cloning a startup volume in 2003 x64

[dcw@pr]

Does anyone know of any software that will let me clone a stratup volume running windows 2003 x64? I have tried acronis true imager but there is a conflict with the driver and it messes stuff up on the system. Are there any other good utilities out there?

[SneakyNeil]

You mean clone it while its running? Or offline? If the latter Ghost works.

[dcw@pr]

SneakyNeil said:

You mean clone it while its running? Or offline? If the latter Ghost works.

offline

you mean norton ghost? I think I tried ghost a while ago but it doesn't supprt server 2003 if I remmeber correctly?

[theboss]

If you're using hardware RAID1/10 (fair assumption as it's the default boot vol configuration on all server kit I use) then you can always split the mirror without needing any software.

Failing that does your existing backup strategy (if any) allow you to perform a bare metal restore?

Failing that get yourself some decent imaging software, I've always tended to use Symantec Ghost or BESR/LSR (the latter I find particularly useful).

[SneakyNeil]

dcw@pr said:

SneakyNeil said:

You mean clone it while its running? Or offline? If the latter Ghost works.

offline

you mean norton ghost? I think I tried ghost a while ago but it doesn't supprt server 2003 if I remmeber correctly?

Haven't had any problems! It's Symantec ghost now BTW. If you're on hardware raid that isn't accessible from dos you might need to use ghost32 from a WinPE boot, e.g. BartPE.