[dba-Tech] Create System Image using Clonezilla

I use Drive Image XML for the same purpose.

http://www.runtime.org/driveimage-xml.htm

It take about an hour for it to make a compressed image of my 50Gig Windows XP partition, and you can make the image on a live running system (it does shadow copies). Restoration is just as fast, or a bit faster. I do the restoration using a BartPE boot disk.

http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/

As for backing up virtual disk images. I can only speak about virtual box. The manual expressly says not to use a simple copy process, and the system has a cloning process that should be used instead. Something to do with identifying the image volume correctly if I recall.

Lambert

-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Max Wanadoo
Sent: Saturday, September 26, 2009 11:41 AM
To: 'Discussion of Hardware and Software issues'
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Create System Image using Clonezilla

Good man, yourself.

Don't forget to make some changes to the C: drive BEFORE restoring so that we can see if it did restore correctly. Ha!

Arthur, will Clonezilla be able to backup one of the Virtuals.  Probably not, as the virtual wont be mounted when you boot from the DVD.  Whadda think?

Max


-----Original Message-----
From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: 26 September 2009 16:34
To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Create System Image using Clonezilla

I hope that I don't have need to restore it, Max LOL. But in the interests of national security, I suppose that I'd best check it out.

On Sat, Sep 26, 2009 at 11:09 AM, Max Wanadoo <max.wanadoo at gmail.com> wrote:

> Everything I have tried on my Drive c: so far has worked without any
effect
> of running Clonezilla, Arthur.
>
> If you get a change to restore from it, I would appreciate knowing the 
> outcome.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> Max
>
>
_______________________________________________
dba-Tech mailing list
dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com
http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech
Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com

_______________________________________________
dba-Tech mailing list
dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com
http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech
Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com