Server Redundancy & Ghosting Domain Controllers.

[BoomAM]

Hi.
How easy is it to have two servers acting in redundancy?

Im thinking of investigating in the idea of a 3rd server here, to act as a redundant server to our domain controller.

Feasible to do to an existing setup?

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And is there any software around that'll allow me to ghost our domain controller to a NAS on our network?
As ive heard that ghosting domain controllers causes problems.


Thanks in advance all.

 

[BoomAM]

Best bet is to use a proper backup solution like Backup Exec to save the information from the server.

Backup Exec annoys me.
It doesnt function as it should.


I'd ideally like to be able to take the DC offline every half term and then ghost it all to our NAS. But i dont think thats possible is it? .

 

[BoomAM]

Is there any software out there that'll allow me to Image the server and restore it without problems?

Ive been refered to Ultrabac, but it doesnt seem the most professional piece of software (going off the website?).

Ideas..

 

[BoomAM]

What about the ghosting/imaging?

Is there a software out there that can successfully image a domain controller?

 

[BoomAM]

A second server isnt really an option at the moment, although in the next 12 months, we might be replacing an equal server on our second network, that we could use on the primary network at a second DC.

The option i want is ghosting or imaging the DC once a month to a NAS.

 

[BoomAM]

Do either support ghosting a domain controller though? As ive heard there are problems ghosting then restoring a domain controller. .