You need the bigger license. The home version will not work with Windows server versions. It checks the operating system (I've tried it).
My Acronis True Image experience is with the home version on laptops and desktops using Windows 98, 2000, XP, and Vista. I assume that the server edition works at least as well as the home version. My IMail server is actually located 600 miles away on my brother's computer. He had already invested in another backup method. He would change if it wasn't going to cost him to do so, but the price point was too high. David. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Evans Martin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:27 PM Subject: RE: [IMail Forum] hard drive clone software suggestions What version of Acronis are you guys using? Will the home version work on a server or do I need to buy the bigger licenses? Thanks, Evans Martin --- Evans L. Martin - MartekWare.Com Phone: (615) 533-0197 AOL IM: Martek01 Hosting Solutions & Custom Software Development Home of iPlus Info Browser for IMail / SmarterMail -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Miller Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 3:23 PM To: Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] hard drive clone software suggestions Hi Todd. Partition Expert was primarily designed for resizing partitions. I have used it too, but the product line has been merged into their Disk Director suite, which I also have now. Anyway, Partition Expert included a utility for copying a partition to another installed hard drive, but that is different than the True Image product which is designed for backing up partitions and restoring them from a wide variety of media. With True Image, you can backup partitions bit by bit to a network drive, to an external USB drive, or onto DVD's. The backup appears in Windows as a single file, so it does not disturb the existing partition. Furthermore, the file can be mounted on any Windows machine as its own drive letter, so you have access to any file on the backup through Windows Explorer. Keep in mind that this backup file is a bit by bit copy of any partition or drive (multiple partitions), so it can be restored to a drive to create an exact clone of a drive or partition. If you have not looked at True Image, which is the Acronis competitor product of Norton Ghost, I recommend you do. It costs less and works much better. I switched to Acronis True Image from Ghost a long time ago. I have had to restore broken down drives several times, and with True Image, it was so easy to pop the CD in, boot from it, and connect to any USB or network drive and restore. I cannot praise it enough. The very few times I have had trouble, I found work around answers on their website without having to talk with anyone. I bought a support incident voucher with one update a few years back, but I have never had to use it. I don't work for Acronis. I am just a very satisfied customer. www.Acronis.com David. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 11:03 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] hard drive clone software suggestions David, I have Acronis Partition Expert which is several years old now. I have not used the product you are referring to. The only time I have ever had Ghost fail is when there were errors on the source hd. But I believe there is a switch to force cloning even if an error like that occurs. Todd ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 9:35 AM Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] hard drive clone software suggestions > Todd, what problems have you had with True Image from Acronis? I have > used > it for years and have never had any trouble. Ghost, on the other hand, > has > failed me several times, such that I have not used it in a long time. In > fact, I switched to Acronis exclusively when one time I found that Ghost > was > unable to backup a drive but Acronis True Image did it fine without any > trouble. > > Anyway, if there are some situations where Acronis True Image has > problems, > I would like to know about it. > > David > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Todd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 11:14 PM > Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] hard drive clone software suggestions > > > I have used Acronis and I love it's gui and for certain things but I have > had a few problems with it. I clone a lot of drives and the simplest and > most bulletproof is Symantec Ghost, never fails - Windows server, > workstation or Linux. > > Todd > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "David Dodell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <Imail_Forum@list.ipswitch.com> > Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 8:23 AM > Subject: [IMail Forum] hard drive clone software suggestions > > >> I'm running our Imail platform on Windows 2003 Server, and we appear to >> have a drive possibly going bad. >> >> We've order some new drives but want to clone them to make the >> transition >> easier. >> >> Suggestions for hard drive cloning software that will work with SATA/ >> SATA2, Seagate Drives, and Windows 2003 Server? >> >> Thank you. >> >> David Dodell To Unsubscribe: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html List Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Knowledge Base/FAQ: http://www.ipswitch.com/support/IMail/
