[cisco-voip] Disaster Recovery: Using ghost to restore MCS Servers maybe?

[Wes Sisk]

in that case you are going to break SQL replication of the CCM database.

Kelemen Zoltan wrote:
> I was referring to / using ghost strictly as a backup tool, so a dead 
> CCM could be recovered from an image created from *that* CCM earlier. 
> I never assumed to create multiple installations from the same ghost 
> image, or to recover a server from a different server's ghost. It 
> seems most useful for RAID-less 7815 installations, but it could come 
> in handy with larger servers as well, if something goes terribly wrong :)
>
> Thus there shouldn't be a case of duplicate GUID's.
>
> Or am I mistaken?
>
> Zoltan
>
> Wes Sisk wrote:
>> duplicate GUID's causes problems for SQL replication and DCOM 
>> connectivity.
>>
>> ghost is not recommended.
>>
>> Ahmed Elnagar wrote:
>>>
>>> AFAIK it is not supported with TAC, but have you tried it several 
>>> times?
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net 
>>> [mailto:cisco-voip-bounces at puck.nether.net] On Behalf Of Kelemen Zoltan
>>> Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:37 PM
>>> To: Cucumber Green
>>> Cc: cisco-voip at puck.nether.net
>>> Subject: Re: [cisco-voip] Disaster Recovery: Using ghost to restore 
>>> MCS Servers maybe?
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Ghost definitely works, however it's not worthwhile to make frequent
>>>
>>> ghosts. So (just as others have put it) make an image after major
>>>
>>> changes and use BARS in between.
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Major changes being software updates, major component changes in the
>>>
>>> system (new gateways, VM, etc.)
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>
>>>   Zoltan
>>>
>>>  
>>>
>>> Cucumber Green wrote:
>>>
>>> > Hello
>>>
>>> >
>>> > Has anyone used Ghost to keep an image of your MCS servers in 
>>> order to
>>>
>>> > use it in case of a server crash? If so, did it work, are there any
>>>
>>> > caveats, tips?
>>>
>>> >
>>> > If not using Ghost, whats your disaster recovery procedure to restore
>>>
>>> > an MCS crashed server ( other than a full reinstall ).
>>>
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
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