Boot cd and RAID

Discussion in 'Acronis True Image Product Line' started by aries58net, Apr 26, 2005.

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  1. aries58net

    aries58net Registered Member

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    We have 2 server (2 PDC) with RAID 5 and we are evaluating acronis true image ent. server as a full disaster recovery solution. My question is ...if an OS crashdown occurs (BSOD) or what else ...can I use the rescue disk to fully recover the system ? i.e. will the rescue disk "see" the RAID as an entity or only the single disks?? Because ,if not, T. Image wont really comes very useful since I'd have to reinstall the OS and so on ....(OS:windows 2003 server, one server is a proliant 350M with raid5, the other is assembled.. but is a dual XEON with raid 5 too)

    o_O

    TIA
     
  2. MiniMax

    MiniMax Registered Member

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    It really depends on the RAID controllers. If you post information about the controllers in question, I am sure you will get an answer.

    It also depends on how you define a "full disaster recovery". If you can install (just temporarily for the duration of the recovery process) a copy of Win2K3 to host the Windows version of True Image - the type of RAID controllers *should* (to the best of my knowledge) become a non-issue.

    You say you are evaluating True Image... Have you tried the trial version? Did it see your RAID'ed disks when booted from the Rescue CD?

    Someone with more experience than me in these matters will hopefully post a follow up.
     
  3. aries58net

    aries58net Registered Member

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    I will gather those info..ASAP..anyway I thought that the boot cd would ask for a driver diskette (like F6 in windows) if it hadn't any built in....or am I wrong ? o_O
     
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    MiniMax Registered Member

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    You are wrong.
     
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    Acronis Support Acronis Support Staff

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    Hello aries58net,

    Thank you for choosing Acronis Enterprise Disk Backup Software.

    When Acronis True Image/Server is running under Windows, then it works with all the hard disk drives detected by the operating system. If Acronis True Image/Server is running in rescue mode (e.g. to restore the system partition), then the following RAID controllers are supported:

    - P-ATA (IDE) RAID controllers (Promise, Highpoint)
    - Most of SCSI RAID controllers (Adaptec, Dell, LSI and others)
    - SATA RAID controllers (Highpoint, Intel, Promise, Silicon Image, VIA)

    Some other RAID controllers may be supported as well, although we have not tested them yet, and the others will be supported with the future updates. You may download free trial version, create Acronis Bootable CD and make sure it will recognize your drive correctly.

    Thank you.
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    Irina Shirokova
     
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  6. aries58net

    aries58net Registered Member

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    Well for the sake of precision..Here's my controllers:

    Server 1: ADAPTEC AIC-7901 - ULTRA 320 SCSI

    Server 2 :is a HP PROLIANT ML350G4 server with a dual channel U 320 SCSI and a SMART controller array 641

    Are they supported ??

    TIA :)
     
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    Acronis Support Acronis Support Staff

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    Hello aries58net,

    Yes, these controllers are supported in the latest build of Acronis True Image 8.0 Enterprise Server. If you will have any problems please contact us.

    Thank you.
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    Irina Shirokova
     
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