I've looked at selfimage in the past, and it does not use VSS, thus the image may not be consistent for files open or changed during the backup.
Carl -----Original Message----- From: Angus Scott-Fleming [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 3:27 PM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: Re: Online VSS-based desktop imaging solutions On 23 Oct 2009 at 12:35, Carl Houseman wrote: > > I'm aware of two free-for-non-commercial-use online image backup programs > -DriveimageXML and Macrium Reflect. Are there any similar that don't have > the commercial-use restriction? Haven't used it, but I found this for you in about half an hour of looking at the docs for FOG, which I have been looking at for a client: SelfImage: The free/open-Source hard disk imaging utility SelfImage is capable of making an image file of a hard disk or hard disk partition, and can restore an image back to any drive or partition that doesn't have open files. Useful for making backups. Unlike dd for Windows (or cygwin), SelfImage is capable of creating an image of a partition that is currently in use. http://www.excelcia.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=4 In conjunction with a FOG server you could probably do everything you want with GPL software. FOG :: A Computer Cloning Solution http://www.fogproject.org/ HTH -- and please report back if you do use this how well it's working. Angus -- Angus Scott-Fleming GeoApps, Tucson, Arizona 1-520-290-5038 +-----------------------------------+ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
