True Image 9 and RAID

Discussion in 'Acronis True Image Product Line' started by dikul, Nov 5, 2007.

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  1. dikul

    dikul Registered Member

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    I currently use True Image Home v 9. If I back up to an external drive from a single HDD can I then restore to a RAID 1 array(which will use 2 disks)? And conversely, will I be able to back up from the RAID to an external disk?

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    Mike
     
  2. shieber

    shieber Registered Member

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    It shouldn't pose any problems. I backup my RAID1 to a single disk all the time and I've rstored from a single disk to the RAID1 many times also. That the logical disk comprises a RAID should be invisible to stuff addressing the logical disk. RAID SHMAID, the DMA says, just point me where to go ;-)

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  3. dikul

    dikul Registered Member

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    shieber

    Thanks for the prompt reply!
    MIke
     
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    Just to make sure you don't have any issue with the linux driver onthe Boot CD, which you would use to do a restore, make a backup then boot with the cd and start therough the recovery steps, right up to picking the the target drive -- you shuld be able to pick your RAID "drive". You don't have to then proceed with doing th restore, but doing that much will assure that the linux drivers acan correctly see your hard drives. It's atest one should do whether one had RAID or not.
     
  5. MudCrab

    MudCrab Imaging Specialist

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    Since you are going from a single drive to a RAID setup, you may need to have the RAID drivers installed before you create the image or you may need to do a Windows Repair install after the restore.

    This thread deals with going to RAID 0, but the same process is needed for RAID 1. A read through it may help: Non Raid Image to Raid 0 config question
     
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