Ideas for disaster recovery without an option of replication

[susantci]

I have to come up with a disaster recovery plan on Netware 6 for small businesses that might only have one server and no replication options available to them. I know that for Netware 4 and 5 there are disaster recovery options that come with backup software packages like Backup Exec and Brightstor Arcserve. Even ServerMagic might work for what I need but it doesn't support Netware 6 either.

I was wondering if anyone out there knew of a product that supported Netware 6 without having to a total re-install?

Any input would be appreciated!

Thanks,

Susan Hebel, MASE, CNE
Senior Network Engineer
TCI Systems, Inc.

http://www.tcisystems.com

 

[michigan]

Hello Susan -

There may be a few "one button" options for you . . . depending on your hardware. I personally have not tried one of these solutions, however they're becoming more and more popular.

This is a great link that describes the info/101 of the "one button" process -- It's for an HP Server, but I'm sure there are other hardware platform versions available.

http://www.hp.com/products1/storage/products/tapebackup/obdr.html

Good Luck.

 

[KenB]

Hi,
I am currently using Brightstor ARCserv v9.0 to backup my NW 6.0 server. It is fully compatiable. If you already have the backup hardware this may be the way to go.

Ken

 

[Psychoid]

In my experience, backup solutions suck

Have you considered imaging the servers at a set interval & storing the images in a secure location?

Portlock (

http://www.portlock.com)has

a product called Storage Manager that is fully compatible with NetWare 6, NSS, etc. It is actually the product that Novell uses for their Digital Airlines demos




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Bill
Consultant / Network Engineer
CNE, CCNA

 

[marvhuffaker]

Although I haven't used it personally, I've heard that Portlock Storage Manager (

http://www.portlocksoftware.com)

is good. If it does what it claims it can, I would say it's pretty nice software. Don't even try ServerMagic on NetWare 6. It's not supported and will trash your volumes.

Marv Huffaker

 

[Psychoid]

I've used Portlock for a few clients and it's always worked well. It really comes in handy for Disaster Recovery and imaging servers just before applying a service pack or making major changes.

If they would only give the ability to dig into the archive (ala Ghost Explorer), I would even think about recommending it as a backup solution.



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Bill
Consultant / Network Engineer
CNE, CCNA

 

[susantci]

As far as Arcserve 9 and Netware 6 go... the disaster recovery option is not supposed for this configuration. It is in the works, according to my rep.

Thanks for the other suggestions guys. I will have to run them by my boss.

Susan Hebel, MASE, CNE
Senior Network Engineer
TCI Systems, Inc.

http://www.tcisystems.com