backup and restore to different hardware ?

[John_Santana]

Hi All,

I've got a small server that I want to migrate to bigger specs as below:

• Server 1 - Production:
  HP DL 360 G5
  C:\ - 70 GB used out of 72 GB total capacity
  D:\ - 145.9 GB used out of 146 GB total capacity

• Server 2 - Spare server no OS installed:
  HP DL 380 G5
  C:\ - 72 GB total capacity
  D:\ - 300 GB total capacity

What's the steps and the procedure so that I can take the image backup from one server and restore it to another without configuration issue or any problem from Server 1 to Server 2 ?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[criley · Accepted solution]

Please follow this article:

http://www.veritas.com/docs/000006864

[John_Santana]

Thanks @criley,

I've downloaded the SRD .ISO file already so do I need to download the drivers for both servers into the bootable USB ?

[criley]

You only need drivers for the server that you are restoring to.

You can either create a custom SRD and include the relevant drivers in that, or just provide the drivers during the restore process (if needed, the SRD will prompt for these during the restore).

[John_Santana]

@criley cool, so where do I put all of those drivers that I have downloaded into my computer ?

I have created the bootable USB drive, so I assume I can just drag n drop the drivers to some directory ?

[criley]

I have created the bootable USB drive, so I assume I can just drag n drop the drivers to some directory ?

No, this is not the way to do it. During the SRD creation, you are presented with a driver screen where you can add additional drivers.