We had a system setup in a test network for our Exchange mail and we did
successfully recover the system files to another server successfully.
Again it depends on your definition of successful. There were some
changes which needed to be made to bring the systems to current values
and there were some differences, although subtle, in hardware, but in
essence it worked fine.
Win2K, NW 6.1.1
Compaq Proliant DL380
Carter Fowler
Hardware Service Technician
Technology Services Division
Off: 519.661.5192
Cel: 519.870.4956
Em: cfowler AT london DOT ca
-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Loh [mailto:robert AT SOFTSOURCE.COM DOT SG]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 6:08 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Can we recovery SYSTEM saveset to another server ?
Hi Shelley,
I agreed with u. When we recovered to a similar hardware, it gets blue
screen. Don't think safe if we manage to recover to identical hardware.
So I
believe the SYSTEM STATE backup only useful when windows crash and
recover
back on the same machine. With identical hardware, somethings might be
different for example SID etc.... That windows don't like it.
So basically when recover to another machine, we only can recover data
or
config files but not SYSTEM files.
Anybody successful recover W2K to another machine ? (dun think so :)
cheers...
Robert
-----Original Message-----
From: Shelley L. Shostak [mailto:sls AT qstech DOT com]
Sent: Saturday, April 05, 2003 2:58 AM
To: Robert Loh
Subject: Re: [Networker] Can we recovery SYSTEM saveset to another
server ?
Hi Robert,
I tried this and never got it to work. Stupid Windows keeps everything
in
the
registry for both hardware, OS/software and applications, so you are
screwed.
I am betting that the only "disaster recovery" you can do with a Windows
server is to restore to the same or identical hardware. Hardly useful
if
your
hardware becomes unusable. You really need to think how you set up your
server infrastructure in a Windows environment to protect against this
kind
of
failure. At least in Unix, you can go and restore all the files and
find
the
configuration files that you need even if the hardware is totally
different.
I am not a Windows expert or for that matter, I don't know all that much
about
Windows. Except that it is crap and I don't like it. Unfortunately,
one
cannot avoid it.
Shelley
On Fri, 4 Apr 2003, Robert Loh wrote:
> Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 00:53:27 -0800
> From: Robert Loh <robert AT SOFTSOURCE.COM DOT SG>
> Reply-To: Legato NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU>,
> Robert Loh <robert AT SOFTSOURCE.COM DOT SG>
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTMAIL.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] Can we recovery SYSTEM saveset to another server
?
>
>
> Hi all,
> Can we recovery W2K SYSTEM saveset like SYSTEM FILES: SYSTEM DB:
SYSTEM
> STATE to another W2K server at different location with similar server
> setup(e.g IP, hostname) but different in hardware spec. ??
>
> By the way anybody can tell me what are the differences between SYSTEM
> FILES: SYSTEM DB: SYSTEM STATE: ?
>
> Cheers...
> Robert
>
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