Cloning software

mattyj1085 · 2 Mar 2010 at 16:31

We require some cloning software at work for to clone some servers that have been setup with Server 2008 on RAID

Would Acronis® True Image Home 2010 be able to clone RAID?

I use it at home all the time to clone one disk to another but do not know it it works with Raid

Thanks

jbloggs · 2 Mar 2010 at 16:43

Would Acronis® True Image Home 2010 be able to clone RAID?

I've used it too clone a 2 HDD RAID0 setup (Intel ICHxR cont) without any problems (on XP, Vista and Win 7)...

Clonezilla is another option...(although "Software RAID/fake RAID is not supported by default. It's can be done manually only")

DJDaz · 2 Mar 2010 at 16:44

true image home doesn't do server operating systems from my experience, true image enterprise server might work though

mattyj1085 · 2 Mar 2010 at 16:53

DJDaz said:
true image home doesn't do server operating systems from my experience, true image enterprise server might work though

How does it know what OS is on the disk? I would just need it to do a straight clone from one disk(s) to the other.

enterprise/server/advanced server versions cost thousands (well $1200) Dont need all the other backup and server stuff. Just a program that able to do a straight clone on Server OS (2008, 2003)

theheyes · 2 Mar 2010 at 16:54

What RAID level is it?

DJDaz · 2 Mar 2010 at 16:58

mattyj1085 said:
How does it what what OS is on the disk? I would just need it to do a straight clone from one disk(s) to the other.

i don't know how it knows but when i tried it with windows home server it made the image, but when i came to restore it it said it couldn't as it was a server operating system, which was slightly annoying

mattyj1085 · 2 Mar 2010 at 17:24

jbloggs said:
I've used it too clone a 2 HDD RAID0 setup without any problems (on XP, Vista and Win 7)...

Clonezilla is another option...(although "Software RAID/fake RAID is not supported by default. It's can be done manually only")

Clonezilla server edition sounds good for free but this is a bit off putting in the first line of text...

"A DRBL server must first be set up in order to use Clonezilla to do massively clone"

massively clone??

JIM_BOB7813 · 2 Mar 2010 at 17:51

I'm looking for similar software, trying to image one of my intel matrix raid partitions;
True image will do software raid (only the entire drive, not individual partitions), disk director will do software raid individual partitions [but not the demo version :rolleyes:

] and apparently gparted/gnuparted will also clone partitions on intel/software raid, but when I tried it didn't fully detect all of my raid partitions so I didn't want to chance a clone because it wasn't looking too good.

theheyes · 2 Mar 2010 at 20:48

mattyj1085 said:
Clonezilla server edition sounds good for free but this is a bit off putting in the first line of text...

"A DRBL server must first be set up in order to use Clonezilla to do massively clone"

massively clone??

If I recall correctly, it's Taiwanese. No worse than what you'd read in a motherboard booklet. I've used it for a long time and it's given me next to no trouble.

mattyj1085 · 2 Mar 2010 at 21:50

theheyes said:
What RAID level is it?

Raid 5

mattyj1085 · 2 Mar 2010 at 21:53

theheyes said:
If I recall correctly, it's Taiwanese. No worse than what you'd read in a motherboard booklet. I've used it for a long time and it's given me next to no trouble.

thanks, i'll test clonezilla in the next week or so when we have a free server

Yannic · 3 Mar 2010 at 16:23

is norton ghost still around? I used that a few years back to do a clone of a ard drive.

theheyes · 3 Mar 2010 at 18:15

I wouldn't like to comment on how it works for RAID5, but if you're backed up and understand the risks then by all means try.