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I’ve used Acronis in the past, and it’s fine, but it’s per-PC licensing. I’m currently using CloneZilla and it’s doing the job and it’s free. I just save images to a NAS here and connect to the NAS via SMB. Using the live CD there’s no actual Linux knowledge needed.<\/p>\n
The only catch I’ve run into is that it can’t change the partition sizes. If you want to restore to a larger drive you have to remember to increase the partition size afterwards. If you want to restore to a larger drive you can’t. This can be pretty frustrating when your computers aren’t quite as consistent as you imagined and you discover that your computers with 250GB hard drives actually aren’t all the same byte sizes and you managed to image the larger one.<\/p>\n
In my experience I haven’t experienced those sorts of problems with commercial software.<\/p>\n
I decided on CloneZilla over FOG because I didn’t want a server, as I wanted to store the images on our NAS, which is a Cloud Storage Gateway and I figured direct file access was the best way to interface with that. (I imagine a day when I don’t have any servers, so I’m trying to avoid putting in more server-based services.)<\/p>","upvoteCount":1,"datePublished":"2013-09-24T19:46:19.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/cloning-over-the-network/242010/12","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"chrisdsr","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/chrisdsr"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
I will be the black sheep and say Acronis. I can say Clonezilla is great though as well. Never tried FOG<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2013-09-24T22:39:54.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/cloning-over-the-network/242010/13","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"doughnutdestroyer","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/doughnutdestroyer"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
As great as Clonezilla is, I’ve used it in the past and now that I’ve set up Windows Deployment Services I like the latter much better. Easier to edit images, throw a few extra files or drivers in an image without doing the entire image over again.<\/p>","upvoteCount":1,"datePublished":"2013-09-25T08:29:31.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/cloning-over-the-network/242010/14","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"christophero","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/christophero"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"
Sooo I’ve setup FOG. It was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks guys!<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2013-09-25T12:37:29.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/cloning-over-the-network/242010/15","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"cybersharktech","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/cybersharktech"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"\n\n
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\nSooo I’ve setup FOG. It was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks guys!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n
Glad to hear it dude
FOG here too. Curious, for those who have been using it a lot more than I do: I have a WAN with multiple offices and limited bandwidth between offices. Should I create stand alone FOG servers with same images (essentially clones with different IPs) or should I try to make them part of a master/slaves config? (sorry for the lack of accurate terms).<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2013-09-25T13:45:47.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/cloning-over-the-network/242010/17","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"laurentmorel5842","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/laurentmorel5842"}},{"@type":"Answer","text":"\n\n
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\nFOG here too. Curious, for those who have been using it a lot more than I do: I have a WAN with multiple offices and limited bandwidth between offices. Should I create stand alone FOG servers with same images (essentially clones with different IPs) or should I try to make them part of a master/slaves config? (sorry for the lack of accurate terms).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n
Post your question in a new thread to get an answer.<\/p>","upvoteCount":0,"datePublished":"2013-09-25T13:48:12.000Z","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/t/cloning-over-the-network/242010/18","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"doctor-who","url":"https://community.spiceworks.com/u/doctor-who"}}]}}
I’m looking for a piece of software that I can setup as a server to host Disk images. I can then use this software to push the disk images to the Workstations if I need to. (Setup new machines, reformat broken ones, ect ect). I thought about using CloneZilla, but I’d like something simpler for non Linux techs. Anything like that around? thanks
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Linux linux linux dude. CloneZilla or FOG are going to be your easiest and best options. Symantec does offer a enterprise ghost. Clonezilla and FOG will be much better in the end though.
It’ll be hard at first, but once you do it, you won’t regret it. Much faster, much more reliable.
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plauzon
September 24, 2013, 12:50pm
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I have used FOG for years and it is great!
bsod
September 24, 2013, 12:52pm
4
Fog or Clonezilla are great options here. Once up and running you’ll never regret it. The back-end takes a a little time to setup but from a front end perspective your techs will just select an image (if all setup correctly) and then that’ll be that.
Are you the one who will be looking after the image server? Or will the techs be responsible for getting images?
ReDo backup… ReDo Backup
Free, simple, uses existing shares… does not PXE but you burn a CD and boot from it… couldn’t be any easier.
ReDo Backup
seanmdit
September 24, 2013, 1:04pm
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I’ve used the Clonezilla Live CD so I did not have to install it just runs when I need to upload or deploy an image, and that works well and is super easy.
I also took the time to install FOG in Hyper-V and that required a bit more work, but I do like the interface and it’s fairly easy to use after your first try.
In the end I would say you cannot go wrong with either of these choices.
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bmercer
September 24, 2013, 1:10pm
8
Fog AND Clonezilla together is a powerful combo.
You can actually use FOG to launch other kinds of linux-based utilities, including Clonezilla.
So I was reading over the FOG stuff, Should I set it up on its own network… since it using DHCP?
seanmdit
September 24, 2013, 1:26pm
10
No need to make FOG a DHCP server, you can choose to not use this feature. Instead you will set on your existing DHCP server and configure some boot options pointing to your FOG server.
066 Boot Server Host Name .
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I’ve read good things about Acronis, myself.
chrisdsr
September 24, 2013, 7:46pm
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I’ve used Acronis in the past, and it’s fine, but it’s per-PC licensing. I’m currently using CloneZilla and it’s doing the job and it’s free. I just save images to a NAS here and connect to the NAS via SMB. Using the live CD there’s no actual Linux knowledge needed.
The only catch I’ve run into is that it can’t change the partition sizes. If you want to restore to a larger drive you have to remember to increase the partition size afterwards. If you want to restore to a larger drive you can’t. This can be pretty frustrating when your computers aren’t quite as consistent as you imagined and you discover that your computers with 250GB hard drives actually aren’t all the same byte sizes and you managed to image the larger one.
In my experience I haven’t experienced those sorts of problems with commercial software.
I decided on CloneZilla over FOG because I didn’t want a server, as I wanted to store the images on our NAS, which is a Cloud Storage Gateway and I figured direct file access was the best way to interface with that. (I imagine a day when I don’t have any servers, so I’m trying to avoid putting in more server-based services.)
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I will be the black sheep and say Acronis. I can say Clonezilla is great though as well. Never tried FOG
As great as Clonezilla is, I’ve used it in the past and now that I’ve set up Windows Deployment Services I like the latter much better. Easier to edit images, throw a few extra files or drivers in an image without doing the entire image over again.
1 Spice up
Sooo I’ve setup FOG. It was exactly what I was looking for. Thanks guys!
Glad to hear it dude
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FOG here too. Curious, for those who have been using it a lot more than I do: I have a WAN with multiple offices and limited bandwidth between offices. Should I create stand alone FOG servers with same images (essentially clones with different IPs) or should I try to make them part of a master/slaves config? (sorry for the lack of accurate terms).
lmorel12:
FOG here too. Curious, for those who have been using it a lot more than I do: I have a WAN with multiple offices and limited bandwidth between offices. Should I create stand alone FOG servers with same images (essentially clones with different IPs) or should I try to make them part of a master/slaves config? (sorry for the lack of accurate terms).
Post your question in a new thread to get an answer.
