Re: [foxboro] RE : RE : RE : Barriers to migration to Windows
- From: "Larsen, Ed" <ed.larsen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 13:30:21 -0400
Kevin and all,
I have been using a Symantec product for at least 2 years to backup
/restore AW/WP70's with great success. We use Symantec Live State
Recovery. The package presented at User's Group is basically a newer
version.
We have a 2nd Ethernet network that connects all 100+ AW/WP70's in three
plant sites that are 5 miles from end to end. All the boxes
automatically backup once a week to a central server. This Server is a
Windows 2003 server with 2TB of Raid5 storage. It is also used as a
Print Server and a repository for McAfee updates. We have restored boxes
from Dell 340 - Dell 390 with no major issues. We have restored to the
same box and we have restored to a new box of the same hardware. No
difference. On the 380 and 390 we have to load the drivers during boot
of the Restore CD using the F6 process. =
There is an issue on a V8 Mesh system. If a V8 Mesh AW/WP70 is restored
toi different hardware, it will not work properly on the Mesh because of
the different Mac Addresses of the Fiber NICS. It is easily corrected.
Either move the NICS form the old box, or use HH1104 to edit the
registry. If restored to the same hardware, no issues.
We have probably restored close to 100 times with no real issues other
than mentioned above. Almost all of the restoration is for
troubleshooting in a testbed or upgrade work.
A typical AW70 takes about 15-20 minutes for the backup to run. A WP
takes about 6 minutes. One of our historian boxes takes close to an
hour. These are HOT backups. The Operator has no clue it is backing up.
We restore over the network after booting the CD and setting IP address
on the box to be restored.
I believe the software is impressive, because I well remember the NT
days of wrestling a box away from an operator to back it up and praying
it would work after a restore and instead of weekly backups, I was lucky
to get it backed 2-4 times a year. =
Just my $0.02.
-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Kevin Fitzgerrell
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 8:28 PM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] RE : RE : RE : Barriers to migration to Windows
I got a chance to see this at the Boston users group. Looked pretty
nice. Not particularly impressive, but a well functioning backup
system doesn't need to be impressive, just to work. I didn't get to
see a machine restored, so I don't know what is involved there. I'm
looking forward to the release for this. Anyone know if this is sales
released yet? If it is, I'd like to order with the rest of my Mesh
system.
I hadn't put it on my list of Windows issues yet because it wasn't out.
Cheers,
Kevin FitzGerrell
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] =3D
> On Behalf Of Boulay, Russ
> Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 8:24 AM
> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [foxboro] RE=3DA0: RE : RE : Barriers to migration to
Windows
>
> Terry,
>
> Don't know much about the object information.
>
> As to standardizing a ghost backup offering:
>
> At the Boston user group, the Invensys offering scheduled for an
October =3D
> re=3D3D
> lease was fully demo'd to many attendees and even had scheduled info =3D
> sessio=3D3D
> ns.
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> There is a Server type offering where all machines backup to that =3D
> server.
> Also a manual offering to USB connected hardrive that you can move
from =3D
> wor=3D3D
> kstation to workstation.
>
> Both procedures allow workstation backup online while plant is
running.
>
>
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