Windows 2003 Server with using Noton Ghost 2003.....

I think symantec is correct with Win2003 you probably need their enterprise version.

Symantec Ghost™ Corporate Edition
http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/products/products.cfm?productID=3 

or perhaps

PowerQuest DeployCenter Library 2.0
http://www.powerquest.com/deploycenterlibrary/ 

I too have had success with ghost on win2K servers but there were some significant changes in 2003, including support for GUID partition tables that leads one to believe the file system ain't what it used to be.  I've read nothing in the news groups but failures. If Norton doesn't support it and there are no known work-arounds, we're just going to have to find another way.

corporate edition doesn't do it either
8.0 is due out soon and some people have reported success with DriveImage 2002

The link I posted is for 8.0

Take a look
http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/products/products.cfm?productID=3&pageID=664&EID=0

To run the Symantec Ghost Console, the minimum requirements are:
Pentium processor
VGA monitor, 800 x 600 screen resolution
One of the following:
Windows 2000 Professional/Server SP4
Windows XP Professional SP1a
Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise

The console runs on 2003 - the imaging engine chokes on 2003 disks.
The console application controls staging for images to roll out to 'supported' platforms, inventory, etc.

>>>the imaging engine chokes on 2003 disks

Where did you read that? You just said 8.0 is due out soon so how do you know that it chokes on 2003 disk since by your statement you couldn't have tested it. The only thing it doesn't deal with is RAID

http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/content/displaypdf.cfm?pdfid=34&EID=0

the 7.5 engine chokes on 2003
The Console is a different application than the imaging engine
from the page you qouted:

From the Symantec Ghost console, IT managers can remotely clone any Windows NT, Windows 2000, or Windows XP WORKSTATION

and it often deals fine with raid, and raid on win2K servers, and SAN drives on win2K servers, I've done it, worked like a charm - but it's not supported - even though they have a TID on how to do it, if it fails and you get tech support, here's the corporate line:

http://servicenews.symantec.com/cgi-bin/displayArticle.cgi?article=<1070982939.8917779348@newsrouter.symantec.com>&group=symantec.support.network.ghost75.general

Ghost is not designed as a Server cloning tool, and does not support
cloning Windows NT, 2000 or 2003 Server. Using Ghost to clone Servers
is beyond Ghost's design limitations.

Ghost is designed solely as a workstation cloning utility.
Barry Locklear
Symantec Online Technical Support

You are talking about 7.5 I said 8.0 is available and that is what I am refering to.

The link I posted is for 8.0

Take a look
http://enterprisesecurity.symantec.com/products/products.cfm?productID=3&pageID=664&EID=0 

SYMANTEC GHOST STANDARD TOOLS:
To run the Symantec Ghost Standard Tools,
the minimum requirements are:

Pentium processor
VGA monitor, 800 x 600 screen resolution
One of the following:
Windows 98/Me/XP Professional
Windows NT 4.0 SP6a with Internet Explorer 5.0 installed Windows 2000 Professional/Server Windows Server 2003 Standard/Enterprise Edition
FILE SYSTEMS SUPPORTED FOR BACKUP,RESTORE, AND CLONING TASKS:
All FAT
All NTFS
EXT 2/3
Note: You can use Symantec Ghost to backup or migrate a server. However, you cannot use Symantec Ghost to roll out an image of a server to multiple computers or to backup or clone Windows NT 4.0/2000 Terminal Servers.

told ya it would be out soon!

LOL

that's good news...
though it doesn't say anything about dynamic disks...

and still the limited raid denial
...may be possible to back up a RAID drive
successfully, but it is dependent on the specific
computer model, driver controller, hard drive, and
RAID implementation.
yada yada

I had a drive fail in one of my other servers, waiting on a replacement.  Gonna try an older version of ghost and or drive pro (think it's called) and do a disk to disk (striaght IDE) clone so I can have a spare drive if the one in the server 2003 dies.  I'll let you know if either of these work.

clakelly,

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Hope this helps,

Turn123

Tried the ghost using straight IDE cloning, still did not work.  I don't think it's possible with Norton Ghost 2003 on Server 2003.

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