Best method for server cloning

[George Magklaras]

Check again.

Gparted has LVM2 support since February 2009, AFAIK.

GM

Mike Burger wrote:
>> I use GParted to clone partitions (and thus entire servers):
>> http://www.gnu.org/software/parted/index.shtml
>>
>> As a sysadmin, I normally have a copy of the SystemRescueCD
>> (http://www.sysresccd.org/Main_Page) which includes Gparted amongst
>> other useful tools.
>>
>> GM
>>
>>
>> cliff here wrote:
>>> I'm curious if anyone has any suggestions or methods for server cloning,
>>> ie.. same hardware same build, software etc..  . I've tried clonezilla
>>> and
>>> it doesn't  seem to work with my SAS Drive array.
> 
> Last I checked, gparted didn't deal well with LVM, though.
> 

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