Imaging a 8.04 Server

[CLIFFORD ILKAY]

Lubbers, Nicholas wrote:
>> I've had very good luck with clonezilla live previously but I am
> having
>> issues with it cloning this particular server (Dell T300). The server
>> currently is in production and I've made several attempts using
>> clonezilla. I cannot afford to have much more downtime and need to
> look
>> for a different imaging solution.
> 
> I forgot to mention that the hardware is going to be identical to the
> source. I think the reason I chose clonezilla was because it was able to
> set up grub while restoring the image. I need to be able to restore the
> entire server to another identical T300 and have it boot with minimal
> (preferably none) additional configuration.

If they are identical, how about directing the output of "dd" to the
target server over ssh?
-- 
Regards,

Clifford Ilkay
Dinamis
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Toronto, ON
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