Can you run VMs for the stuff you need to control/do? Run VMs on those
stations and replicate the storage to somewhere else? Then they're
always backed up.
On 12/21/2017 10:29 PM, Forrest Christian (List Account) wrote:
So, clonezilla seems to be 'reboot into this tool and take an image'.
Is this correct?
I'm definitely not opposed to this idea, probably actually better than
the 'make an image from the running windows box' option. I can then
use a standard backup tool for the day to day (file) backup operations.
Mainly what I'm worried about backing up is all of the nightmarish
driver installation and configuration which goes along with using a PC
to control hardware. And then on an ongoing basis 'operational
programs', but those are more traditional files which a normal backup
would grab.
On Thu, Dec 21, 2017 at 9:21 PM, Adam Moffett <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
+1 on Clonezilla.
------ Original Message ------
From: "Brian Webster" <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>>
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: 12/21/2017 11:18:30 PM
Subject: Re: [AFMUG] Computer Image backup/restore
I have used Clonezilla with good success. They have a live CD
version you can burn the image, Linux based and free.
Thank You,
Brian Webster
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*From:*Af [mailto:[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>] *On Behalf Of *Forrest Christian
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*Sent:* Thursday, December 21, 2017 11:07 PM
*To:* af
*Subject:* [AFMUG] Computer Image backup/restore
Normally backups around here are file-based, I.E. I want to make
sure I don't lose data.
I have a couple of computers now which I really would hate to
have to rebuild due to hardware failure. These are generally
computers which run a machine, such as the automatic test system
and the pick and place machine. These machines area all
typically single-drive (non-mirrored) mostly off the shelf
hardware running various versions of windows. I'd like to take
a full image, and have at least a reasonable chance of putting it
back on similar hardware (probably same motherboard, maybe
different storage medium) and it just work.
It used to be that the tool for this was Norton Ghost. But
that's been discontinued (and I understand it was going downhill
before that). So I'm looking for whatever the current modern
version is.
I know there's a few tools out there which do this (Macrium,
Acronis, etc). But the reviews are all littered with failures.
Unfortunately it's hard to tell how much of this is lack of clue
and how much of this is broken software.
I'm wondering if anyone has experience with using these modern
equivalents? Preferably something which runs on a range of
Windows OS'es, and can dump the image onto NAS.
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