grinch843 Posted November 2, 2007 Share Posted November 2, 2007 I've got someone running a server with SBS 2003 without ANY backup solution. I've suggested they get a copy of Acronis True image or Paragon drive backup but they said they can't do it right now. Anyway, I found a copy of Ghost32 v11 on their server and was wondering if I set it up on a schedule to make an image of the server drive would this work for a backup? If their drive crashed could I restore the image and everything still work? I use ghost quite often on regular XP systems, but I've never done it on a server operating system. I guess the primary issue would be any files that are open durning the backup process.If this option won't work, anyone got any suggestions of a program that will that won't break the bank??Also, anyone use DriveIMG XML by Runtime Software? It's free and says it works under 2003 server.ThanksScott.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamt Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 My first thought was - NTbackup, and when I googled to check that you actually get ntbackup with SBS 2003, I stumbled on this:http://www.microsoft.com/technet/community...bs/sbs0630.mspxWhich mentions Acronis, as well as Ntbackup and other backup-related things for SBS goodness.Also check out the name "Susan Bradley" - who is the "SBS Diva": http://msmvps.com/blogs/bradley/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IcemanND Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Last I checked ghost will not capture a drive which is currently in use by an OS. It could be used as a starting piint and then use ntbackup to backup and restire changes after the initial ghost image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted November 6, 2007 Share Posted November 6, 2007 Consider downloading the Backing Up and Restoring Windows Small Business Server 2003 document from the source. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinch843 Posted November 7, 2007 Author Share Posted November 7, 2007 Thanks for the info..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cluberti Posted November 8, 2007 Share Posted November 8, 2007 No problem - hopefully you can figure it out and post back what you ultimately decided to do . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duendeskt Posted February 18, 2008 Share Posted February 18, 2008 oks guys, i have tested ghost 11 in a critical server of my company, i did the backup (all this in DOS GHOST) and install a new software than blew me up win2003, so i decided to apply the ghost i made before, everything runs back to normallity.sooooooooooGhost 11 is so f***ing good, my servers are DELL with raid5 and scsi.so it works :> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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