Hi, Ray Todd Stevens wrote: > [...] I have had to do a couple of bare metal > restores and backupPC was a big part of it. > Step 1: have good documentation of the system configuration during > original install. > Step 2: install the OS according to documentation > Step 3: get the client running on the client. This is ususally pretty > streight > forward. > Step 4: tell backup pc to basically restore everything > Step 5: reboot and you should be up just as the old system was.
That's what I would do also, with one modification: not starting at step 1 but on step 3. Because I have full images (ntfsclone or dd) of the client I just write back the image, so that I don't have to configure everything for backuppc-restore on the client-pc (cygwin/rsyncd/exchange ssh-keys...) A bare metal recovery of a windows client for testing is on my todo-list. Question: have you done a bare metal recovery of a windows client? Without any background I would think that restoring a linux-based machine might work better but unfortunately I'm working in a windows-only-environment (except my file & backup-server :-) - Kurt ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ BackupPC-users mailing list BackupPC-users@lists.sourceforge.net List: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/backuppc-users Wiki: http://backuppc.wiki.sourceforge.net Project: http://backuppc.sourceforge.net/
