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by sidvail 1 view

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Am getting ready to upgrade our company's server from a K6 200Mhz, 10GB HD, 256MB RAM, HP Colorado Tape Backup running NT 4.0 to a 1.3Ghz Thunderbird on a KT7-a-raid. I need to keep the present HD intact while mirroring on to an additional new HD. Is it as simple as doing the upgrade, setting up the RAID and letting it go? Not sure where to start here, and could really use some input. Thanks

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by mckaytech

Any time you move an NT4 installation from one hardware platform to another, you're going to have some problems because of how the NT4 Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) responds to different hardware. So you probably will NOT be able to just swap the hard drive into the new server.

As part of your planning, you might want to read article Q139822 on Microsoft's TechNet site as it gives some pointers on what you're trying to do.

The safest approach would be to obtain a complete, verified backup tape. Then build the new server with a fresh install of NT4 and finally restore the tape.

paul

by sidvail

Thanks,
finally figured to do just that. Will build the new machine, fresh install of NT and our proprietary programs, then dump the data in. Test it, then bring it on line. Maybe turn the old server into a backup storage.
Again, thanks

by jimbb

And to add to that, presuming I got it right and you're going from IDE 10GB to RAID 2x10GB: you'll be obliged to create a RAID-set, containing those two disks. And that will most definitely mean erase and start all over.
So the best thing to do isto take a backup of your data, insstall a new clean NT, and restore your data.

Jim

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