Server 2003 Cloning Software

[Bigtm]

Hello, An easy one for you, Which is the best cloning software when needing to image Server 2003 Installations. I'm looking for a cost effective and reliable third party solution.

Many Thanks,
BigTM

 

[markdmac]

Ghost or ShadowProtect are the best in my opinion.

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Mark

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[Bigtm]

Thank you, Are you sure Ghost will image a Server 2003 installation? I have tried it before with Ghost 2003 without success. When looking at the Ghost specs it seems that no server products are supported.

Thanks,
BigTM.

 

[markdmac]

You need the enterprise version. From the symantec web site:

Symantec Ghost Imaging Tools
Windows Vista Business/Enterprise/Ultimate, Windows 2000 Professional, Windows 2000 Server SP3, [COLOR=red yellow]Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise SP1, Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard/Enterprise[/color], Windows XP Professional SP2
Hardware RAID only supported with Ghost32.exe in Pre-OS environment (MS WinPE or similar)
Support for FAT, FAT32. NTFS, non-boot GPT partitions, native Linux ExT2 and ExT3


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Mark

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[0LaoyanG0]

Use Acronis with Universal restore. This will allow you to drop your image on differen't hardware platforms. This is much better that Ghost.