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What server is this?<br />
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Mail/DB or just a DC?<br />
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What server is this?

Mail/DB or just a DC?



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The scenario is I have a win2k server that I cannot restart, and I need to hot clone it and restore it on a new physical server. (Same Specs)<br />
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The trick is, I cannot restart the server after installing a cloning tool. This means whichever solution you recommend must not require a restart.<br />
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I know p2v converters basically do this. Except my requirement is P2P. <br />
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Ideally this solution would only push an agent for the job, and once the clone is complete it would remove itself from the source. <br />
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Any ideas?
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The scenario is I have a win2k server that I cannot restart, and I need to hot clone it and restore it on a new physical server. (Same Specs)

The trick is, I cannot restart the server after installing a cloning tool. This means whichever solution you recommend must not require a restart.

I know p2v converters basically do this. Except my requirement is P2P. 

Ideally this solution would only push an agent for the job, and once the clone is complete it would remove itself from the source. 

Any ideas?

Hot Clone Windows Servers without restarting the clone source server

Windows 2000 is an operating system for use on both client and server computers. It is the successor to Windows NT 4.0, and is the last version of Microsoft Windows to display the "Windows NT" designation. Four editions of Windows 2000 were released (Professional, Server, Advanced Server, and Datacenter Server) that shared a core set of features, including many system utilities such as the Microsoft Management Console. All versions of the operating system support NTFS 3.0, Encrypting File System, as well as basic and dynamic disk storage. The Windows 2000 Server family includes support for Active Directory services, Distributed File System and fault-redundant storage volumes.