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[Veritas-bu] Best attributes for backup?

2005-09-19 07:26:50
Subject: [Veritas-bu] Best attributes for backup?
From: jpiszcz AT servervault DOT com (Piszcz, Justin)
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 07:26:50 -0400
If you do not have or use bare metal restore, is there any reason to
have this enabled?

-----Original Message-----
From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org] 
Sent: Monday, September 19, 2005 7:26 AM
To: Piszcz, Justin
Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Best attributes for backup?

On Mon, Sep 19, 2005 at 07:02:18AM -0400, Piszcz, Justin wrote:
> As far as DR, it would appear particularly useful, however, one
question
> about D/R.  If a machine dies and you replace it with a clone but say
a
> few things differ, HDD sizes or NIC or chipset, would this affect the
> full restoration of a box?

That's what the Bare Metal Restore option is for.  I've seen a demo
and it seems to work like a charm - the target system was totally unlike
the original.

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Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org