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- ServerMagic(TM) by PowerQuest(R)
- Version 4.0
- Versions for Windows NT 4.0/2000 Server and DOS
-
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- -----------------
- 1. Before Running ServerMagic
- 2. Known Issues
- 3. General Usage Notes
- 4. PowerQuest's Storage Manager Newsletter
-
-
- 1. BEFORE RUNNING SERVERMAGIC
- -----------------------------
-
- A. Back Up Your System!
- -----------------------
- Back up your hard drives before using ServerMagic. While
- ServerMagic has been thoroughly tested and is safe, power
- failures, operating system bugs, and hardware design bugs
- can put your data at risk.
-
- BEFORE USING ANY UTILITY THAT MAKES SUCH EXTENSIVE CHANGES TO
- YOUR HARD DRIVE, YOU SHOULD CONNECT YOUR SERVER AND STORAGE TO A
- RELIABLE UPS SYSTEM AND BACK UP YOUR DATA!
-
- To back up your system, we recommend using PowerQuest's Server
- Image(TM) for Windows NT. Server Image is a state-of-the-art
- disk-imaging tool that allows you to create an image of your
- entire system (an exact sector-for-sector copy) that can easily
- be restored. Having a backup allows you to run ServerMagic
- with the security of knowing that you can get your system
- back up and running quickly if you run into problems. Server
- Image for Windows NT is included with this version of
- ServerMagic. You can install it from the CD.
-
-
- B. Keep Your Partitions Healthy
- -------------------------------
- For optimum server performance, you should regularly check
- partition integrity by using CHKDSK and reverse file
- fragmentation by using a partition defragment tool.
- ServerMagic, like most other programs on your server, runs
- best when partition health is maintained.
-
-
- 2. KNOWN ISSUES
- ---------------
-
- A. Disk Administrator, Computer Management and ServerMagic
- ----------------------------------------------------------
- Because ServerMagic requires exclusive access to disks attached
- to the server, you cannot run it concurrently with Windows NT's
- Disk Administrator or Windows 2000's Computer Management. You
- must close these programs before ServerMagic will run. If you
- try to run either program while ServerMagic is running, no
- disks will be displayed.
-
-
- B. Moving/Resizing the Windows NT/Windows 2000 System Partition
- ---------------------------------------------------------------
- Resizing the Windows NT/2000 system/boot partition larger than
- the 1024 cylinder boundary (approximately 8 GB) or moving the
- partition past this boundary may make your server unbootable.
- Due to INT13 BIOS limitations on some machines, your rescue
- diskettes may not be able to recover from this situation.
-
- If you resize or move the partition and your server becomes
- unbootable (and the rescue diskettes do not show
- the entire drive), you may be able to recover your server by
- performing one of the following steps:
-
- * Install Windows NT/2000 Server with the appropriate drivers
- (if necessary) and Service Pack update onto another device
- attached to the same server. Then use ServerMagic to
- manipulate the problem partition back to a bootable state.
-
- * Attach the drive to another Windows NT/2000 Server
- installation, install the appropriate drivers (if necessary)
- and Service Pack update, and use ServerMagic to manipulate
- the problem partition back to a bootable state. Then
- reattach the drive to the original server.
-
-
- C. Running ServerMagic on Compressed NTFS Partitions
- ----------------------------------------------------
- Although ServerMagic supports the manipulation of compressed
- NTFS partitions, you may notice a marked speed difference
- between compressed and non-compressed partitions. For best
- performance, you may want to decompress compressed NTFS
- partitions before using ServerMagic.
-
-
- D. Mount Points
- ---------------
- Under Windows 2000, if you perform operations on partitions that
- include mount points, you will have to restore the mount points
- after the operations are complete.
-
-
- E. Across the Wire
- ------------------
- If you disconnect from the network or lose power while you are
- performing operations across the wire to a remote machine, the
- Remote Agent will not recover gracefully. The hard disk that was
- being manipulated at the time of failure on the remote machine
- will be marked as bad. To correct the error, you should:
-
- 1. Run ServerMagic with the /IPE switch. (Change to the
- %systemdrive%\Program Files\PowerQuest\ServerMagic 4.0\WinNT
- folder, and start ServerMagic by typing "SMAGICNT /IPE".)
- 2. Connect to the remote machine using Remote Agent.
- 3. Delete the partition that was only partially copied.
- 4. Close ServerMagic.
-
- You should not run ServerMagic with the /IPE switch on a
- regular basis, since it causes ServerMagic to ignore partition
- errors on all drives. If you manipulate drives with errors, you
- could lose data. However, if you only use the /IPE switch to
- resolve the problem noted above, it will not cause data loss.
-
-
- F. Using Remote Agent with In-use Partitions
- --------------------------------------------
- If you attempt to move or copy an in-use partition from the
- local server to a remote machine, you will receive the following
- error message: "Operations on remote partitions cannot be applied
- in conjunction with operations that require the machine to
- reboot." Typically such an error occurs if the source partition
- has open data files or is where your server operating system is
- installed.
-
- If the source partition is the server operating system partition,
- you can work around these issues by first copying this partition
- to unallocated space on a drive attached to the local server,
- rebooting the server, then using the copied partition as the
- source partition for Remote Agent operations.
-
- If the source partition has open data files, you can work around
- these issues by ensuring no users are logged on to the server and
- any programs and services that require use of the source
- partition are closed and stopped.
-
- Please keep in mind that Remote Agent was not designed to be a
- deployment tool, but rather a way to copy partitions between
- machines. If you want to deploy servers, you should use Server
- Image(TM), which is included on the ServerMagic for Windows NT CD.
- If you want to deploy workstations, you should use PowerQuest's
- Drive Image(R) Pro.
-
-
- G. Windows NT/Windows 2000 Boot Partition Drive Letter
- ------------------------------------------------------
- You should not change the drive letter originally assigned to
- the Windows NT/Windows 2000 boot partition (the partition where
- Windows is installed). Changing the drive letter to anything
- but its original designation will cause severe boot problems
- and may cause your computer to be unbootable.
-
-
- H. Remote Agent and Multiple NICs
- ---------------------------------
- Remote Agent does not run on machines with more than one
- network adapter.
-
-
- I. Init Failed: Error 183
- -------------------------
- If you attempt to run ServerMagic on a Windows 2000 Server
- machine where the boot partition (the partition where Windows
- is installed) is on a dynamic disk, you will receive the
- following error: "Init failed. Error 183. Unable to identify
- the Windows partition." You will not encounter this problem
- if Windows is installed on a basic disk.
-
-
- J. Error 184
- ------------
- If you encounter error 184 when initializing ServerMagic, run
- Disk Administrator (Windows NT) or Disk Management (Windows
- 2000), then start ServerMagic again.
-
-
- K. Error #2009 Encountered When Merging FAT Partitions
- ------------------------------------------------------
- On some merge operations, you may encounter error #2009. To
- resolve the problem, create a temporary file (such as junk.txt)
- in the root directory of the target partition. Then restart the
- merge operation.
-
-
- 3. GENERAL USAGE NOTES
- ----------------------
-
- - ServerMagic is available in English, French, German, Italian,
- Portuguese, Spanish, Chinese, and Japanese. A non-Asian
- language version of ServerMagic should never be used on an
- Asian language version of Windows NT/2000 Server, as this
- may cause corruption of file names and partition/volume set
- labels.
-
- - Progress bars are an estimation only and may pause for
- several minutes, even though ServerMagic is still working
- correctly. If you think your computer has locked up, please
- be patient and ServerMagic will finish the operation.
-
- - You should run Adobe(R) Acrobat(R) reader at least once before
- you attempt to open the ServerMagic PDF documentation in the
- English\Docs folder on the ServerMagic CD or from the Reference
- Center book in the Contents tab of online Help. If you open PDF
- manuals on the CD or from the online Help the first time you run
- Acrobat, the Acrobat splash screen will appear, display a license
- agreement, then disappear. When you make a second attempt to display
- the PDF documentation, you will not encounter any display problems.
- PowerQuest recommends Adobe Acrobat version 4.0 or later for best
- viewing quality. You can download the Acrobat reader for free
- from www.adobe.com.
-
-
- 4. POWERQUEST'S STORAGE MANAGER NEWSLETTER
- ------------------------------------------
- PowerQuest has a free monthly electronic newsletter that is
- dedicated to official announcements regarding PowerQuest products.
- It contains tips and techniques for getting the most out of your
- PowerQuest products. You can view the newsletter online at
- www.powerquest.com/newsletter/index.html.
-
- ==================================================================
-
- PowerQuest can be reached at:
-
- Voice: 801-437-8900
- Fax: 801-226-8941
- E-mail: servermagic@powerquest.com
- Web sites:
- PowerQuest: www.powerquest.com
- ServerMagic info: www.powerquest.com/servermagic/
-
- Copyright 1994-2000, PowerQuest Corporation. All rights reserved.
- U.S. patents 5,675,769, 5,706,472, 5,930,831, 6,088,778, and
- 6,108,759; other patents pending in the United States and
- elsewhere. PowerQuest, ServerMagic, Server Image, and Drive
- Image are trademarks or registered trademarks of PowerQuest
- Corporation. Adobe and Acrobat are registered trademarks of
- Adobe Corporation. Windows and Windows NT are registered
- trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.