[Sunhelp] Restoring a server remotely

[Kevin Wood]

Hi Tim;

Check out Jumpstart from Sun or IgniteUX form HP... These products should
give you the functionality you

are looking for...





Tim Conrad wrote:

> Hello;
> The company I work for has around 65 email servers spread across the
> country. Every site that has an email server, has a technician, but they
> are typically VERY weak. (Got a pulse? Know where the power switch is?
> You've got a job!) I'm in the process of using NetBackup to back
> everything up across our WAN. The sites typically have a 128k connection
> back to our central office. Realistically speaking, each server really
> only has one directory to back up, which is the /mailbox directory.
> Pretty much everything else can be reconfigured in a matter of an hour
> or so.
>
> My question. Does anyone have a simular situation, and what do you do
> for disaster recovery? My current idea is to do something like a
> bootable CD-ROM for the sites that can be booted from, and then we can
> either fix what's wrong or whatever. As a side note, could a cdrom be
> built that is bootable, and has an actual ip address, allowing me to
> remotely access the machine? Are there any commercial products that
> perform this type of task?
>
> To add another level in there. We can't just ship them a 'new server',
> and do swapping, because of capital asset issues involved with doing so.
>
> (If it helps any, the servers are either Ultra 2's or Ultra 10's. This
> fall, we'll start installing E250's instead. They all have CD-ROM
> drives, but no floppy drives. We only route IP on our WAN. They all have
> monitors and keyboards attached, except the E250's will not.)
>
> Any input would be greatly appreciated,
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim Conrad
>
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