Re: [BackupPC-users] Bear Metal Restore

2008-04-10 Thread Stephen Joyce
I have used Window's built-in ASR with good results. It backs up C:\, the system state, and if on a DC, data in AD. To recover, you use your Windows media and there's a prompt to press F2 to perform an ASR recovery. See http://www.helpwithwindows.com/WindowsXP/howto-18.html . For linux, I've al

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bear Metal Restore

2008-04-10 Thread Gene Cooper
I have found PBA to be simple and useful. After using it for some time, I even set up the client to PXE boot off the network. http://canned-os.blogspot.com/2006/12/personal-backup-appliance-getting.html G Les Mikesell wrote: > Bernhard Ott wrote: > >> as Andreas said before bare metal restore

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bear Metal Restore

2008-04-10 Thread Les Mikesell
Bernhard Ott wrote: > as Andreas said before bare metal restore is not the thing you can do > best with backuppc, so many folks around here use backuppc for data and > other products for imaging system-partitions. > I use partimage for cloning windows hosts (careful: it doesn't work on > amd64

[BackupPC-users] Bear Metal Restore

2008-04-10 Thread cpreston
You'll find complete coverage of bare metal recovery for Linux/Windows in this free chapter from my book: http://www.backupcentral.com/components/com_mambowiki/index.php/Linux_%26_Windows_Bare_Metal_Recovery +-- |This was sent

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bear Metal Restore

2008-04-10 Thread Bernhard Ott
Hi Jack, as Andreas said before bare metal restore is not the thing you can do best with backuppc, so many folks around here use backuppc for data and other products for imaging system-partitions. I use partimage for cloning windows hosts (careful: it doesn't work on amd64 platform, http://www.p

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bear Metal Restore

2008-04-10 Thread Andreas Micklei
Am Donnerstag, 10. April 2008 schrieb Jack: > I would like to be able to do a 'bear metal restore' for both Linux and > Windows. The easiest thing is probably using BackupPC for data recovery only and use a separate product for desaster recovery of the base system (excluding user data). For Win

Re: [BackupPC-users] Bear Metal Restore

2008-04-09 Thread Les Mikesell
Jack wrote: > Ok, I have not found this, and it must be 'out there' somewhere. > > I would like to be able to do a 'bear metal restore' for both Linux and > Windows. > > I have done it using a commercial product on Windows (basics were: > build a 'new' installation with just the minimal network b

[BackupPC-users] Bear Metal Restore

2008-04-09 Thread Jack
Ok, I have not found this, and it must be 'out there' somewhere. I would like to be able to do a 'bear metal restore' for both Linux and Windows. I have done it using a commercial product on Windows (basics were: build a 'new' installation with just the minimal network basics, with the c:\windows