server it wants to create a floppy disk(s).

> >

> > Can you change this so you can have it create it to a usb thumb drive

> > instead? Alot of of hte newer servers dont have floppy drives at all and i

> > want to be able to utilize the ASR features on our new servers.

> >

> > is there an option to create these elsewhere? Everything i have read says

> > you need a floppy disk to create the ASR set.

>

[Guest John John]

Re: Windows Server 2003 ASR Creation....do you need a floppy

 

You're welcome. Be sure to test the USB floppy drive to be sure that it

works properly during the text mode setup portion of the Server 2003

setup. I'm not 100% sure about server 2003 but with XP not all USB

drives are compatible:

 

A connected USB floppy disk drive does not work when you press F6 to

install mass storage drivers during the Windows XP installation process

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916196

 

If it doesn't work for the F6 routine it wont work for F2 and ASR. The

article mentions Windows XP but I believe the same may also apply to

Server 2003.

 

John

 

scale wrote:

> great...thanks...that was the exact answer i was looking for. Time to find me

> a USB floppy :)

>

> Thank you

>

> "John John" wrote:

>

>

>>You can create the backup set without creating the floppy diskette but

>>you cannot initiate an ASR Restore without the floppy diskette. The ASR

>>restoration process will only work with the floppy diskette, it will not

>>work with any other media source. You can fit a floppy to the server or

>>use a USB floppy drive, or use another disaster recovery solution.

>>

>>HOW TO: Re-Create a Missing Automated System Recovery Floppy Disk in

>>Windows Server 2003

>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325854

>>

>>John

>>

>>scale wrote:

>>

>>

>>>Simple question

>>>

>>>when you create an ASR set for a server it wants to create a floppy disk(s).

>>>

>>>Can you change this so you can have it create it to a usb thumb drive

>>>instead? Alot of of hte newer servers dont have floppy drives at all and i

>>>want to be able to utilize the ASR features on our new servers.

>>>

>>>is there an option to create these elsewhere? Everything i have read says

>>>you need a floppy disk to create the ASR set.

>>

[Guest Will Sellers]

Re: Windows Server 2003 ASR Creation....do you need a floppy

 

I have played with ASR but that gets cumbersome with many servers.

Would Backup.exec do the same thing as ASR?

 

"John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

news:uAQuHDzNIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

> You're welcome. Be sure to test the USB floppy drive to be sure that it

> works properly during the text mode setup portion of the Server 2003

> setup. I'm not 100% sure about server 2003 but with XP not all USB drives

> are compatible:

>

> A connected USB floppy disk drive does not work when you press F6 to

> install mass storage drivers during the Windows XP installation process

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916196

>

> If it doesn't work for the F6 routine it wont work for F2 and ASR. The

> article mentions Windows XP but I believe the same may also apply to

> Server 2003.

>

> John

>

> scale wrote:

>

>> great...thanks...that was the exact answer i was looking for. Time to

>> find me a USB floppy :)

>>

>> Thank you

>>

>> "John John" wrote:

>>

>>

>>>You can create the backup set without creating the floppy diskette but

>>>you cannot initiate an ASR Restore without the floppy diskette. The ASR

>>>restoration process will only work with the floppy diskette, it will not

>>>work with any other media source. You can fit a floppy to the server or

>>>use a USB floppy drive, or use another disaster recovery solution.

>>>

>>>HOW TO: Re-Create a Missing Automated System Recovery Floppy Disk in

>>>Windows Server 2003

>>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325854

>>>

>>>John

>>>

>>>scale wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>>Simple question

>>>>

>>>>when you create an ASR set for a server it wants to create a floppy

>>>>disk(s).

>>>>

>>>>Can you change this so you can have it create it to a usb thumb drive

>>>>instead? Alot of of hte newer servers dont have floppy drives at all and

>>>>i want to be able to utilize the ASR features on our new servers.

>>>>is there an option to create these elsewhere? Everything i have read

>>>>says you need a floppy disk to create the ASR set.

>>>

[Guest John John]

Re: Windows Server 2003 ASR Creation....do you need a floppy

 

Yes, and better.

 

John

 

Will Sellers wrote:

> I have played with ASR but that gets cumbersome with many servers.

> Would Backup.exec do the same thing as ASR?

>

> "John John" <audetweld@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote in message

> news:uAQuHDzNIHA.748@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>

>>You're welcome. Be sure to test the USB floppy drive to be sure that it

>>works properly during the text mode setup portion of the Server 2003

>>setup. I'm not 100% sure about server 2003 but with XP not all USB drives

>>are compatible:

>>

>>A connected USB floppy disk drive does not work when you press F6 to

>>install mass storage drivers during the Windows XP installation process

>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/916196

>>

>>If it doesn't work for the F6 routine it wont work for F2 and ASR. The

>>article mentions Windows XP but I believe the same may also apply to

>>Server 2003.

>>

>>John

>>

>>scale wrote:

>>

>>

>>>great...thanks...that was the exact answer i was looking for. Time to

>>>find me a USB floppy :)

>>>

>>>Thank you

>>>

>>>"John John" wrote:

>>>

>>>

>>>

>>>>You can create the backup set without creating the floppy diskette but

>>>>you cannot initiate an ASR Restore without the floppy diskette. The ASR

>>>>restoration process will only work with the floppy diskette, it will not

>>>>work with any other media source. You can fit a floppy to the server or

>>>>use a USB floppy drive, or use another disaster recovery solution.

>>>>

>>>>HOW TO: Re-Create a Missing Automated System Recovery Floppy Disk in

>>>>Windows Server 2003

>>>>http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325854

>>>>

>>>>John

>>>>

>>>>scale wrote:

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>

>>>>>Simple question

>>>>>

>>>>>when you create an ASR set for a server it wants to create a floppy

>>>>>disk(s).

>>>>>

>>>>>Can you change this so you can have it create it to a usb thumb drive

>>>>>instead? Alot of of hte newer servers dont have floppy drives at all and

>>>>>i want to be able to utilize the ASR features on our new servers.

>>>>>is there an option to create these elsewhere? Everything i have read

>>>>>says you need a floppy disk to create the ASR set.

>>>>

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