ML wrote:
HI All,
So I have 5 1U servers (running Windows) that have Ultra 320 SCSI Drives in them.
The owner of these boxes wants the drives captured in their current states to .iso or .cdr or something where if the need arises the data can be viewed, used again, etc.
So what is the best approach? Boot from a Live CD, hook up a USB external HD and do what? Can I create a .iso or .cdr (or some other portable format) and have it created on the external USB?
Thoughts on this process would be appreciated.
if they are windows servers, I think I'd use a windows tool to backup a file system level image of the disks, perhaps from a live CD (bartPE, UBCD4Win), or by temporarily installing the drives onto another Windows system. however, this gets quite complicated if they are using any sort of raid.
Using DVD-ROM as the backup media will only hold 4.3 or 8.4(?) GB of data per disk, is that adequate? The alternative is a USB external HD, as you indicated. I think I'd use Windows NTBACKUP if you don't have Acronis TrueImage or other backup software.