Is it possible or is there software that would let me
clone a Windows 2000 Server (DC)? Kind of like Ghost but
without all of the Driver headaches. I know that there
are programs that move desktop computers but what about
servers?

Ghost is one of the best. I've never had driver headaches with it but I do
use products that they have drivers for and keep it up to date. I have it
used in our Training center to literally clone servers thousands of times
over the years....

--
Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server

"Jason" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2105301c45a13$1e273160$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Is it possible or is there software that would let me
> clone a Windows 2000 Server (DC)? Kind of like Ghost but
> without all of the Driver headaches. I know that there
> are programs that move desktop computers but what about
> servers?

Scott,

Thank you for your response. I did try ghost and the one
headache I got was when I first logged onto the "new"
Server I had a SCSI error. The old server has IDE and
the new has SCSI. I had to do a re-install/repair and
use F6 to load the driver. When I tried installing the
driver on Bootup it gave me a "SCSI Port Start Entry
Point" error. Whatever that is? In addition it did
loose some settings like the static IP which was probably
because of Windows recognizing a new MAC. Any thoughts?
I am hoping that when I clone that it doesn't affect any
AD replication. That's my next test.

Jason
>-----Original Message-----
>Ghost is one of the best. I've never had driver
headaches with it but I do
>use products that they have drivers for and keep it up
to date. I have it
>used in our Training center to literally clone servers
thousands of times
>over the years....
>
>--
>Scott Harding
>MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
>Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server
>
>"Jason" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:2105301c45a13$1e273160$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Is it possible or is there software that would let me
>> clone a Windows 2000 Server (DC)? Kind of like Ghost
but
>> without all of the Driver headaches. I know that there
>> are programs that move desktop computers but what about
>> servers?
>
>
>.
>

If you want to do multiple installs with the same settings, but onto different hardware, you
might look into an automated install technique, like using winnt.sif with boot cd.

--
Tom

"jason" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2156701c45aaf$e7f70a00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> Scott,
>
> Thank you for your response. I did try ghost and the one
> headache I got was when I first logged onto the "new"
> Server I had a SCSI error. The old server has IDE and
> the new has SCSI. I had to do a re-install/repair and
> use F6 to load the driver. When I tried installing the
> driver on Bootup it gave me a "SCSI Port Start Entry
> Point" error. Whatever that is? In addition it did
> loose some settings like the static IP which was probably
> because of Windows recognizing a new MAC. Any thoughts?
> I am hoping that when I clone that it doesn't affect any
> AD replication. That's my next test.
>
> Jason
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Ghost is one of the best. I've never had driver
> headaches with it but I do
> >use products that they have drivers for and keep it up
> to date. I have it
> >used in our Training center to literally clone servers
> thousands of times
> >over the years....
> >
> >--
> >Scott Harding
> >MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
> >Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server
> >
> >"Jason" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:2105301c45a13$1e273160$(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> Is it possible or is there software that would let me
> >> clone a Windows 2000 Server (DC)? Kind of like Ghost
> but
> >> without all of the Driver headaches. I know that there
> >> are programs that move desktop computers but what about
> >> servers?
> >
> >
> >.
> >

Cloning typically only works when going to the same hardware. Cloning a IDE
machine and then restoring to SCSI is obviouly going to have issues and I
would look at Tom reponse.

--
Scott Harding
MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server

"Tom Stewart" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you want to do multiple installs with the same settings, but onto
different hardware, you
> might look into an automated install technique, like using winnt.sif with
boot cd.
>
> --
> Tom
>
> "jason" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:2156701c45aaf$e7f70a00$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Scott,
> >
> > Thank you for your response. I did try ghost and the one
> > headache I got was when I first logged onto the "new"
> > Server I had a SCSI error. The old server has IDE and
> > the new has SCSI. I had to do a re-install/repair and
> > use F6 to load the driver. When I tried installing the
> > driver on Bootup it gave me a "SCSI Port Start Entry
> > Point" error. Whatever that is? In addition it did
> > loose some settings like the static IP which was probably
> > because of Windows recognizing a new MAC. Any thoughts?
> > I am hoping that when I clone that it doesn't affect any
> > AD replication. That's my next test.
> >
> > Jason
> > >-----Original Message-----
> > >Ghost is one of the best. I've never had driver
> > headaches with it but I do
> > >use products that they have drivers for and keep it up
> > to date. I have it
> > >used in our Training center to literally clone servers
> > thousands of times
> > >over the years....
> > >
> > >--
> > >Scott Harding
> > >MCSE, MCSA, A+, Network+
> > >Microsoft MVP - Windows NT Server
> > >
> > >"Jason" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > >news:2105301c45a13$1e273160$(E-Mail Removed)...
> > >> Is it possible or is there software that would let me
> > >> clone a Windows 2000 Server (DC)? Kind of like Ghost
> > but
> > >> without all of the Driver headaches. I know that there
> > >> are programs that move desktop computers but what about
> > >> servers?
> > >
> > >
> > >.
> > >
>
>