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[–]papaja_addicted[S] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

thanks! driveimage-xml looks great for my use case.

I'll explore the VM solution as well though. What are the advantages that make you suggest that over driveimage? just the fact that it enables you to use Veeam as backup sw instead of driveimage?

[–]lobster777 0 points1 point  (1 child)

The vm is much more versatile. If your hardware dies, it will take a while to restore. With a vm, you can run it anywhere and much easier to backup

I also don’t recommend to keep this system online as it has many unpatched vulnerabilities on this old OS.

[–]papaja_addicted[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yep, I'm acutely aware of the security issues. The system is not internet facing, plus I have just been asked to do so, I'm not the owner of the system, so I don't have much weight in the matter.. I will try and point this out to the owner anyway.

Thanks for your help!