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DigiCorn

August 01, 2011, 08:06:26 AM
Walked in this morning nd my Rampage box won't boot up. Dead in the water.

If I order a new server box from Tiger Direct, how difficult is it to reinstall Rampage?
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Ear

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August 01, 2011, 08:09:38 AM
Hope you have a ghosted backup of settings. My experience with any workflow.... the programs are fairly easy, it's the setting that'll take you a day or two to sort out. I had a box die a couple years ago. Once new box came in, I was able to install and restore settings and licenses with my ghosted copy in less than an hour.
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August 01, 2011, 08:19:27 AM
Quote from: DigiCorn on August 01, 2011, 08:06:26 AMWalked in this morning nd my Rampage box won't boot up. Dead in the water.

If I order a new server box from Tiger Direct, how difficult is it to reinstall Rampage?
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Ear

#3
August 01, 2011, 08:21:40 AM
 :laugh: :hello: toot toot
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DigiCorn

#4
August 01, 2011, 08:30:47 AM
THAT particular drive isn't backed up, and now I'm a sad panda.  :angry:

...but I am fairly certain it's just the drive that failed and the board is intact. I once setup Rampage with a tech 8 years ago, so I think with a phone call, I could do it again. I've just heard horror stories about Rampage installs on Non-Rampage purchased boxes.
"There's been a lot of research recently on how hard it is to dislodge an impression once it's been implanted in someone's mind. (This is why political attack ads don't have to be true to be effective. The other side can point out their inaccuracies, but the voter's mind privileges the memory of the original accusation, which was juicier than any counterargument ever could be.)"
― Johnny Carson

"Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it."
– Nikki Sixx

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
― Ernest Hemingway

Joe

#5
August 01, 2011, 08:58:02 AM
Quote from: DigiCorn on August 01, 2011, 08:30:47 AMTHAT particular drive isn't backed up, and now I'm a sad panda.  :angry:

...but I am fairly certain it's just the drive that failed and the board is intact. I once setup Rampage with a tech 8 years ago, so I think with a phone call, I could do it again. I've just heard horror stories about Rampage installs on Non-Rampage purchased boxes.

DEAD = No Power to anything. Probably power supply.

Power but won't boot. Probably HD.

Either way it can be fixed without getting a new PC. Unless you just want one.
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Ear

#6
August 01, 2011, 09:02:07 AM
I'm telling ya, Norton Ghost is the ticket. Whenever I set up a new box, I ghost a copy: as soon as settings are solid but before any substantial work is done. It makes an exact clone. You bite the dust, you can be back up in less than an hour, sometimes in minutes after receiving the new hardware.
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Joe

#7
August 01, 2011, 09:03:49 AM
Quote from: Earendil on August 01, 2011, 09:02:07 AMI'm telling ya, Norton Ghost is the ticket. Whenever I set up a new box, I ghost a copy: as soon as settings are solid but before any substantial work is done. It makes an exact clone. You bite the dust, you can be back up in less than an hour, sometimes in minutes after receiving the new hardware.

Agreed. We have a Ghost copy of Prinergy. Which reminds me I probably should be making a new one as the old one is several versions behind. :laugh:
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Ear

#8
August 01, 2011, 09:18:51 AM
 :laugh: :rolleyes: Ya... you're still somewhat ahead of the game. Again, the settings suck worse than the actual install. If you bit the dust, you could do the original, run ghost, then run your upgrades.

Otherwise, you want to wait until you can clean out your job queue and such. Don't want to try to ghost a backup with a bunch of large, unnecessary files on it.
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DigiCorn

#9
August 01, 2011, 09:21:56 AM
New news... stuck with the old box. The HASP dongle is an old parallel one, plus the version of Rampage we have won't run on a newer OS. Now I'm looking for a Ultra 320 SCSI wide 68 pin internal hard drive available locally... and no one seems to have one. I'm headed out to Fry's (not listed on their website but I got nothing to lose) to see if I can get lucky.
"There's been a lot of research recently on how hard it is to dislodge an impression once it's been implanted in someone's mind. (This is why political attack ads don't have to be true to be effective. The other side can point out their inaccuracies, but the voter's mind privileges the memory of the original accusation, which was juicier than any counterargument ever could be.)"
― Johnny Carson

"Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it."
– Nikki Sixx

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
― Ernest Hemingway

Ear

#10
August 01, 2011, 09:23:00 AM
Time to upgrade.  :toaster:
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Farabomb

#11
August 01, 2011, 09:52:06 AM
SCSI? Good luck. Don't be surprised if the person behind the desk gives you a blank stare when you ask that. Ask them for a terminator for it as well just for kicks. On your way back stop at a Radioshack and ask for a 10k potentiometer and see what happens.
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Skryber

#12
August 01, 2011, 10:14:59 AM
I'm sure you can find an adapter.
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#13
August 01, 2011, 10:37:29 AM
Quote from: Earendil on August 01, 2011, 09:18:51 AM:laugh: :rolleyes: Ya... you're still somewhat ahead of the game. Again, the settings suck worse than the actual install. If you bit the dust, you could do the original, run ghost, then run your upgrades.

Otherwise, you want to wait until you can clean out your job queue and such. Don't want to try to ghost a backup with a bunch of large, unnecessary files on it.

Jobs are stored on another server and archived to another server. Oracle database is backed up nightly too so doing the Ghost backup isn't that big. Maybe 80-100 gb for the whole C: drive. Maybe not even that big.

Prinergy upgrades are different than most. To go from 5.0, which is what our old ghost back is, to 5.1.2.3 means you have to have the download version for each update between those two versions. Each download is around 2.5 gb and there are probably about 4 of them. Upgrading takes a few hours to do too. I usually make a Saturday of it when non one is around.
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mattbeals

#14
August 01, 2011, 08:16:07 PM
Don't get a "PC" get a workstation or a server. The hardware is more robust.
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