From: "Robert Comer" 

Drivers might be a problem for you with that kind of disk set up, and I
haven't done it with a server OS yet.

Just make sure the old machine stays intact until you test everything on
the new one. 

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Bob Comer





"Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
news:45c8b552{at}w3.nls.net...
> Kewl, then I suspect it works as advertised.  Any "gotcha's"
to look out
> for?  I'm looking for a reliable method to move off an old HP 2LC
> Netserver (dual PII 333) to a more "modern" server.  The box has a
> separate Raid 5 array for all the data storage, and dual Mirrored drives
> for OS install, and is our domain controller.
>
> --
>
> Glenn M.
> "Robert Comer"  wrote in message
> news:45c8b027$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>> More than tried, used it twice.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Glenn Meadows"  wrote in message
>> news:45c8a711$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>> True.
>>>
>>> Have you tried it, or just looked at it at this point?
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Glenn M.
>>> "Robert Comer"  wrote
in message
>>> news:45c8a6a6$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> Sounds like a variation of the Image Prep option,
where you could
>>>>> create a custom loadable image, that would run thru
the detect phase
>>>>> during first boot after the drive is imaged.
>>>>
>>>> The idea is kind of the same but it goes about the job differently.
>>>> Image prepping also messes with things like computer name and
>>>> membership too, and you don't want that on a real restore.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Bob Comer
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Glenn Meadows" 
wrote in message
>>>> news:45c8a4cd$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>> Sounds like a variation of the Image Prep option,
where you could
>>>>> create a custom loadable image, that would run thru
the detect phase
>>>>> during first boot after the drive is imaged.
>>>>>
>>>>> Like the tool OEM's can use to have a semi standard
image, include the
>>>>> specific drivers for all their hardware, and then when
the machine is
>>>>> first turned on, it detects what system it's on, and installs
>>>>> appropriately.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>>
>>>>> Glenn M.
>>>>> "Robert Comer"
 wrote in message
>>>>> news:45c8876d{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>> If you can't restore to new hardware then you
just have a copy not a
>>>>>>> backup.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> That's exactly what all the backup software I've
seen does. The
>>>>>> problem is not the backup software, it's the way
Windows works that's
>>>>>> the problem.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> The Acronis Universal restore basically wipes out
all knowledge of
>>>>>> what the previous hardware was and forces it to
redetect, that's
>>>>>> quite a bit more complex than just image
backup/restore. (I think you
>>>>>> can add drivers too, but I'm not sure, and it
still isn't universal
>>>>>> restore if it doesn't...)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Bob Comer
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Geo."  wrote in message
>>>>>> news:45c7fc80$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>> If you can't restore to new hardware then you
just have a copy not a
>>>>>>> backup.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Geo.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> "Glenn Meadows"
 wrote in message
>>>>>>> news:45c7dcaa{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>>> Just that type of backup, where you can
restore/re-image to
>>>>>>>> different hardware.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Glenn M.
>>>>>>>> "Geo." 
wrote in message
>>>>>>>> news:45c7cd40$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>>>>>>>>> which is just a nice way of saying pay
more if you want the backup
>>>>>>>>> to actually work.. 
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
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