Hi.


I'm new to the list, as well as new to NetWorker.

We're using NetWorker to on our Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4/5 servers to
perform backup. I'm in need of a disaster recovery plan for our servers, and
could need some advice on how to use NetWorker for this purpose.

If a server chrashes or for some other reason goes down, I'll need to
replace the servers with a new one. Naturally, I must make sure that the new
server is identical to the old one, i.e. having the same partitions, files,
etc.

What is the best practice when it comes to this scenario? How can I make
sure that the new server is identical? I'm hoping there is a solution in
which I can boot the new server with a rescue CD, restore (the whole hard
drive including partitions) from the old server's backup, and that's it. I'm
not sure if this is at all realistic, but would very much appreciate
alternative approaches if not.

Regards,

Kenneth Holter

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