Actually, the SCSI driver Y *will* be there. NTBACKUP is smart enough[1] to "merge" the restored hardware info (drivers, etc) into the existing system rather than overwriting them. As long as your boot/system partitions have the same drive letter on both the backed up system and the target system, and the system partition numbers are the same[2], you should have no problem restoring to different hardware[1][3].
I just recovered several older HP servers to Compaqs and a Dell as part of our disaster recovery testing. With that said, the original poster would do better to build a new server with a new name, and move the mailboxes over. Much simpler. 1. But not quite smart enough. See Q241257 for details 2. If the partitions aren't laid out the same, edit the boot.ini after the restore, but before the reboot. 3. As long as the HAL is the same. See Q249694 for the gory details. -----Original Message----- From: knighTslayer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 2:02 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: RE: DR question What is that issue? The problem with a system state restore is that the registry and boot files are restored (and cannot be deselected) and this is specfic to the hardware you are running. For example, if the system where you took the system state from has a SCSI controller X and the new server you are restoring to has SCSI controller Y, then you are not going to be able to boot as the drivers and system files and other such important stuff will not be there. You can sometimes get around this by installing the driver for controller Y on the current server then do the backup. This will just to get the information/data in the system state, then it's a matter of some clever tweaking in the recovery console and playing with boot.ini after you do the restore. What is the hardware you have? -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wade Robinson Sent: 30 June 2003 19:37 To: Exchange Discussions Subject: RE: RE: DR question Sorry I am running Exchange 2000. The Disaster Recovery white paper outlines several scenarios including recovering to a standby by server but it list as a first step to restore the Exchange servers windows system state info. I am not sure if an issue I am having is hw or possibly sw related so I would like to recovery to a new windows install. thanks I'm assuming you're running Exchange 5.5 since you didn't say. Trust me that http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq_appxa.htm is the best way to do what you want. You can restore an Exchange database to a server with the same name and it should work fine. The bible for such things is http://www.microsoft.com/exchange/techinfo/administration/55/BackupResto re.a sp. Ed Crowley MCSE+Internet MVP Freelance E-Mail Philosopher Protecting the world from PSTs and Bricked Backups!T -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Wade Robinson Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 10:58 AM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: DR question I would like to perform an Exchange disaster Recovery to a stand by server without restoring the original server system state information. I want to move this Exchange environment to a system with a clean OS. If I rename the current Exchange server than take it off line, bring up the new box using the original's name add it to the domain and reinstall Exchange / DR mode restore the Exchange databases and meta data will this work? I would like to have the original standing by with the ability to bring it back online if necessary. Thanks _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang =english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&; lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Web Interface: http://intm-dl.sparklist.com/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=exchange&text_mode=&lang=english To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
