On Wednesday 12 October 2005 11:52, Phil Stracchino wrote: > MaxxAtWork wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I'm already using bacula to keep backup of some Unix servers. > > Now I was thinking about extending its usage to create > > bare metal recovery procedures for some Windows workstations. > > > > I read on the bacula documentation about the solution with BartPE kit, > > and I understood that I'd need a Win 2003/XP to create the .iso file. > > However what is not clear to me is whether is possible to use it (together > > with bacula) to backup & restore old Win NT/2K. > > Did anybody try that? > > The BartPE method supports only XP. As far as I know, the only way to > do a bare-metal recovery on an NT/2K system is to boot the system from a > Linux CD such as Knoppix, mount the disk, and perform a raw backup of > the Windows partition, then restore the same way when it needs restoring.
Like I said - I've done it with Win2K. It wasn't pretty, and definitely not for the feint of heart, but it worked and didn't cost me $600/server for some imaging software. Yes, I'll do a write up. I don't have the resources to do as broad a testing of the method as some of you do anyway, so I could use some help/validation. :) Brian -- Brian McDonald Never confuse being nice with being a tool. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
