Imaging a Raided Win 2000 Server

[Guest]

I need to image my Windows 2000 and 2003 servers, which are raided. I’m
looking at Symantec Live State Server. Has anyone done this? Do I have to
install the software on the computer to image it. Basically I would like to
boot from a boot disk and image it to USB External Hard Drive. I work on a
lot of different servers and I need a simple solution that I could do before
I make any major changes on the server. (the live state part of it would be
great, b/c I wouldn’t have to turn the server off).
Anyone with experience with Live State have any suggestions?
Anyone have any better ideas than Live State?

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

I need to image my Windows 2000 and 2003 servers, which are raided. I'm
looking at Symantec Live State Server. Has anyone done this? Do I have to
install the software on the computer to image it. Basically I would like to
boot from a boot disk and image it to USB External Hard Drive. I work on a
lot of different servers and I need a simple solution that I could do before
I make any major changes on the server. (the live state part of it would be
great, b/c I wouldn't have to turn the server off).
Anyone with experience with Live State have any suggestions?
Anyone have any better ideas than Live State?

I would boot the machine with a Bart PE boot disk (www.bootdisk.com),
then use this command to create a copy of your system disk:

xcopy /s /c /o /h c:\*.* e:\ServerName\ 1>c:\copy.log 2>c:\copy.err

This works only if the Bart PE recognises your USB disk. It usually
does.