In <31A0D4AF3516D0118C810001FA442FC9692C0D@ARES>, on 02/04/98 at
01:13
PM,
   Michael Bartl <michael.bartl AT ZENTRALE.ADAC DOT DE> said:

>Not being able to provide identical hardware after a disaster case
is
>an unsolved problem we have, too.
>I think we do not need the possibility of merging registry databases
>or doing other tricks, as this all may lead to inconsistent system
>configurations.

>What we really need is a possibility to mark certain settings in the
>registry as "changed" or "invalid" in a way that makes Windows NT
>install the new components from the CDROM during next bootup.
<snip>
I have found that their is NEVER a need to do a "Disaster Recovery"
of
an NT Server, ever (well, barring a disaster wiping out ALL the
servers in a domain, that is).
<snip>
This means, of course, that you should have a separate system
partition (C) with only "re-installable" software on it.  All data
should live on the DATA drive (which is backed up by ADSM).
<snip>
It does mean, however, that you need to have "installation media"
handy for recovery (the NT CD, SQL Server CD, SNA Server, etc) and
know how to do an initial install of all the software on the server.