The problem lies in that you have two different servers and different controllers. The drivers do not match for the controllers, so when you try to restart the server, it goes into the loop. A bare metal restore will only work on the server its taken from or on one that is an exactly configured the same way.
So a windows image backup is only really useful if windows got corrupted or i lost a couple of drives in a raid array? What do other people do then in terms of disaster recovery? If my server room burns down and i buy a replacement servers that will most probably not be the same spec, how do i restore my servers? Is there any software that creates a 'universal' backup image? Presumably i could virtualise them, and then I could restore the virtual server backup on any hardware? Are there any other alternatives?
Using virtual servers will return your systems back online much quicker. Otherwise, you would have to reload each server with OS and data if they are not the same server. Bare metal recovery is designed for restoring the same server back online quickly if the server goes down.
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January 16th, 2013 06:00
Thanks for the reply btw
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January 16th, 2013 06:00
The problem lies in that you have two different servers and different controllers. The drivers do not match for the controllers, so when you try to restart the server, it goes into the loop. A bare metal restore will only work on the server its taken from or on one that is an exactly configured the same way.
Regards,
ChrisPl7
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January 16th, 2013 06:00
So a windows image backup is only really useful if windows got corrupted or i lost a couple of drives in a raid array? What do other people do then in terms of disaster recovery? If my server room burns down and i buy a replacement servers that will most probably not be the same spec, how do i restore my servers? Is there any software that creates a 'universal' backup image? Presumably i could virtualise them, and then I could restore the virtual server backup on any hardware? Are there any other alternatives?
DELL-Geoff P
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January 21st, 2013 09:00
Using virtual servers will return your systems back online much quicker. Otherwise, you would have to reload each server with OS and data if they are not the same server. Bare metal recovery is designed for restoring the same server back online quickly if the server goes down.
Regards,
winterthur_bbt
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January 9th, 2015 05:00
That's sure not correct.....
why is there a possibility in the Restore cd do add Drivers for new hw??
Of course you can recover on new hw!
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