Cloning Raid 5 system partition

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  1. tremzz

    tremzz Registered Member

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    Ok. Here goes: I've got a win2k3 server with a raid5 array. The person who originally brought the server up only created a 5gb system partition that is now completely out of space.

    The raid5 is as follows: 5gb C: system partition. 60gb e: partition (with sql data).

    Here is what I intend to do: I have two drives that I want to make a mirror. I would like to be able to clone the raid5 c: system partition to the mirrored drives all the while leaving my original raid5 e: partition intact. I want my new mirrored drives to be bootable as well, and get rid of the old raid5 c: partition. I hope that was clear.

    Is this possible to do with Acronis Entrprise Server 9?

    Thanks in advance!
     
  2. far182

    far182 Registered Member

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    The short answer is yes. I don't think you need Acronis for this though.

    Before we move into how or options, what kind of RAID5 and RAID1(mirror) are you using? Is it software RAID or Hardware RAID?
     
  3. tremzz

    tremzz Registered Member

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    It's a hardware Raid.
     
  4. tremzz

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    Does anyone else have any solutions for this?
     
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    Hello tremzz,

    Thank you for your interest in Acronis Server Disk Backup Software.

    Please accept our apologies for the delay with the response.

    Please note that you will be able to perform this task with Acronis True Image 9.1 Server for Windows. Namely, you will be able to clone the entire hard drive (RAID5) to another hard drive (RAID1) with help of Clone Disk tool of Acronis True Image. Or, if you would like to "copy" only the system partition from one hard drive to another, you could you Backup tool. You will need to create the backup of the selected partition and then restore this backup to the target hard drive. The restored partition will be bootable if the original partition was bootable. You can find more information on how to use Acronis True Image in the respective User's Guide.

    Also if you are going to use different RAID controllers I would recommend that you use Acronis Universal Restore plug-in that allows you to restore the image to a different hardware. Please check Chapter 3.6 "Acronis Universal Restore" of the Acronis True Image 9.1 Server for Windows User's Guide for more details.

    Thank you.
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    Aleksandr Isakov
     
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