Windows Server 2003 - Disaster Recovery

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Hi,

I'm hoping I can obtain some advice and guidance on our individual needs from the Acronis Software.

We currently have a Dell PowerEdge 2800 running Windows Server 2003. As well as the operating system, the C drive also contains some quite old programs that were written for us some time ago. Programs we have long lost the installations for.

The E drive contains working data, that I back up to Dat72 on an ad hoc basis using the standard internal Windows backup software.

What I was hoping the SD5 software would give us is the ability to recover from a failure of this machine by taking a snapshot of the system now (The E drive - irrelevant for this purpose). Then recovering the system to a new server.

I have a replacement Dell PowerEdge 2900 to test this and have attempted a recovery to this machine, but although the outcome of this test said that is was a successful deploy, the system just looped at the Windows load screen.

Obviously our needs are not to be able to deploy multiple machines on a regular basis, just the ability to recover from a failure.  

So I guess my questions are...

Is the software likely to fulfil our needs?

What status should the 2900 be in? i.e. should I set up the disks i.e. raid etc.? should it have Windows server 2003 already loaded before deployment?

Obviously I want to be able to run a successful test deploy in advance of the old machine going bang!

btw..yes I know we are running in the dark ages in relation to the hardware and software!

Many Thanks in advance with any advice.

Mark.

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

Mo, 04/04/2016 - 18:46
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Hi Mark,

From your description it seems like after restore to a new server your OS crashes at startup.

This can happen if the source and the new hardware differ, so the OS lacks the necessary drivers and fails to boot.

To solve the problem, I'd recommend you to use the Acronis Universal Restore module. You can find more information here. This will allow you to inject the necessary drivers from the new hardware into your operating system.

If this doesn't help, access your BIOS/UEFI and disable automatic restart on system failure. At the next failure a Blue Screen will pop up and you will get the error code. 

Further infomration on bootabilty troubleshooting can be found here.

Answering your questions: yes the software will be able to fulfil your needs and if you should meet any difficulties our Support Team is always there to help you out! No additional preparation of disks is necessary.

 

Sa, 04/09/2016 - 10:32
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