The key here is that you have to have a crystal ball in order to
effectively use networker for processes like DR. If you made a wrong
choice, it is very difficult to reverse or change that, unlike just
about every other backup product in existence.

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From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Fazil Saiyed
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2008 10:42 AM
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Subject: Re: [Networker] Server Recovery using Windows PE or Bart PE

Hello,
Networker is good at separating data if you plan your groups and pools 
accordingly, i am now favoring external scheduler to achieve some
control 
over networker group\retentions\cloning  and media issues, i.e using
same 
group definitions to alter media pool based on weekday vs monthend to 
simplify off site tape rotation, there are many networker processes that

can be improved, but he does the above well.
On the offsite DR and recovery, i believe using 3rd party tools, like
Platspin, Acronis , symantec, HP ( One tough restore-via LTO) would be 
advisable to overcome dissimilar hardware & other issues, on VMWARE, ESX

Ranger, Avamar like utilities with snapshot replication or backup would
be 
highly usefull.Ghosting is not  that good of a solution for DR as the it

is a problem to keep the changing environment consistent.
HTH



Eugene Vilensky <evilensky AT GMAIL DOT COM> 
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04/07/2008 10:31 AM
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Is BESR capable of replacing drivers on the fly?  We mostly use IBM 
system x, and the old machines' RAID is usually different than the 
newer boxes we are trying to recover to, resulting in bluescreens and 
crash loops on the Windows side.


On Apr 7, 2008, at 10:24 AM, Cox, Shawn wrote:
> I do not think Networker will do what you are after.  I have never 
> had much luck with the process of system DR within networker. 
> Granted I'm still at v7.2.2 so it may well be better handled in 
> newer versions.
>
> What you probably want is something like Symantec BackupExec System 
> Recovery or Acronis True Image.  I leverage BESR heavily and have 
> moved completely away from Networker for system state backup.  The 
> BESR system recovery disk is a Vista PE environment that is fully 
> customizable.
>
> --Shawn

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