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Tape backups (ie: arcserve) are designed with exactly this scenario in mind.  
If you have a  full backup of the Netware servers AND the NDS using arcserve, 
all you will need to do to put it all back together again is re-install the 
Netware software, install Arcserve, possibly catalog the backup tape, then 
restore it.  Not much more to it than that.

Just remember that when you re-create your DOS partition on the Netware 
server to FDISK /MBR in addition to FDISK to recreate the DOS partition.  
FORMAT /S C: should take care of the rest.

Don't forget to have a copy of your CD-ROM driver on your DOS boot disk in 
addition to MSCDEX.EXE.

Mick.
mickey.phelps@clcx.com

In article <EMB33.457$Ss.503@news.get2net.dk>, "aor8200" <aor8200@hotmail.com> 
wrote:
>Please give me some response on this scenario:
>
>Prior to a major migration from one NOS to another in an organization I
>would like every step to be reversible.
>
>One of the steps I will be involved in is the total shutdown of an entire
>Novell Intranetware network. And here is my major concern:
>
>Is it possible to make a "Disaster Recovery Readiness" backup of a server. I
>know all the basics but what exactly is reguired to do this.
>
>Im going to do this: Bring down the server. Totally destroy the disks
>(Install a NT server with whatever is nessesary from our plan) on the same
>machine and bring it up again. What if any tool would I need to do this:
>Boot from a disk and totally restore the previous IntranetWare server from
>tape ?
>
>Is it possible ?
>(My basic tools would be the full Connection Library + Arcserver)
>
>As responsible for saying if I can do that, i feel somewhat weary - and
>frankly i don't think that it would be possible in the event that the entire
>dos based system is gone.
>
>Please give me some response.
>
>A.Or
>CNA
>Greenland
>
>