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On Tuesday 04 November 2008 12:01:06 Sebastian Lehmann wrote:
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> Am Di 04.11.2008 10:42 schrieb Silver Salonen <silver AT ultrasoft DOT ee>:
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> > On Tuesday 04 November 2008 11:22:12 Sebastian Lehmann wrote:
> > > Am Di 04.11.2008 05:10 schrieb Kevin Keane
> > > <subscription AT kkeane DOT com>:
> > > > - Native support for Windows system state backup without using
> > > > NTBackup.
> > > > Ideally including a full ASR.
> > > >
> > > It's is implemented since Bacula supports VSS. You can run a full
> > > backup
> > > and restore from scratch without NTBackup.
> >
> > You mean with BartBE plugin? I wouldn't call it "implemented in
> > Bacula".
> >
> > There's no other way besides NTBackup and this listed in
> > http://wiki.bacula.org/doku.php?id=windows_bare_metal_recovery
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> No, that is not what i mean. We do full system backups with VSS enabled
> and restore the whole system from a linux rescue cd with a static bacula
> client. In the rescue-environment we prepare the target disks (partions
> and ntfs-format), then we restore the system (only partition c), make
> the system bootable trough a original windows install cd and start the
> restored maschine. Then we restore the rest of the system (any other
> partition) with the original installed bacula-fd.
>
> That has worked fine at our tests.
>
> Ok, it is not truly implemented "in" bacula, but you will need a rescue
> cd - in any case.
>
> Greetings
>
> Sebastian
Hmm, sounds good. I didn't know it's possible like that.. Maybe you'd list and describe the method in wiki too? :)
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