You don’t want to work on a live copy. Just because CCC does it does not mean that it is a good idea. There are lots of databases in different spots, and the only way of making sure a database is quiescent is to turn it off.
If it was me, I would take the extra time of copying everything into a .dmg so I had a backup copy of exactly where I made the transition. On Jun 24, 2013, at 5:48 PM, Carl Hoefs <newsli...@autonomy.caltech.edu> wrote: > Hmm. I mentioned CCC and SD to higher-ups and was told that Disk Utility's > "Restore" function does the same thing. > > Under Disk Utility's Restore tab it says: "To copy or restore a disk image to > a disk, select the source disk or disk image, select the destination disk, > and then click Restore." It looks like all you have to do is drag the "Server > HD" icon from the left-hand column into the Source textfield, and drag the > new SSD drive icon in to the Destination textfield and click Restore. > > Has anyone tried this? Does it work on an active system? Does it make a > bootable copy? Will any of these 3 ways -- CCC, SD, DU -- work? > > Thx > > > _______________________________________________ > MacOSX-talk mailing list > MacOSX-talk@omnigroup.com > http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
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