backup for Win 2k3 server suggestions

Hello,
A friend of mine has a Dell poweredge 1900 running Win 2k3 server.
I need to make a full backup that I can restore onto a new raid 1 array
with larger drives and partitions.
Somebody suggested Acronis Disk Director, but the version that supports
this server OS is $600.00!

Any suggestions for the best software to do this would be appreciated.

Thanks,

bertmanphx

bertman wrote:
> Hello,
> A friend of mine has a Dell poweredge 1900 running Win 2k3 server.
> I need to make a full backup that I can restore onto a new raid 1
> array with larger drives and partitions.
> Somebody suggested Acronis Disk Director, but the version that
> supports this server OS is $600.00!
>
> Any suggestions for the best software to do this would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> bertmanphx

Storagecraft shadow protect server would be a good investment but if all you
need to do is offline iimage backup and restore standard disk partitions the
desktop edition should work fine.

http://store.storagecraft.com/acb/st...-35-P55C8.aspx


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"bertman" <> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> A friend of mine has a Dell poweredge 1900 running Win 2k3 server.
> I need to make a full backup that I can restore onto a new raid 1 array
> with larger drives and partitions.
> Somebody suggested Acronis Disk Director, but the version that supports
> this server OS is $600.00!
>
> Any suggestions for the best software to do this would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> bertmanphx

You can use the plain version as long as you operate from the Recovery CD
rather than from within Windows 2003. You could even use plain robocopy
provided that:
- Your new disk or disk array is partitioned and formatted.
- You have a suitable boot CD (e.g. a Bart CD) that gives you full access to
the file system.
- You can access the old and the new disk at the same time.