Ok,
Let me just start by saying that I have read the discussions on this, but I
wanted to see if there was any new information on this.
What is the EASIEST way to restore NT clients in a disaster recovery
situation, apart from restoring to an identical machine.
I have heard talk of restoring onto a running version of windows, and I have
also heard that you have to install to alternate partions, and some say to
just another directory.
I still say that there has to be an easier way.
I am an AIX person, so forgive my ignorance on NT, but is there not an
equivalent of NIM on NT that I could network boot a bunch of clients on to
do the initial install that already has the ADSM client code in it?
Given that could I not then just restore everything but the registry back to
the clients, then restore the registry to a different location. Then I
could kick off a script that would copy over all of the registry info except
for system.
Maybe I am grossly underestimating the task, but there has got to be a more
OPERATOR FRIENDLY approach to this.
I don't want my operators to have to follow that convoluted structure of
restore proceedures.
Any thoughts are welcome.
Gary Bowers
Itrus Technologies Inc.
AIX, HACMP, Storage, ADSM Consultant
(972) 365-4962
gbowers AT itrus DOT net
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