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Browse All TopicsI am trying to backup a 2003 server using ntbackup. I use the ASR option which is great but most of my servers do not have floppys. Is there another way around this. It seems strange that in 2007 options are floppy only for an ASR backup. I know Ntbackup does not allow backup to cd but what about usb.
These are for my low end servers were I only need a archived backup for recovery if needed. Data does not change on them. Eg radius servers
I use arcserve for higend servers but licensing is expensive so a low cost solution on the less important servers would be great.
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by: davebytesPosted on 2007-06-14 at 20:16:56ID: 19288965
Time to go for real imaging software: Norton Ghost or Acronis TrueImage. Especially if the machines are clones, keep one image around. If they're not clones, a drive image is still the best way to go. You can burn images direct out to CDR or DVDR (assuming you have one of those), or even over the net if you have the right nic/drivers, or to USB-connected HD even.
With something like TrueImage, I partition into System vs Data partitions on drives, and back them up separately (sometimes different methods), with System partition always imaged so I can restore and have machine 'functional' quickly in case of failure.
-d