On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 04:03:34PM +0200, DATASEC Software GmbH Javier Gonz?lez 
wrote:
> Just install windows "fresh" on your target system (preserving identical
> volume and path structure), then install NBU client (same path as original
> system)
> Then full restore
> 
> You are done  (after reboot you must take care of device messages drivers/
> because of new hardware)

Sure, this will work.  However, I when I saw the BMR demo, we did the
entire restore in about 20 or 30 minutes and only a single reboot was
required.  You do some quick setups in your BMR admin pages to say what
you want to do, boot off the network (your BMR server) and it takes care
of the rest.  It made me really wonder why we hadn't bought it here,
especially considering how cheap it is.  Once we go to NBU 6 and the
license fees drop (the product is integrated into NBU 6 but needs a
license to activate), we'll buy it for many of our key servers.

I saw a Solaris admin spend a few hours trying to fix a corrupted boot
disk.  With BMR, he would have been done in a half hour.  To heck with
troubleshooting why the boot disk was corrupted - your goal is to get
back to production in the shortest period of time.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> [mailto:veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf Of Ed Wilts
> Sent: Donnerstag, 12. Mai 2005 13:37
> To: KBosma AT rdw DOT nl
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Restore of Windows to different hardware
> 
> On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 11:47:29AM +0200, KBosma AT rdw DOT nl wrote:
> > I'm trying to work out a method of restoring a complete Windows 2003 
> > system to different hardware using only NBU software. Until now I'm 
> > unsuccesful in my attempts. Does anyone of you have any experience 
> > with recovering an entire machine to (very)different hardware? Any 
> > suggestion would be very welcome!
> 
> Veritas sells the Bare Metal Restore option.  It's not very expensive, but
> it looks like it does a pretty good job of solving this issue.  I went to a
> demo at their office and it was impressive, but we haven't purchased any
> licenses yet (the cost is rumored to drop when 6 comes out).
> 
> --
> Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
> mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org

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