I am interested in obtaining information regarding Bare Metal Disaster Recovery Technology and/or Disaster Recovery Technology which will allow me to do the following:
Restore any W2K Server on my network in the quickest time possible without having to reinstall the OS, but more importantly being able to restore the server to any or almost any dissimular hardware I may have available (i.e., being able to restore a Compaq DL360 or Compaq XEON server to a Compaq EVO D510 PC with the right size harddrive of course.
I currently restore my data from tape media (ArcServe/Brightstor) however, when trying to do a complete restore of a server I incur major problems because of the System State (hardware differences – which make the OS loop on startup because of hardware changes). So, I am trying to find an alternative method which will allow me to get this server to it’s original state on dissimular hardware. I have tried Brightstor’s Disaster Recovery Option plug in, but this only allows you to restore the server to hardware that is exactly the same. Also, I want to be able to restore the server in a non-production environment if possible.
Please advise.
Thanks.
