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  • 1.  Using Norton Ghost 14 with Workstation in a Domain

    Posted Sep 17, 2011 11:37 AM

    I have 3 workstations running xp professional that are joined to a domain.  These computers need a backup solution.  I just recently purchased Ghost 14 for each workstation.  It would seem to be no problem to clone the hard drive but it would be nice to just create an image.  Normally, logging on as administrator would suffice to create the image but Im not sure what credentials would work since the workstation is joined to a domain...I can log on using credentials created on the server....but what about local accounts on the workstation, aren't those useless when the workstation is joined to a domain?  Any help and/or advice would be greatly appreciated.



  • 2.  RE: Using Norton Ghost 14 with Workstation in a Domain

    Posted Sep 17, 2011 12:21 PM

    This forum is for Backup Exec, please post your Ghost questions here:

    https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/endpoint-management/forums/ghost-solution-suite-0



  • 3.  RE: Using Norton Ghost 14 with Workstation in a Domain

    Posted Sep 18, 2011 04:18 PM

    Apologies for the mis-direction by ZeroCool, but this forum supports Ghost Solution Suite, whereas you are using the retail Norton Ghost product, which is based on a different technology to GSS.  If you look at the sticky posting at the top of this forum, it will direct you to the Norton Community where the retail product is supported. Unfortunately it is hosted outside "Connect" so I cannot transfer your thread, and you will have to repost.

    Having a machine joined to a domain does not in any away affect your ability to log on user local accounts, by specifying the machine name in the domain field and entering local username and password. Equally, you can log on either as local administrator or as domain administrator and achieve the required level of administrator privilege for running Ghost.  What I would point out, however, is that Ghost is intended as an IMAGING solution and is not designed for making backups in the conventional sense. Of course if you record an entire hard disk image, that will be a backup of both operating system and data, but usually, a backup process focuses on recording a copy of user data and nothing else.

    Where do you intend to backup your information to?  It is not clear whether you have space on the server and want to backup to there, in which case the Backup Exec software would be a much better choice. If you don't have server space for this purpose, the cheapest solution would probably be to source an external USB hard disk from a vendor such as Western Digital. These external hard disks usually come with a comprehensive backup software package that can handle all your data backup requirements easily.