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W2K Server backup and partitioning

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by jneag

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Looking for a program(s) that will backup and REpartition a W2K server.

We just received a new Dell 6600 that will act as an online catalog for our libraries and as a data backup. With it coming preconfigured from Dell, they only allocated 4gig to C, which might normally be enough, but not in our case. It is now about 80% full. The D drive takes up the remaining 60 or so gig of space. (This is where our apps are installed and is far more than we will use.)

What I'm wanting is a program that can be scheduled to make a backup of all drives (OS drive as well) and put in on an empty 3rd HD. Since I don't have a 3rd drive and C is almost out of room, I'm going to need repartitioning software as well.

So far I've been disappointed in my searches for the products that I'm looking for. PowerQuest was a program called V2i Protector that I'm trying to download to evaluate, but I'm going to need more than just one program. I'm needing a program that won't break the budget either. Any suggestions?

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by mrmmills

unfortunately I can't help out too much. I Currently do a Backup-to-Disk scenario with Veritas Backup Exec. I realize that it is probably more $$$ than you want to spend.

If you have been in the IT world for awhile you know it is foolish to skimp on 2 items. 1) network security and 2) data backup and retrieval. You have to ask yourself - 1) how much is the data worth to me, and 2) how much does downtime cost me?

Explain to your management, that good backup programs are not just an "insurance policy" but are critical to standard business operations.

I hope you are backing up to tape. Backup up to disk is great for fast retrieval, however you can still have a RAID 5 backup server go down or become compromised. Result = data lost!

The other problem you face is the amount of backup jobs you want to keep. If you backing up 8GB each time, even a 200 GB drive will fill up fast.

If you interested I recommend building a seperate machine with 8 200GB hard drives andhave your backup go to that. Even with RAID 5, you will have plenty of room for your growing backup needs. It will cost about $3000-$3500.

hope this helps,
MrMMills@onebox.com

by jneag

"I hope you are backing up to tape."

We have a tape drive on this server, but I've never used one before. The ideal situation would be to backup to the tape (like you stated), but with not knowing how to use one...

by djent

If you value your data and job you will learn how to backup! I ask customers if they would buy insurance for their house/car or whatever, backup is the same thing. As for partitioning, do a full backup, boot from OS CD, set boot partition no larger then 1024 CYL ( 7.68 GB) per MS KB, do minimal install to WINNT2 DIR on C:, install backup app. Then do full restore including registry, edit Boot.ini to point to WINNT Dir, you can delete or keep the WINNT2 for future repair purpose as you choose. Third party disk utilities often create problems ie: Diskeeper won't work right, OS can't understand partition info correctly because it's written in a propriatary format and so on. You would still need a full backup of the drive before resizing partitions unless you enjoy russian roulette.

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