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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hi there,</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Could anyone recommend a backup software that would back up
the whole system, what I am looking for is much like Ghost for Linux but the
system has to keep running.</span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am not worried about log files, this is the case where if
the machine fails then we are down for the period of time it takes to either
build a new OS disk and reinstall all of the custom programs and their numerous
quirks or grab the latest restore from the back media and just ‘clone’
a new disk with all the programs setup.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>What I have tried in the past is to clone the harddisk using
the harddisk upgrade howto method, but that involves taking the machine
completely offline, also cutting an image with Ghost means taking the machine
offline.</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Thanks.</span></font></p>
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