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  • 1.  Sorry to ask, What is hot clone vs cold clone?

    Posted Apr 03, 2009 02:18 PM

    i know, talk about a newb question. i'm reading cold clone for domain controllers and hot for everything else? thats fine, but i dont know what those terms refer to.



  • 2.  RE: Sorry to ask, What is hot clone vs cold clone?
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    Posted Apr 03, 2009 02:25 PM

    For a P2V, a hot clone is a live migraton while the source is powered on. A cold clone is is a migration of the source while it's powered off.



  • 3.  RE: Sorry to ask, What is hot clone vs cold clone?

    Posted Apr 03, 2009 02:26 PM

    thank you sir!