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Moving an NT Volume Set

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by natecasp 1 view

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I currently have a need to move a volume set from one NT 4.0 server to another. I found a tech document that said to use Save Configuration option in the Disk Administrator utility. However, when I try to save the config to a disk it fails and says the config will not fit on the floppy. This seems strange to me since I only have the one volume set defined along with 2 standard drives. How can I save the volume set information to the hard drive and import it on the second server after the volumeset has been moved?

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by howarde

With NT 4.0, the easiest way is to back up your data, move the drives, recreate the drives and restore your data. If you have identical servers, with identical drive configurations, you could try to save out the disk information (HKLM\system\disk).Save it to a floppy, since you will not be able to read the volume set after it has been moved, until you restore the disk information. If the drive configuration is not identical you are asking for problems. you can not just save out a portion ofthe disk information regarding the volume set. It is all or nothing. I strongly recommend against volume sets as they are not fault tolerant and if any part of the move goes bad, the data will be gone unless you have a backup.

Hope this helps
Howie Erickson

by wpatrey

There are also a number of thrid-party software solutions that will let you copy server images and re-create them elsewhere. Ghost is popular but can be tricky with servers if you move the system partition. Partition Magic is a cheaper option.

by natecasp

Not looking for how to copy the partition from one drive to another. I am looking for how to move a volume set from one NT server to another. It is more involved than just moving the drives. And unfortunatly I do not have enough storage on the 2nd server to just copy the information from the 1st server to the 2nd.

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