Symantec Ghost, Good questions

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INTELCRAZY

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Can someone tell me how to use this program? About it?

Instead of making an 'image' of the computer on a disc, can I put it on a USB Flash Drive? Do I have to have the floppy disc?

If anyone knows about Ghost, can you give me a crash course?

Thanks
 
you go to backup drive and then select what drive you want to back up then you select where you want to backup the drive to ie dvd another hdd and so on you can backup to an external hdd just make sure its pluged in and recognised in my computer, the restore image size will depend on how big the hdd you are backing up is and how much there is on it. i backup a 300gb sata drive that has my os on it and a few games and the image is around 60gb.
 
meanman said:
you go to backup drive and then select what drive you want to back up then you select where you want to backup the drive to ie dvd another hdd and so on you can backup to an external hdd just make sure its pluged in and recognised in my computer, the restore image size will depend on how big the hdd you are backing up is and how much there is on it. i backup a 300gb sata drive that has my os on it and a few games and the image is around 60gb.
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Ok, sounds good. I am building three identical computers this Summer, this is for a local biz, they process a lot of financial info. They told me they wanted reliability and minimum downtime. So, if something goes wrong and I can't find a quick resolution, I can turn to Ghost. The computer will only contain MS Office, Quickbooks, and a few databasing tools. So this will reset everything back to better days?
 
INTELCRAZY said:
Ok, sounds good. I am building three identical computers this Summer, this is for a local biz, they process a lot of financial info. They told me they wanted reliability and minimum downtime. So, if something goes wrong and I can't find a quick resolution, I can turn to Ghost. The computer will only contain MS Office, Quickbooks, and a few databasing tools. So this will reset everything back to better days?
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boot of the Ghost PE Disk (the CD) and make sure you choose your destination, supports usb/firewire, local disks, and of course network drives.

You also should use sysprep if you want to make one image for multiple machines. Set up your license information in sysprep and have it run the mini set up so things get individual UUIDs and CLS IDs.

Assuming this business has purchased a business license for the computers?

Also, ghost just reverts back to the original state, so you will need a method of storing data and backing it up to possibly another medium. Financial data should be worth a lot, so they should probably understand that it is very important to keep it backed up, and secure.
 
INTELCRAZY said:
It's not a very big biz, what is sysprep?
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well if you are purchasing three separate copies of windows then you will need to make three separate images for the machines. There are problems with the same name on a network, etc. Sys prep runs your image through a mini set up when its done that basically gives your hardware new UUIDs, and names the computer according to your naming convention, adds in the network settings etc. Its free from MS's website.

If you were to make one image for all the machines, then you would need sysprep. if you were going to make a separate image for each machine, then you would not have to deal with sysprep. Also, legally you must buy a license for each client you are imaging, so each computer needs its own copy of ghost.
 
tlarkin said:
well if you are purchasing three separate copies of windows then you will need to make three separate images for the machines. There are problems with the same name on a network, etc. Sys prep runs your image through a mini set up when its done that basically gives your hardware new UUIDs, and names the computer according to your naming convention, adds in the network settings etc. Its free from MS's website.

If you were to make one image for all the machines, then you would need sysprep. if you were going to make a separate image for each machine, then you would not have to deal with sysprep. Also, legally you must buy a license for each client you are imaging, so each computer needs its own copy of ghost.
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Not if I use Ghost 7.5, it is for IT ppl and Network Admins.
 
INTELCRAZY said:
Not if I use Ghost 7.5, it is for IT ppl and Network Admins.
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No, read the EULA, you must own either A) a site license for multiple comptuers or B) a license for every client. Trust me I have been working it for many years and we use zen imaging from novell only because Ghost is too dang expensive. Last we checked it was like 50k for a unlimited client site license.

Plus ghost 7.5 is very outdated and won't have support for usb, firewire, or SATA drives. They are on Ghost 10 now, possibly even a newer version.
 
There is Ghost 12. Strange, my school uses 7.5 for each type of computer they have, Gateway, Dell, HP, etc. I don't know how they do it. 50K for an unlimited license, that is ridiculous. I guess they will be spending about $210. Hmm, how is my school using 7.5 for all those machines? They didn't spend anywhere over $1K, they are to cheap.
 
INTELCRAZY said:
There is Ghost 12. Strange, my school uses 7.5 for each type of computer they have, Gateway, Dell, HP, etc. I don't know how they do it. 50K for an unlimited license, that is ridiculous. I guess they will be spending about $210. Hmm, how is my school using 7.5 for all those machines? They didn't spend anywhere over $1K, they are to cheap.
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couple reasons, back in the day licenses were cheaper, which is why they are probably stuck on version 7. Educational discount, and if their number of licenses is less (less comptuers) I think it is cheaper. It works on a teir system.

software is expensive.
 
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