These days most NT servers have more than one hard disk.

The simple solution is to go ahead and install a bootable copy of NT on a
second hard disk, along with the ADSM client software.  This takes little of
your hard disk space, and is easy to do.

If your C: drive fails, you just boot from D: and start the restore of C:.
If your D: drive fails, you continue booting from C: and start the restore
of D:


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Wanda Prather
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
443-778-8769
wanda_prather AT jhuapl DOT edu

"Intelligence has much less practical application than you'd think."
              - Scott Adams/Dilbert
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> From:         Taylor Mitchell[SMTP:taylor_mitchell AT msn DOT com]
> Sent:         Wednesday, April 15, 1998 9:53 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
> Subject:      Techniques for restoring a complete NT server
>
> I'd be interested in knowing what techniques others have used with ADSM to
> completely restore an NT server to operational status starting from a new
> hard drive.  Once the operating system and ADSM client are installed, the
> rest is easy, but from what I know of ADSM, you are on your own until the
> operating system is in place.
>
> What techniques are others using?
>
> - A 'hot spare' server that is standing by with the ADSM client already
> installed?
>
> - There is a product called GHOST that can be used to boot from a floppy
> and
> then copy a drive image to the hard drive.  One technique would be to use
> GHOST to copy the NT operating system and ADSM client in a single
> operation
> and then invoke the ADSM client to restore the latest version registry and
> any other software that was not included in the GHOST copy?
>
> - Other backup products such as Arcserve have a feature that allows one
> boot
> from a floppy and immediately begin the backup process.
>
> - Is anyone familiar with annoucement dates for a similar 'disk image'
> restore for the NT ADSM client?
>
> Thanks in advance for anyone who has experience to share.
>