[THIN] Re: Server cloning problem with ghost?
- From: "Joe Shonk" <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 7 Dec 2003 18:16:03 -0700
Joe
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Chris Lynch
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:01 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Server cloning problem with ghost?
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Ghost v7.5 can clone Dynamic Disks, but at a sector-by-sector image. This
means no compression. Let's say that you have a volume that is 10Gb and
it's a dynamic disk. That means your image will be 10GB. I don't know if
this has changed in v8. I would check the online knowledgebase for Ghost.
There are quite a few docs on this subject there.
Chris
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From: thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:thin-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Paul DeHaan
Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 12:22 PM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Server cloning problem with ghost?
If you are using "ghosting" as a generic term...I believe that you can image
dynamic disks with Powerquest Drive Image Pro 5.0 and later. We still use
version 4.0 since most of our servers and workstations are using basic
disks. If you are talking about the product Ghost, couldn't tell you.
Regards,
Paul
>>> N.Fontein@xxxxxxxxx 12/05/03 10:41AM >>>
Can someone tell me if ghosting works with dynamic disk upgrade?
I want to start a setup for ghosting our Citrix Compaq DL360 servers. Must I
use the standard primairy, extended and logical setup or the dynamic volume
one?
Groeten,
Niels Fontein
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I have tried Ghost on DL380's and have had issues every time. Here's how I
do it. I take my server I want to make an image of and use NTBACKUP that
comes with Windows 2000. We have drive mappings too. I'll backup the
server's P, Q, and System State and dump it out on a network location. Then
I'll take the empty server and put 2000 Server on it. I'll remap the drives
using the Drive Remap Utility on the FR2/3 CD. Anything O/S related I ensure
it's at the same level. I'll upgrade to IE6 SP1, and ensure the 2000 SP is
the same. Then I open up NTBACKUP and check "Restore to original location,"
and "If Files exists, Always Replace." I let it cook, then when it's done
pull the network cable and do the post restore tasks. It works really good.
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From: Dennis van Turnhout
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 3:53 AM
Subject: [THIN] Re: Server cloning problem with ghost?
They have... Thanks for the link, looks like interesting reading material
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From: rob poston [mailto:rob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: woensdag 3 december 2003 21:21
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [THIN] Re: Server cloning problem with ghost?
Do these servers have the Broadcom Gigabit NICs installed? The hanging up
portion of your problem with Ghost is common with these NICs. I have usally
had to wave a dead chicken over my head while chanting to get to them
work... or use a different NIC.
One of many subject threads on the problem:
http://bbs.ondemandsoftware.com/forum/printer-friendly.asp?threadid=246
- - Rob Poston
www.avatar-computer.com
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From: Dennis van Turnhout [mailto:turnhout@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 10:27 AM
To: thin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Erik Cheizoo
Subject: [THIN] Server cloning problem with ghost?
We are cloning citrix XP FP2/SP3 servers on windows 2000 SP3/SP4 servers.
Servers are compaq DL 380 G1 and G3 (not sure about the first one). Full
disk images where made with ghost 7 and ghost multicast server. We used the
switches -buffersize=8 -fdsp while making the image. Upon restore the client
stops loading the image at 25% to 30%.
With ghost 8.* the image dump compleets but drive mapping is lost?!? The
server won't let anyone login when remapping is broken. Is there a way to
fix this or make ghost images that work? I always thought that using -fdsp
solved the remapping problem?
We based our restore procedure on backup & restore with ghost. The citrix
servers are not backuped in the daily backup plan.
Tia,
Dennis van Turnhout
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