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Acronis True Image with Universal Restore
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So this will also restore the Active Directory?
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Can you do the FSMO portion then do the true image on top of that?
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This is what I was looking for...Thank you
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Hello all,<br />
I have a new client that has two file servers on VMWare. &nbsp;One is a Windows 2003 server and one is a Windows 2008 server. &nbsp;The 2003 is the PDC of Active Directory and the 2008 is the BDC.<br />
Is there any way to move the two virtual servers onto actual file servers?<br />
Is there a backup software that will do this (to restore on non same hardware)?<br />
Thanks,<br />
Kelly W.
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Hello all,
I have a new client that has two file servers on VMWare.  One is a Windows 2003 server and one is a Windows 2008 server.  The 2003 is the PDC of Active Directory and the 2008 is the BDC.
Is there any way to move the two virtual servers onto actual file servers?
Is there a backup software that will do this (to restore on non same hardware)?
Thanks,
Kelly W.

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