Guest mcp6453 Posted May 18, 2008 Posted May 18, 2008 Today I tried to use BootIt NG 1.83b to create an image of the boot partition of a Windows 2003 Server. The server has a hardware RAID. BING was able to see the boot partition and the USB drive with no problem. After I selected the boot partition (Image) and then pasted it to the USB drive (Paste), nothing happened. BING works with this hardware setup normally because I previously successfully used it to resize the boot partition. My objective is to create an image that can be used to restore the operating system in the event of a catastrophic failure. Other than BING, what software will work? Acronis? Whatever it is, it needs to work from DOS so that I can get a complete image without having to worry about open files.
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted May 18, 2008 Posted May 18, 2008 Re: Imaging Boot Partition "mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com> wrote in message news:%23yKhEDTuIHA.6096@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Today I tried to use BootIt NG 1.83b to create an image of the boot > partition of a Windows 2003 Server. The server has a hardware RAID. BING > was able to see the boot partition and the USB drive with no problem. > After I selected the boot partition (Image) and then pasted it to the USB > drive (Paste), nothing happened. > BING works with this hardware setup normally because I previously > successfully used it to resize the boot partition. > > My objective is to create an image that can be used to restore the > operating system in the event of a catastrophic failure. Other than BING, > what software will work? Acronis? Whatever it is, it needs to work from > DOS so that I can get a complete image without having to worry about open > files. Here are a couple of methods: - Acronis TrueImage (Server Edition) - Bart PE Boot CD & robocopy.exe Whichever method you choose, you must fully test it in order to acquire the confidence that it will work when the crunch comes. I have successfully used the Bart method onWin2000/WinXP machines but not on AD Servers.
Guest Gregorio Aranda Posted May 19, 2008 Posted May 19, 2008 Re: Imaging Boot Partition We are using at this moment VMWare solutions to virtualize the servers, and in the event of a crash I could install server version on the machine and start to use it again (with a few of work, of course) "mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com> escribió en el mensaje news:%23yKhEDTuIHA.6096@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Today I tried to use BootIt NG 1.83b to create an image of the boot > partition of a Windows 2003 Server. The server has a hardware RAID. BING > was able to see the boot partition and the USB drive with no problem. > After I selected the boot partition (Image) and then pasted it to the USB > drive (Paste), nothing happened. > BING works with this hardware setup normally because I previously > successfully used it to resize the boot partition. > > My objective is to create an image that can be used to restore the > operating system in the event of a catastrophic failure. Other than BING, > what software will work? Acronis? Whatever it is, it needs to work from > DOS so that I can get a complete image without having to worry about open > files.
Guest mcp6453 Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Re: Imaging Boot Partition Pegasus (MVP) wrote: > "mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:%23yKhEDTuIHA.6096@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Today I tried to use BootIt NG 1.83b to create an image of the boot >> partition of a Windows 2003 Server. The server has a hardware RAID. BING >> was able to see the boot partition and the USB drive with no problem. >> After I selected the boot partition (Image) and then pasted it to the USB >> drive (Paste), nothing happened. >> BING works with this hardware setup normally because I previously >> successfully used it to resize the boot partition. >> >> My objective is to create an image that can be used to restore the >> operating system in the event of a catastrophic failure. Other than BING, >> what software will work? Acronis? Whatever it is, it needs to work from >> DOS so that I can get a complete image without having to worry about open >> files. > > Here are a couple of methods: > - Acronis TrueImage (Server Edition) > - Bart PE Boot CD & robocopy.exe > Whichever method you choose, you must fully test it in > order to acquire the confidence that it will work when > the crunch comes. > > I have successfully used the Bart method onWin2000/WinXP > machines but not on AD Servers. > > Thanks. I think I found out what I was doing wrong with BING, but I have not been able to test yet. Acronis sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the recommendation. I'm not brave enough for Bart on a server. How can I test a restore without having a second server or a spare set of hard drives?
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted May 22, 2008 Posted May 22, 2008 Re: Imaging Boot Partition "mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com> wrote in message news:eOYbhGAvIHA.5288@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Pegasus (MVP) wrote: >> "mcp6453" <mcp6453@gmail.com> wrote in message >> news:%23yKhEDTuIHA.6096@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >>> Today I tried to use BootIt NG 1.83b to create an image of the boot >>> partition of a Windows 2003 Server. The server has a hardware RAID. BING >>> was able to see the boot partition and the USB drive with no problem. >>> After I selected the boot partition (Image) and then pasted it to the >>> USB drive (Paste), nothing happened. >>> BING works with this hardware setup normally because I previously >>> successfully used it to resize the boot partition. >>> >>> My objective is to create an image that can be used to restore the >>> operating system in the event of a catastrophic failure. Other than >>> BING, what software will work? Acronis? Whatever it is, it needs to work >>> from DOS so that I can get a complete image without having to worry >>> about open files. >> >> Here are a couple of methods: >> - Acronis TrueImage (Server Edition) >> - Bart PE Boot CD & robocopy.exe >> Whichever method you choose, you must fully test it in >> order to acquire the confidence that it will work when >> the crunch comes. >> >> I have successfully used the Bart method onWin2000/WinXP >> machines but not on AD Servers. > > Thanks. I think I found out what I was doing wrong with BING, but I have > not been able to test yet. Acronis sounds like a good idea. Thanks for the > recommendation. I'm not brave enough for Bart on a server. > > How can I test a restore without having a second server or a spare set of > hard drives? You can't - you do need a set of spare disks.
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