Re: Imaging Operating Systems

["Curt Purdy" <purdy () tecman com>]

Shawn Cox wrote:
> > Norton/Symantec Ghost
> > PowerQuest Drive Image(I think Norton gobbled this one up)
> >
> > Or for the truly crafty vmWare.

My preference for quick imaging is Acronis True Image Server.  It images
disks or partitions and compreses the image by up to 70% and is fast.

You are right about vmWare.  It is THE most usefull tool for lab work I've
found.  When you are through trashing a virtual OS, just delete it and copy
over the original folder that you initially backed up and you're good to go
again. With a dual Opteron and 8gb RAM and SuSE 9.1 as a base secure OS, our
new lab will easily support a virtual 240 subnet.  As soon as as their 4.5.2
version comes out supporting 64-bit SuSE that is.

Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA
Information Security Engineer
DP Solutions

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