[THIN] Re: Ghost
- From: "Stansel, Paul" <Paul.Stansel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'" <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2003 08:44:46 -0400
Heh, it's not really THAT hard to add mass drivers :).
-Paul
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> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx[SMTP:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
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> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 6:26 PM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Ghost
>
> Also, Sysprep isn't going to add drivers that don't come with Windows
> (unless you go through Sysprep's *painful* process of pre-loading mass
> storage drivers). If you are Ghosting to a machine that requires a
> driver that isn't included Win2K, you'd be better off installing the
> driver before you Ghost.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Lynch [mailto:lynch00@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:35 AM
> To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Ghost
>
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> Correct as well. But, for a newbie that hasn't done this before,
> installing the driver first is a lot easier than trying to configure
> SYSPREP. Although, using SYSPREP is a better way of doing this, I have
> run into problems with some IBM servers of lately.
>
> Chris
>
> - -----Original Message-----
> From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> Behalf Of Stansel, Paul
> Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:09 AM
> To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: [THIN] Re: Ghost
>
> Or you run Sysprep first and then ghost the syspreped image.
>
> - -Paul
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> > From: Pavlo Ignatusha[SMTP:pignatusha@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > Reply To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 1:52 PM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Ghost
> >
> > Chris,
> >
> > You're right. I was thinking more of a simple storage configuration...
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Pavlo Ignatusha
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> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf Of Chris Lynch
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 11:46 AM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Ghost
> >
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> > Well, one thing you did mention, but it was out of order. BEFORE you
> > create the Ghost image, and you are planning on applying this image to
>
> > another server with different hardware (especially with a different
> > mass storage controller), you will need to install the driver using
> > the ADD/REMOVE HARDWARE wizard. If not, and Windows doesn't have a
> > driver for the different mass storage device, you will get the
> > infamous STOP 0X7B INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE error upon startup. You
> > could also get INVALID BOOT DEVICE as a message.
> >
> > Chris
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Pavlo Ignatusha
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 6:47 AM
> > To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [THIN] Re: Ghost
> >
> >
> > If you are talking on a server with different hardware - yes it is
> > possible. The only requirement for ghost is that drive space on the
> > destination computer equals or greater than the amount of data in the
> > ghost image. Example:
> >
> > Original server had 16 Gb drive (or array) with data worth 5Gb on it.
> > You do a ghost image of it and you end up having *.gho file 5Gb large.
>
> > This 5 Gb image could be applied on any server with hard drive (array)
>
> > 5Gb or more.
> >
> > If you have different hardware on the destination server you will have
> > to reinstall the drivers and stuff. The other thing to watch out for
> > is SID that server gets when it join NT/2000 domain. This thing is
> > unique for each member of the domain and you will have to change it on
>
> > the destination server as well (I think Ghost Walker does this for
> you).
> >
> > The bottomline is: you usually want use ghost for a backup of your
> > server to quickly restore it (to the same server) or you use it for
> > rapid deployment and in this case you install OS, patches and fixes
> > and create ghost image before joining the domain. The apply this image
>
> > to all your servers with same hardware.
> >
> > Hope this helps,
> >
> > Pavlo Ignatusha
> > Systems and Network Coordinator
> > Pembroke General Hospital
> > Tel. (613) 732-3675 ext.6150
> > Fax. (613) 732-9986
> > www.pemgenhos.org
> > "All that matters is love and work" - Sigmund Freud.
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On
> > Behalf Of Robinson, Nick
> > Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 9:29 AM
> > To: 'thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx'
> > Subject: [THIN] Ghost
> >
> >
> > Can someone tell me if I image a server using ghost, can I
> reinstall
>
> > it on a different server?
> >
> > Nick
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