[rhn-users] Cloning machines

[Bull, Brad]

I still use an old favorite, PartImage
http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page and a bootable rescue CD (with
PartImage on it). Image the partitions on your source machine. Use dd to
image the MBR (all 512 bytes). Setup an image server on your network
with the images you made and start PartImage. Boot up your target box
with Knoppix or whatever, dd write the MBR image, start the PartImage
client and "restore" the partitions. Make adjustments to the networking
config. Works well, but not with LVM. Software RAID is also a little
tricky, but can be done.

Acronis makes an interesting commercial product as well.