Disk Imaging eines dynamic Disk

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emal011

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Hallo Forum!

Ich habe des folgendes Problem:

Benutze Windows Server 2003 (Strato), mit eine Festplatte als Dynamic gefunden.

Jetzt ich brauche eine Datensicherung einbauen, d.H. das Dynamic disk in eine Partition speichert(ich habe eine ftp Verbindung). Aber leider ich finde keine Software für das Problem.
Einerseits funktioniert unter WS 2003 nicht, anderseits funktioniert nicht mit Dynamics disk.

Hat jemand ein Tipp, und wie kann ich endlich eine Disk Image einzubauen?
 
Is English better? The German question is in fact not really understandable and seems to be the product of an automatic translation service.

http://www.disk-image.net/dynamic.htm can in fact somehow handle dynamic volumes, although it cannot restore them completely. But at least the content seems to be backed up correctly.
 
XD it was me, not a translate system...

Well, now i using that software(trial version) and I just wait to see if that help. It´s hard difficult to find some software wich work with Server 2003 plus dynamic disk.(and lower that 200€)

With Active DI, i can only create a Raw Image, the disk to Image option, tell me that it´s not possible to make one. Now i´m runing the Raw option, hope that help.

although it cannot restore them completely
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What you mean? There are some data lose?

And again, sorry for my German.

MFG
 
if i´m not wrong, that´s mean that in the case of some lose data, if i try to restore it from the Raw image, that could be not possible? Or could be possible, but just if i convert dynamic to basic?

Well if i´m right, that´s a little complicated. But, it could be possible just restore or take some files from the Image, i mean, open the file and take some files, right?.

I just imaging a scenario, where i have a katastrophe, and my last option is taking the image and restore everything, and continue like if nothing happend. Maybe never happend, but at last I have a restore file.
 
I would assume that the mentioned sentence means, that if you e.g. have a Raid 1 with 2 dynamic disks, you might not be able to restore that image to again two dynamic disks. But at least you should be able to restore the content to one basic disk and from there you should be able again to recreate your dynamic Raid 1.

Either way, you should be able to have a backup of your content. And that is what matters most!
 
well, actually i have just 1 harddisk with 2 partitions, wich with the Active DI software show me: disk 0 and disk 1 both identically(size-modell,etc)

I make the raw copy and see what happend...
 
Are you definitely sure that you only have 1 HD? As with this configuration, a dynamic format does not make sense at all. If there are disk0 and disk1 that should be 2 disks.
 
well i´m pretty sure.

Link to image --> sorry but i can´t post an image, nicht erlaub!

Like u see, is just one Hardisk(C-D), NetDrive is just a ftp conection(virtualDrive).

Last week, i made a backup test, and as the software say, it was "successfully", i mean "successfully" while i can not open it!...

With the software, i can open image files and "navigate" in to it, but for some reason, i can´t!

This is what i made:

* double click Explore Image.
* Open and search my image file.
* Now, here it ask me for a "chunk #2" |Enter chunk #2 of image| Sorry, but i don´t know what it´s that!
I trying with all files in the image folder, but nothing.
I press Cancel and i go to the Image explorer, it show me my Image file, but nothing else. It´s really "funny" but i see my file with a plus icon, normally that means that i can expand and see more files, but don´t.

It´s because is just a testversion?

//
// Active@ Disk Image Version 4.0.4
// OS Version: Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard SP2 Build 3790
// Running on: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 146, 1023.5 MB of RAM
//

[02-Nov-2010 10:50:37] Information: Creating Raw Image
Name: testBackup2210
Location: S:\Backup\
Compression: Normal
File splitting: Automatic (try single file)
Description:

Operation 1 of 1
Disk: 0, ATA HDT722516DLA380, S/N:VDK71BTCDVHZGK
Capacity: 153.4 GB

[02-Nov-2010 10:50:37] Information: Creating raw image of disk 0 - ATA HDT722516DLA380, S/N: VDK71BTCDVHZGK, 153.4 GB)
[02-Nov-2010 10:50:38] Information: Creating raw image of Hard Disk 0
[03-Nov-2010 14:59:24] Information: Image creating completed
[03-Nov-2010 14:59:28] Information: Image successfully created. Elapsed time: 28:08:53.

//
// Active@ Disk Image Version 4.0.4
// OS Version: Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard SP2 Build 3790
// Running on: AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 146, 1023.5 MB of RAM
//

[09-Nov-2010 10:49:47] Information: Verifying Backup

Operation 1 of 1
File name: S:\Backup\testBackup2210\testBackup2210.dim

[09-Nov-2010 10:49:47] Information: Verifying backup
[09-Nov-2010 10:49:48] Information: Image checking started
[09-Nov-2010 10:49:48] Information: Image checking stopped
[09-Nov-2010 10:49:48] Error: Image verification has been canceled. Elapsed time: 00:00:00.

//
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As an extra, i try to made a verification, with the next error! When i select my image file, it ask me for a chunk...

I try to make a contact with the support site, but if u know what it´s happend let me know! They take a litle time to answer the emails..

MFG

MArtin
 
another thing, i don´t think that 153.4GB data, it´s reduce to 1KB. That´s the size of the *.dim file.
But the log file say that the Image creation was successfull...

It not make a difference if i make an Image of disk0 or disk1, if both are indeticall, isn´t?

It´s a little tricki make a image of a Dynamic disk under windows server 2003... :mad:
 
Hm, it seems really hard to make a dynamic disk image. :(

Would it be a possibility for you, to just use folder based backup and only save important data? That would also make much more sense if you use FTP transfer to transport the backup away from the server.

Apart from that, having a Raid 1 is a quite good protection against one disk error. I had that once, the disk was replaced and the server was online again in no time without any data loss. :)
 
fuchzga said:
@emal011
Honestly I don't understand why it should be difficult to get a image from a dynamic disk.
I recommend you DriveSnapshot.
;)
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Even I. It have to be simple but anyways, i can´t, or the software can´t.

After one week behind the procedure, i found that the problem is not the software indeed, I have a ftp Virtual-Hardisk, wich i make a connection with NetDrive. But, NetDrive need a cache folder where to save first the Backup data. If i want to make 150GB backup data, Netdrive "need" 150GB free space in the HD before it send the backupfile, but leider i have only 5GB and in D: 30GB.
I already try a lot of things, like make a 2GB files, i mean each 2GB have to be uploaded, and as the Help notes say, i can disable the cache save folder, i mean, NetDrive have to upload the file direct without save it first in the cache folder. But for some reason that not works.
After 5 Hours runing the BackupSoftware i become a Windows meldung in wich says: You don´t have enought space... In oder words, abort the backup.

I made a windows backup, with the windows tools, and yep, the same problem, space.

I have to make first, that the Netdrive send the data without save it in the server. But for some reason don´t work.
At a second plan, i was thinking in making a cache folder in my VirtualHarddisk, but that´s mean doble space.

I know, that in somewhere :D there is a backup of the Harddisk, but my request is make a Disc Image. So i have to find the way... I have to make a Disck image of my Preeeecious... :o

Grüßes.

Martin
 
Of course, every imaging program needs some space to create the image. and that space should be another (bigger) disk. FTP accounts, even with Netdrive, cannot be used for that at all. A Windows share would do, but you might not have one available.

One possibility would be to partition the existing hard disk by creating two partitions with the same size. Then you could use the first partition for your data and use the second one for your backup image. After creation, you should then move that image away from the computer, e.g. by FTP.

Apart from that, I am not why a disk image should help you better than a simple data backup (which certainly could be WAAAAAY smaller). If the server is with Strato, you will never be able to simply play back the image to the server, as that is something that has to be done "on location". So the only thing you can do is to extract the data from the image and re-upload it to a newly configured server.

A completely other strategy would be Virtualization: Use the server with any virtualization technology and a backup is as simple as copying the VM image to another location. :D And you can have "snapshots", to which you always can come back, once a problem kills your VM. For virtualization, a Linux server would be enough. You could then install/upload a Windows Server VM into VMWare.

Strato however might not be the best choice for that. Other providers, such as OVH offer a HUUGE amount of servers with virtualization technology from the scratch.
 
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yep, that i was thinking... That´s why i used windows tools to made a backup, but it didn´t work.

Now i´m trying with Snapshot a recomendation of fuchzga, and i can say that it surprise me, because i can now see not only the hardisk, i can see the partitions too. So i can try making a backup of C: wich is 20Gb enough. Just for testing.

30 days full trial version ist good enought, just i have to wait until nobody use the server, 1Gb ram is not enought for make many taskings..

Like i say, i tryit and i hope that i can close this topic soon. I don´t like to take too much time just for some litle things...
 
Great that you might have found a solution for you.

However, a good backup strategy is certainly not a "little thing" but quite important. ;)
 
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