Server hard drive replacement

Have you tried to move the hard disk onto a machine which isnt running server? The data will be identical, just that you cant have server running to do it. Either that or invest in the enterprise data copying tools.

Maelgwyn

The drive that I want to replace has the o/s on it. What enterprise data copying tools are you refering to ?

humm need more info like how many SCSI drives you got running. Are they in a performance array or mirroring array? How do you currently back stuff up on the server?

We backup the entire system on Travan tape once a month with incremental stuff in between. We can restore with em in case of hardware failures.

Hi,
I suspect that you probably can't mirror or copy a HDD with the operating system, whilst the OS is running. Drive image runs under DOS, booting up from diskettes.

Try restarting the server computer with the drive image boot disk and doing your disk to disk copy then.

Try True Image by Acronis. The program create a bootable cd. This way, the program couldn't care less what OS you are running. After booting, you can then create an image of the drive you want copied. In the same manner, you can then dump your image into a new drive. The only drawback is that this program will not work with dynamic drives. If you set up your drives as dynamic, then I would suggest you use Server Protect by Power Quest.

Hope this helps

Shutdown the machine and install the new drive.

Once the machine is up mirror the two drives.

Once the mirror is established break the mirror.

Remove the drive. It will be an exact copy.

Lee

You just need ghost.

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