Logicube OmniSAS™ User`s Manual
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1. Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Scroll to the top icon and press the Select button The Modes screen appears 3 Scroll to the Mirror item and press Select again 4 Adjust the Verify and CHS settings as needed These settings are discussed later in this chapter 5 Select either RAID Mirror or Percentage Mirror RAID Mirror is used for RAID drives NOTE See the Raid Cloning Guidelines section of this chapter for more information on cloning drives in a RAID array Percentage Mirror copies a user selectable percentage of the drive When Percentage Mirror is selected a screen appears asking you what percentage of the Master drive to clone Use the Up Down scroll arrows to adjust this value in increments of 5 If less than 100 is chosen for the FRONT of the drive the unit will also ask for a percentage from the REAR of the drive 6 You may now press the Start Stop button twice to start cloning Master Manager Mode This is a special mode that assists in the creation of Master drives It lets the user choose exactly one partition from the drive in the Master position referred to henceforth as the Source drive and clone it to the drive in the Target 1 position referred to henceforth as the Destination drive Master Manager is a useful tool to aid in the creation of a multi pa2. When the unit needs to be soft booted or power cycled press the reset button and hold it in momentarily Wait a couple of seconds and let go the unit will reboot and be ready to use in 60 seconds 90 seconds if the SCSI option is present NOTE User settings are retained after the unit is restarted If the unit needs to be hard booted press the momentary style power button for 4 seconds and release This will shut the unit off Wait a few seconds for the drives to stop spinning then press the power button again for 2 to 3 seconds The unit will reboot and will be ready to use in about 60 seconds 90 seconds if the SCSI option is present NOTE Please check the switch on the power supply to make sure that it is on The power button will not function if the power supply switch is off WARNING Make sure that the AC Voltage slider on the power supply is set to 115V or 230V depending on the AC Voltage outlets in your area the unit could be damaged if the wrong Voltage is selected 115V is used mostly in the US and Canada while 230V is used mainly in European and Latin American countries Please check with your local power provider to be certain Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual Hllohe GETTING STARTED Figure 2 Power and Reset buttons COMPACT FLASH SLOT USB PORT POWER BUTTON RESET BUTTON FAN POWER SUPPLY POWER SWITCH The user interface The user interface Ul has been designed with the professio
3. e e o STATUS LIGHTS STARTISTOP BUTTON OmniSAS has 7 LED s that indicate the following e The RED POWER LED illuminates when power is applied e The MASTER LED illuminates whenever the master drive is being created or cloned e The Five TARGET LED s illuminate whenever data is being copied to the respective drive e The MASTER drive LED and all of the LED s associated with the installed Target drives will flash during a wipe process Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual 11 Main Menu Screen 3 Cloning Modes and Settings The main menu screen appears when the Logicube OmniSAS is first powered up after it goes through the Self Test It displays the Splash Screen and two menu options About and Drives About Screen Select the About Screen by highlighting About and pressing the Select button It will display the serial number of your unit along with the software and firmware versions that are loaded In addition the About screen lists all options currently enabled on the unit and provides contact information for Logicube Technical Support To return to the main menu simply press the Back button at any time Drive Info Select the Drive Info screen by highlighting Drives and pressing the Select button After approximately 1 minute the unit will show a list of all the drives it has detected Use the arrow keys to navigate the list When a drive is highlighted and the Select button
4. A Simple Vista partition with logical drivers No extra treatment is required to clone a simple Vista partition Vista with RE Recovery Environment Assuming the RE partition is Hidden type 0x27 as is specified by Microsoft no special handling is required to yield bootable target drives The OCXi will detect and copy the hidden RE partition correctly followed by a CleverCopy of the Vista bootable partition If the Recovery partition is of a simple type 0x07 non hidden partition a different cloning method is necessary Ref Figure 3b 26 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual Choose Selective Partitions mode on the OCXi and assign the Keep Size method to the first RE partition and regular Clever method to the Vista OS partition 1 RE NT e 2 VISTA NT Fig 3b Selective partition Table XP Vista dual boot XP partition comes before Vista partition Use the Selective Partitions mode on the OCXi unit Set the clone method to Keep Size for the XP partition and CleverCopy for the Vista OS partition Vista partition comes before XP partition Use CleverCopy mode No extra treatment is needed Selective Partitions Selective Partitions will work correctly with Master Manager drives provided they have been built according to the directive defined at he beginning of the Master Manager
5. will abort the operation upon detecting the first bad sector 38 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual Uhlbube FAQ s Q Are NT 4GB FAT16 partitions supported A Yes using Mirror Copy Mode only Q How does the OmniSAS handle NT Security Identification ID SID duplication issues A The OmniSAS duplicates the SID It is recommended that a SID changer be installed on the Master drive so that the next time the Target is booted up all SID s will be replaced with fresh ones Please refer to the Security Identification Number SID Issues section in Chapter 4 Cloning Modes and Settings Q Can you briefly explain the difference between Mirror Copy and CleverCopy A Mirror Copy merely copies all sectors in a given partition or drive from the beginning to the specified percentage It does not look at drive structures and can thus copy any type of known or unknown data Since Mirror Copy does not determine where useful data starts and stops it ends up copying every sector on the drive a time consuming operation CleverCopy analyzes the drive structures and copies only sectors that are occupied by useful files and data It also adjusts the various drive structures to assure a valid and fully partitioned Target drive CleverCopy is by far the most recommended mode of cloning Q Can copy from a larger drive to a smaller drive A Yes especially with FAT formatted drives as long as the data con
6. All optional software packages are already inside your Logicube OmniSAS and are automatically updated when you install a newer software version To use an option like Omnidiagnostics it first needs to be enabled To enable OmniDiagnostics on your Logicube OmniSAS contact Logicube sales to purchase a license key that is unique to your unit OmniDiagnostics Features Wipe Target Mode The Wipe Target mode erases all data on the Target drive This may be required when discarding drives that contain sensitive information to which you do not want others to have access e g financial information trade secrets etc Wipe writes a pattern over the whole Target drive 2 X n 1 times where n is the selected number of 7 As of this writing the only optional feature available is Omnidiagnostics Other features may become available in the future Check www logicube com periodically for updaed information Logicube OmniSAS User Manual 33 OMNIDIAGNOSTICS Uh fruhe iterations of all Os and all 1 s The last pass then writes the chosen pattern to every byte of the drive For example if you set the number of passes the value of nin the above formula to 1 Wipe will perform a total of three passes first writing all Oe then again writing all Te Then one more pass will be made this time writing the chosen pattern Set the number of passes to 0 for a single pass of the chosen pattern This method i
7. option needs to be installed for Wipe to be available 34 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual OMNIDIAGNOSTICS Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual 10 Press the Start Stop button twice A message will appear stating that portions of your Target drive will be overwritten If you are prepared to continue choose lt Yes gt If you wish to abort the operation choose lt No gt If lt Yes gt is chosen a second message will appear stating that you are about to erase the Target If you wish to continue choose lt Yes gt If you want to abort the operation choose lt No gt If lt Yes gt is chosen the Wipe Target operation will begin and a status screen will appear The Logicube OmniSAS will notify you when erasing is complete Press the Back button to return to the main menu 35 5 Software Loading Instructions Logicube OmniSAS Software Updating Procedures New and improved software will appear from time to time on our web site at www logicube com It is possible for a user to update the operating software in the field NOTE The software is downloaded from a PC into the OmniSAS via a USB port connection Loading Software through the USB Port Download the software update from the Logicube web site and connect a USB cable between the OmniSAS and the host PC with the software update The OmniSAS CF card will show up as a drive on the PC P
8. ube Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual Logicube Inc Chatsworth CA 91311 USA Phone 818 700 8488 Fax 818 700 8466 Version 1 2 MAN OmniSAS Date 08 16 10 Logicube OmniSAS User Manual Uhlbube TABLE OF CONTENTS Limitation of Liability and Warranty Information Logicube Disclaimer LOGICUBE IS NOT LIABLE FOR ANY INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO PROPERTY DAMAGE LOSS OF TIME OR DATA FROM USE OF A LOGICUBE PRODUCT OR ANY OTHER DAMAGES RESULTING FROM PRODUCT MALFUNCTION OR FAILURE OF INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION THOSE RESULTING FROM 1 RELIANCE ON THE MATERIALS PRESENTED 2 COSTS OF REPLACEMENT GOODS 3 LOSS OF USE DATA OR PROFITS 4 DELAYS OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTIONS 5 AND ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OR FROM DELAYS IN SERVICING OR INABILITY TO RENDER SERVICE ON ANY LOGICUBE PRODUCT LOGICUBE MAKES EVERY EFFORT TO ENSURE PROPER OPERATION OF ALL PRODUCTS HOWEVER THE CUSTOMER IS RESPONSIBLE TO VERIFY THAT THE OUTPUT OF LOGICUBE PRODUCT MEETS THE CUSTOMER S QUALITY REQUIREMENT THE CUSTOMER FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IMPROPER OPERATION OF LOGICUBE PRODUCT AND OR SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE PROBLEMS CAN CAUSE LOSS OF DATA DEFECTIVE FORMATTING OR DATA LOADING LOGICUBE WILL MAKE EFFORTS TO SOLVE OR REPAIR ANY PROBLEMS IDENTIFIED BY CUSTOMER EITHER UNDER WARRANTY OR ON A TIME AND MATERIALS BASIS Warranty LO
9. Target 2 Target3 and Target 4 The SNIA DDF compliant controller will place the RAID configuration on all hard disk drives 3 Attach the drive labeled Master 1 to the Master position on the Logicube OmniSAS 4 Attach the drive labeled Target 1 to the Target 1 position on the Logicube OmniSAS 5 Perform a Mirror Copy of the Master drive With software version 4 08 and above a configuration page will appear with a choice to select either RAID Mirror or Percentage Mirror Select the RAID Mirror option and start the cloning process NOTE See the Mirror Copy Mode section of this chapter for more information on the Mirror Copy Mode setting 6 Repeat steps 3 through 5 with the remaining Master drives Master 2 3 and 4 and Target 2 3 and 4 Ensure that the Target drive matches the Master drive for example Target 2 with Master 2 22 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual Hllohe CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Clone to T1 Clone to T2 to T4 Clone Illustration 2 RAID 6 Cloning RAID 6 Target Set can now operate with the cloned data from the master set Illustration 3 Operational RAID 6 Target Set Cloning Windows 7 With the release of the Windows 7 Operating System Microsoft has added some security features to protect the integrity of the partition These features can cause problems when cloning Windows 7 with Clever
10. get the error Can t fit data to Target when cloning between drives of the same size A The drives may be from different manufacturers and the Target actually somewhat smaller than the Master Also the Master drive may have some data at the very end of the partition This would prevent it from scaling down We recommend that you use a defragment utility on the Master drive before cloning it to the Target again Q My cloning session stops with the error Error initializing writing NTFS data Why A This error means that NTFS CleverCopy has encountered corrupt data in the boot sector MFT or Volume Bitmap of the Master drive The drive may still boot in a PC however Q My cloning session always stops at a certain point with an ERROR 120 or ERROR 123 message Why A ERROR 120 occurs when a bad sector is encountered on the Master drive ERROR 123 usually occurs when Verify is turned on and a bad sector is found on the Target drive Q Why does the cloning session stop with an Invalid MBR error message A This error comes up when the partition table or boot sector contains corrupt data Despite the error the Master drive may still boot in a PC 40 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual Active Directory 30 32 Add Partition 19 Back 10 Bad sectors 38 Bcdedit 27 28 29 BIOS 31 38 BIOS Phoenix 31 38 Button BACK 12 35 Button HELP 9 Button Power 8 Button Reset 8
11. pressed the unit will access the drive and report back the drive s model number capacity geometry and other information To see the drive s partition information highlight See More and press the Select button to display all of the partitions located on that drive To return to the main menu you may press the Back button at any time Logicube OmniSAS User Manual Hllohe CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Cloning Using the OmniSAS The OmniSAS can be in one of several modes of operation To set a mode press the Set button navigate to the top icon and press the Select button You will now see the following screen You will notice the three tabs along the top of this screen labeled Clone Tools and Diag You can navigate between the three tabs when the dashed rectangle is around the label of each tab For example pressing the right arrow button when the dashed rectangle is around the Clone label will cause the Tools tab to become active and display the available tools 1 Some of the modes are optional and require the purchase of a separate license Call Logicube Sales for more details at 818 700 8488 i Depending on the options you purchased and installed your screens may not match the examples exactly Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual 13 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Uhlbube Pressing the right arrow navigation button again when the
12. User s Manual 29 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Uhlbube It will invoke the PnP mechanism of Vista upon booting the cloned targets This is a good feature if the targets are to be placed in PCs of widely varying hardware devices e g Video cards network cards motherboards CPUs etc It will force application of new SID values system wide This is desirable if two or more of the cloned drives will live in the same Active Directory domain 5 The computer will turn off Remove the Master drive and do not boot it again Your Master drive is now ready for cloning Optional Preference Settings In addition the different cloning modes there are preference settings that can be used to adjust the behavior of the cloning operation Each of these preference settings is accessible through the Settings menu which can viewed at any time from anywhere in the menu system by pressing the Set button NOTE Not all preference settings are available in every cloning mode Verify Many of the modes will allow you to use a sub setting called Verify If this mode is set every sector written to the Target drives is read back and verified This practically guarantees the validity of the Target drive data as well as scans for bad sectors Without verification the OmniSAS cannot detect bad sectors on the Targets Any data cloned onto bad sectors may be corrupt or incomplete NOTE With newer drives manufactured in th
13. cloning process Selective Partitions mode allows you to select one or multiple partitions to clone It also allows you to 3You may need to switch from another tab screen to the Clone tab to access this option 14 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual Hllohe CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS choose a unique copy method to use for each The available methods are CleverCopy The default mode that lets the OmniSAS determine the best usually fastest way to clone It is denoted by the graduation cap It works with all FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS type partitions Defragment Forces the defragmentation of all partition data This mode uses an advanced defragmentation algorithm to create a Target partition with no gaps and with contiguous files It works with FAT16 FAT32 Defragmentation is a rather slow process and should be used only when a single copy is required of a given Master drive In cases where multiple copies are desired it is much better to use a defragmentation program on a PC for the Master and then move the Master drive onto the OmniSAS Note that the CleverCopy mode will resort to the defragmentation method if the given partition is FAT16 and a cluster size change is required to create a valid Target partition Read more about cluster size later Partition Mirror Simply streams over the full contents of the selected partition without allowing any partition scaling Do not confuse this mode with t
14. dashed rectangle is around the Tools label will show the Diag tab to become the active display For more information on this feature refer to Section 4 OmniDiagnostics in this manual CleverCopy Mode This is the default mode CleverCopy supports FAT16 FAT FAT32 and NTFS filesystems It clones ALL partitions on the Master drive to the Target drives automatically deciding the fastest method possible for each partition found It scales all partitions formatted FAT16 FAT32 or NTFS to fill the Target in its entirety and makes all the necessary adjustments to ensure valid and bootable Target drives When this mode is selected the Set screen will present the following additional settings CleverCopy Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Scroll to the top icon and press the Select button The Modes screen appears 3 Scroll to the Clever icon the graduation cap icon and press Select again 4 Adjust the Verify and CHS settings as needed These settings are discussed later in this chapter 5 You may now press the Start Stop button twice to start cloning NOTE When CleverCopy scales down an NTFS partition it can only scale it to 55 of the original size Selective Partitions Mode This is the most elaborate and most flexible mode It allows the highest level of control over the
15. following type can be cloned SAS Serial ATA and IDE drives with the use of an adapter Data transfer rates up to 5 2 GB min 1 to 1 SAS and up to 1 7 GB min 1 to 5 SAS Master and Target drives can be of different size make model and type Master drive can contain up to 24 partitions Automatically scales FAT16 32 NTFS 4 0 5 0 6 0 and Windows 2000 NT ME XP VISTA partitions Optional diagnostics software for Department of Defense DoD specification data wiping This user guide is made up of 8 sections Introduction Getting Started Fast Start Cloning Modes and Settings Omnidiagnostics Software Loading Instructions Frequently Asked Questions Index Please read Section 1 Introduction and Section 2 Getting Started before attempting a drive cloning session It is recommended that you practice with a scratch drive to fully appreciate all of the features System description The complete Logicube OmniSAS system includes the following Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual The Logicube OmniSAS unit Uhlbube INTRODUCTION e For the OmniSAS six 6 SAS SATA cables are provided These cables supply power to the drives e One 1 USB cable which can be used to update the unit s software e An AC power cord e This manual NOTE Please contact Logicube Technical Support at 818 700 8488 X3 if any of the above pieces are missing between the hours of 8am 5pm PST Monday through Fri
16. not show up with casual booting of the Master but problems such as cross linked clusters can cause serious cloning errors We recommend checking every Master with Scandisk or Chkdsk prior to cloning e f the boot partition is WIN2000 or WINXP you might need to change the CHS setting from LBA or LARGE to LBA 1 or LARGE 1 This leaves some unallocated space at the end of the drive for Active Directories and other processes Q All but the first partition is missing from the Target drive How did that happen A This is usually a result of a wrong CHS translation setting Press the Set button and scroll down to the CHS translation mode item Toggle to the other state LARGE or LBA and try to clone again Q How does the OmniSAS handle bad sectors on the Master and Target A Bad or weak sectors on the Master are handled in the following way e The OmniSAS will abort the cloning process upon encountering the first bad sector Note that the OmniSAS will still make several attempts to read the bad sector in question but unless a perfect read was achieved the process will abort Bad sectors on Targets are handled as follows e If the Verify setting is disabled the OmniSAS will not detect bad sectors on the Target Note however that newer drives use automatic reallocation and will rarely exhibit a bad sector and thus reduce the probability of a problem to a negligible amount e With the Verify setting set the OmniSAS
17. 5 Vista INStallauONnS ic i iisteidiieeiicieisteieis EA 26 Cloning Scenarios and how to handle hem 26 A Simple Vista partition with logical divers 26 Vista with RE Recovery Emironment 26 XP Vista dual boot 27 Selective Partons aesuesRuESRKENENERRUESRAERRUESEAESRUENEAESRNESAOKNESSESESERESESEEERESESESENEEESEEENEEEeKEENESeEAEdEE 27 Master Manager 27 ee 28 27 Option Sysprep Instruchons 29 OPTIONAL PREFERENCE SETTINGS issesecevetccvicgubsernetebensbetsbsuetetebenvbessbusnretebenebveyenneeebencbebetensbinness 30 VATA a AET I late idiesendszahens2 ege eege EES EES EES EES 30 VIe e ereti ernn evelevetenseneeteecsvesdensieneteecbeeeeystuendeneheeedeystyendeeetvevbessteeeteneeeeeere 31 CHS Translation 31 CHS Translation SetunS vssccccccccses sectigeseevsvesdensheneteeeseeeduastuerteneseeedeesteurdeeeteeebessseeeteneeeeciys 31 Security Identification Number SID Leeues 32 A el lU Lei e LC ler 33 INTRODUCTION zeio e E E 33 Enabling OmniDiagnostics M A 33 OMNIDIAGNOS TICS M FEATURES ii Ee 33 Wipe Target Mode 33 fie ne EE 24 Wipe Target Step by Step cece cece cece eeeeecnaaee tetas eeteaaaaeeeeeeeeeegeaaaaeeeeeeeeseeensaaeeeeeees 34 5 SOFTWARE LOADING INSTRUCTIONG 2 2 ccceeseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseaneeeeeeseeeseeeeeeeseesesneees 36 LOGICUBE OMNISAS SOFTWARE UPDATING PROCEDURES eceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeensnaeeeeeees 36 Loading Software through the USB Port ccccceceseeeeeeeeeeeeeennneneeeeeessesee
18. 9 Button Right Arrow 13 14 Button SELECT 12 Button SET 19 30 38 Button START STOP 9 Cable Drive power 6 Chkdsk Microsoft Windows 38 CHS translation 38 Clever Clone 15 Clever Clone 14 15 25 26 40 CleverCopy 37 39 Clone 2 3 13 14 15 17 18 19 26 27 37 38 39 40 Clone tab 13 15 Cloning 1 Cluster change 37 Compaq computers 31 Connector Data 5 Connector Power 5 6 Convert FAT16 to FAT32 15 Corrupt master drive 38 Cylinders 31 39 Defragment 15 37 Defragment Defrag 15 16 37 40 Diag tab 13 14 Disclaimer Liability Limitation IT Department of Defense 34 DoD Department of Defense 3 34 DoD Specification M 5220 34 Drive letter 2 Drive EIDE 3 39 Drive IDE 3 5 6 7 39 Drive Jumper Setting 39 7 Index Drive SCSI 3 5 6 7 Drive Serial ATA SATA 3 5 Drives logical 2 Drives SCA 80 80 pin 7 Drives SCSI 3 5 6 7 39 Drives SCSI 1 50 pin 7 Dual boot 39 Dynamic Partitioning 32 Erase Target Mode 19 33 34 35 Error Not Enough Memory 40 FAT16 2 FAT32 2 FDISK 19 File system 2 Formatted drives 38 Geometry Drives 12 28 29 31 Help 9 HPFS 37 38 Indicator Lights 10 Jumper settings 39 Laptop Drives 1 9 7 Large 31 Large 8 5 CHS Translation Setting 31 LARGE translation 38 LARGE CHS Translation Setting 31 38 39 40 LARGE 1 CHS Translation Setting 31 LARGE 2 C
19. Copy mode This section will discuss the best ways to clone Windows 7 hard drives Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual 23 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Uh fruhe SCENARIO 1 When the Master and Target drives are the same size With this scenario you can use CleverCopy mode to clone the Windows 7 hard drive Since the Master and Target drives are the same size the size of the partitions should remain the same SCENARIO 2 When the Target drive is larger than the Master drive and Windows 7 is a non OEM installation Most non OEM Windows 7 installations will have two partitions The first partition is a 100 MB System Restricted partition followed by the Operating System partition The following steps are necessary for creating correct and bootable clones 1 Use Selective Partitions mode 2 The Logicube OmniSAS will report two partitions They should be cloned as follows a 100 MB NTFS Mirror Keep Size may be used as a second option b N GB NTFS Operating System partition CleverCopy SCENARIO 3 When the Target drive is larger than the Master drive and Windows 7 is an OEM installation This scenario is seen in most OEM installations of Windows 7 PC manufacturers place a recovery partition on the disk so users can restore the PC to its original factory installation The following steps are recommended to create a bootable clone 1 Use Selective Partitions mode 2 The Logi
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21. HS Translation Setting 31 LBA 31 LBA 8 5 CHS Translation Setting 31 LBA translation 38 LBA CHS Translation Setting 31 38 39 40 LBA 1 CHS Translation Setting 31 38 40 LBA 2 CHS Translation Setting 31 40 Left Right buttons 10 License key 28 29 Light Error 40 Light Power 10 Light Status 7 10 Linux 18 26 Logical drives 2 26 Master Manager 18 19 27 31 Mirror Copy 2 17 18 21 22 39 MS DOS 15 Logicube OmniSAS User Manual 41 NewSID exe 32 NT 4GB FAT16 partitions 39 NT FAT 39 NTFS 2 NTFS Master File Table 39 40 OCXi 26 27 OmniDiagnostics 33 34 OmniSCSI 4 4 OmniSCSI Logicube I 1 2 3 5 7 8 10 12 13 15 19 30 31 33 35 36 37 38 39 40 Optional Preference Settings 30 Partition Mirror 15 16 Partition FAT 16 2 3 15 16 17 37 39 40 Partition FAT32 2 15 16 17 37 39 40 Partition NTFS 2 3 14 15 17 26 37 39 40 Partition Partitions 1 2 3 5 10 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 31 37 38 39 40 Partition Unknown 97 37 Partitions 2 27 PC computer 15 19 31 36 38 40 Phoenix BIOS 38 PnP Plug and Play 30 Position Master 5 18 34 Position Target 5 34 39 Power Supply 8 RAID array 18 21 RAID drives 18 RAID level 20 21 22 RAID Mirror 18 21 22 Re allocation 30 Recovery Environment RE partition 26 Scaling limitations 39 Scandisk master drive 38 Sc
22. Logicube OmniSAS e 80 pin Adapters for connecting drives with SCA 80 connectors e 50 pin Adapters for connecting drives with old style SCSI 1 connectors Adapters for other types of SATA drives e Support for eSATA drives with an optional cable e 1 8 micro SATA drives Support of micro SATA drives with an optional cable Call Logicube for availability Adapters for other types of drives Logicube sells optional adapters that allow the following types of specialized drives to be connected to the Logicube OmniSAS Note IDE type adapters will require the use of the IDE PATA cloning adapter to interface with the OmniSAS e 1 8 Laptop drives e g Toshiba iPod drives e 1 8 ZIF drive adapter e IDE PATA cloning adapter e 2 5 IDE Laptop drive adapter GETTING STARTED Uhlbube Power and Reset buttons Other specialized adapters are also available If you are unsure about the type of drive that you have please contact Logicube Technical Support for assistance Please refer to Figure 2 below for exact switch button locations The Logicube OmniSAS includes two On Off switches and one reset button One power switch is a rocker switch that is located on the unit s power supply The other power and reset buttons are located on the back of the unit Looking at the back of the OmniSAS the reset button is on the right and the power button is on the left near the power supply
23. Shortcut buttons available at all mes 9 Soft Buttons 10 Navigation Arrow Buttons eeeeeseeeeeeessssserrrstesssrnirrnrtsssttniinntntasttnnrtnntanssennnnnnnnnasennnnt 10 leiere LIQ Lu 10 3 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGG ccccccssssssseeeeeecccccsssseeeeeeeceeaassseeeeeeeeeaaassseeeeneseeaaaess 12 MAIN MENU GCHEEN tt nunnan nenna AEAEE EAEE R AEEA AEEA EEEAEER AEEA EEA EE EAEE E EEEE 12 EE ee E O OEE E Ee EE 12 PIS iM Osan ae ae ae rs a ae a a 12 CLONING EE 13 USING the OMAISAS EE 13 GCleverCOpy MOG edegerhgegeggdededeeeeegedegedege diese eege deed eege deeg deed deed 14 CleverCopy Step by Step DEE 14 Selective Partitions Mode 14 Selective Partitions Step by Step ccc eeeeeeeeecaaeeeeeeeeeteeecaaeeeeeeeeeteeesaaeeeeeees 15 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual IV INTRODUCTION Uhlbbe Mirror Gopy M Mod rn EESEEEREEE SEENEN 17 Mirror Copy Grep Dn Gen 18 Master Manager Mode 18 Master Manager Gtep Dy Gen 19 RAID edel 20 INTOQUCTION EE 20 RAID Cloning Step DY Sien 20 EE seyret esse ee eet ee ee eGuides 21 RAID NN CIONN Oe E E ene eae ee 21 SEHR INGENIEUR EE 23 Back round Iniormatton 2 ccscccccecceececeenneeeeeeeeseccecaneneeeeeetesecnaaeneeeeeesssecaaanateeeetsssedinsaaneeeeens 25 Windows 7 non OEM DVD Installation ccccccccccccccccceeeeeeeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeseneeess 25 CLONING WINDOWS VISTA 225 raa a E AE E en anne 2
24. a given partition and press the Select button multiple times to cycle among the 6 options Clever gt Defrag gt Mirror gt Keep Same Size gt Convert to FAT32 gt lt blank gt gt back to Clever See Figure 4 below for an example Note For NTFS partitions only CleverCopy or Mirror Copy may be used For FAT32 partitions CleverCopy Mirror Copy or Defragment may be used For FAT16 partitions CleverCopy Mirror Copy Defrag or convert to FAT32 may be used Figure 4 Selective Copy Modes E CleverCopy Use the CleverCopy algorithm for this partition Defragment Defragment this partition on the fly FAT16 32 only Mirror Simple partition mirror no adjustments Convert to Convert this partition to WA El F FAT32 FAT32 applies to FAT16 only KeepSame Use CleverCopy algorithm Size but maintain partition size None Do not copy this partition 16 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual Hllohe CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS A sample screen might look like the partition list below Select MASTER Partitions KS Le WINS te E Edy 0 Gb ue MTFS WES ap EH 3566 NTFS Hit CloneNow when done Here three partitions have been selected for cloning The first has a volume label MY_WIN98_32 is a 5 0 GB FAT32 type and will be defragmented as it is copied to the Targets The second MY_WIN98_16 is a 2 0 GB FAT16 and will be converted t
25. andisk Microsoft Windows 38 40 Scratch drive 3 34 Screen About 12 Screen Drive Info 12 Screen Main Menu 12 Screen Settings 10 14 15 18 30 34 Screen Status 35 SCSI ID 39 Sector bad 30 38 40 Security Identification ID SID 39 Security Identification Number SID 28 29 30 32 39 Self Test 12 37 Set button 10 Setting CHS Translation 31 39 Setting Verify 14 17 18 30 31 38 40 SID 39 Single master 39 Slider Voltage 8 Software Loading 36 Switch Power 8 Sysprep Microsoft 29 32 Technical Support Logicube 4 8 12 36 42 Tools tab 13 Transfer speeds 37 Unix 18 37 38 UNIX 37 38 User interface Ul 9 Verify 30 38 Virus protection 39 Virus Protection 39 Virus Protection Software 39 Volumes 2 Warranty II Warranty Parts and Labor II IM Weak sectors 38 Website Logicube 26 33 36 Win2000 2 3 32 40 Win95 98 2 15 Win98 2 15 Window Clone 14 15 18 Windows NT 2 32 Windows Vista 25 26 27 28 29 30 Windows XP 26 27 28 29 WinXP 2 32 40 Technical Support Information For further assistance please contact Logicube Technical Support at 001 818 700 8488 7am 5pm PST M F excluding US legal holidays or by email to techsupport logicube com 42 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual
26. cube OmniSAS will report two or more partitions One of the partitions may be labeled Recovery They should be cloned as follows a Any partition except for the Operating System Recovery Utility System Restricted etc Mirror Keep Size may be used as a second option b N GB NTFS Operating System partition CleverCopy 24 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Background Information Windows 7 non OEM DVD Installation When installing Windows 7 from a non OEM DVD the default partition layout will look like the following e A special System Restricted partition 100 MB in size e The Regular OS partition follows In order to create a bootable clone it is necessary to keep the System Restricted partition the same size as what is on the Master drive Resizing C OS partition works well Mirror Clever with no resize D k System Restricted 100Mb System Restricted gt 100Mb Z J Regular C Rest of drive Clever with resize Regular C Cloning Windows Vista Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual The system restricted partition contains the Windows 7 bootloader and it knows about c seemingly by an absolute offset therefore it is necessary to keep the starting location of C within the drive the same The same reasoning goes for the other scenarios above this is why we al
27. day excluding U S legal holidays Caution Avoid dropping the Logicube OmniSAS or subjecting it to sharp jolts When in use place it on a flat surface Caution Keep the unit dry If you need to clean your Logicube OmniSAS use a lightly damp lint free cloth Do not run the cloth over the top cooling grid as moisture could get inside the unit Avoid using soap or other cleaning agents particularly those containing bleach ammonia alcohol or other harsh chemicals Caution Do not attempt to service the Logicube OmniSAS yourself Doing so may void the warranty If your unit requires service please contact Logicube Technical Support for assistance 4 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual 2 Getting Started Fast Start Applying power to the Logicube OmniSAS The Logicube OmniSAS is able to detect the capacity C H S stats and the partition table of any SAS drive that is attached to the Master or Target positions The OmniSAS can also detect the same settings on any IDE SATA or SCSI drive that is attached to the Master position NOTE Never daisy chain more than one SCSI drive to the Master position when the SCSI option is enabled The unit can only handle one drive of any type in any position Adjusting Contrast To adjust the displays contrast setting press the HELP button A bar graph positioned towards the bottom portion of the HELP display can be increased or decreased using the Left and R
28. e Select button The Modes screen appears 3 Switch to the Tools tab Scroll down to the Master Manager item the Crown and press Select again 4 Press the Start Stop button twice to start cloning You will be warned that continuing will modify your Destination drive If you are ready to start choose Yes to continue 5 Both drives will now power up After a few seconds the unit will display a list of all Source partitions 6 Choose exactly one Source partition by placing the cursor by the desired partition Press Select to toggle among the cloning methods exactly as you would in Selective mode Press Start Stop Now Destination partitions if any are displayed Place the cursor by a Destination partition you want to overwrite or scroll down to the Add CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Uhlbube RAID Cloning Guidelines Introduction Partition item Press Select to choose the desired partition or to add a new partition 10 Press Start Stop to begin cloning This section briefly describes how to clone RAID drives using the Logicube OmniSAS with software version 4 08 or above Logicube has developed the procedure outlined in this section using disk drives from RAID arrays that use a RAID controller compliant with the SNIA Storage Networking Industry Association DDF Common RAID Disk Data Format Other types of RAID controllers may not clon
29. e successfully using OmniSAS More information regarding the DDF can be found on the SNIA website at the following URL http Awww snia org tech_activities standards curr_sta ndards ddf To find out if your RAID controller is a SNIA DDF Compliant controller please contact your computer manufacturer or RAID controller manufacturer NOTE The Master and Target drives must be from the same manufacturer be the same model and have the same total sector value RAID Cloning Step by Step Depending on the RAID level configured on the drives the following methods should be followed e RAID 1 Data on a RAID 1 level is mirrored exactly across the participating drives in the array This makes it possible to clone data from one Master drive to multiple Target drives e RAID NN Any other RAID level aside from RAID 1 Some examples are 0 5 6 and 10 Since data on other RAID levels is not mirrored exactly across participating drives each drive from the Master set must be cloned separately 20 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual RAID 1 Cloning Two Master drives set as RAID 1 and two Target drives identical to the Master drives are required Follow the steps below to clone drives in a RAID 1 array 1 Create a RAID 1 pair with the two Target drives on the same hardware where the Master drives came from The SNIA DDF compliant controll
30. e last 2 years this problem is virtually non existent since the drives employ extensive on the fly bad sector detection and re allocation Engaging the verification feature slows the speed of cloning by a factor of two or more If a bad sector is detected on the Targets with Verify turned on the cloning process will abort with an error message NOTE Logicube recommends against using drives with bad sectors as new defects are likely to develop 30 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS To use Verify scroll to the Verify icon in the Settings Menu and press the Select button Verify is available in CleverCopy Selective Partitions and MasterManager modes Verify Settings e None Default No data verification is performed e 100 Full data verification is performed on each Target drive CHS Translation Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual CHS Mode sets the geometry Cylinder Head and Sector translation used on each Target drive CHS information is stored in the partition table of the hard drive and is used by the BIOS to determine from which partition to boot The correct setting will depend upon the capacity of the Target drive and on the BIOS of the PC in which it will be used Check with the hard drive and PC manufacturer to determine which CHS mode is best as different BIOS systems use different translation methods for large capacity drives CHS is available in C
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32. er will place the RAID configuration on both hard disk drives 2 Attach either of the two Master drives to the Master position of the Logicube OmniSAS 3 Attach one Target drive to the Target 1 position and the other Target drive to the Target 2 position of the Logicube OmniSAS 4 Perform a Mirror Copy of the Master drive With software version 4 08 and above a configuration page will appear with a choice to select either RAID Mirror or Percentage Mirror Select the RAID Mirror option and start the cloning process NOTE See the Mirror Copy Mode section of this chapter for more information on the Mirror Copy Mode setting RAID NN Cloning For all other RAID levels each Master drive must be cloned to a Target drive using the Mirror Copy mode Other RAID levels Aside from RAID 0 may have more than two drives in the RAID array The steps and example below are for a RAID 6 configuration with 4 drives in the RAID array Your RAID configuration may differ from this example 1 Label each Master drive on the RAID array in this 4 drive example label them Master 1 Master 2 Master 3 and Master 4 21 LONING MODES AND SETTIN CLONING MODES S GS Uhlbube 2 Create a RAID 6 array or whichever RAID level you are using with the 4 Target drives Label each drive the same way as you did with the Master drives in this example label them Target 1
33. h but two may need to be blocked out to achieve good results Security Identification Number SID Issues The Windows NT Windows 2000 previously known as NT 5 0 and Windows XP operating systems attach a SID Security Identification number to all files and directories on the hard drive for security and authentication purposes The same SID numbers are found in the system registry in various locations When such drives are cloned the SID numbers get copied without change If the Target drive participates in the same network as the Master there will be a security breach which will cause undesirable network behavior To avoid this issue with Windows NT and Windows 2000 we recommend a freeware SID changer called NewSID The latest version can be downloaded at www sysinternals com Logicube is in no way associated with Sysinternals and cannot offer any technical support for NewSID Other commercial SID changers can also be found at major software outlets For Windows XP you must use Microsoft s Sysprep utility which is available as a free download from the Microsoft website at www microsoft com 32 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual EEN 4 OmniDiagnostics Introduction The Logicube OmniSAS has optional software packages that are not part of the standard unit Foremost of these is OmniDiagnostics an optional feature that allows Target drives to be wiped clean of data Enabling OmniDiagnostics
34. he Mirror Copy mode which mirrors the entire Master drive This method is available for any partition type This is the only method available to unrecognized partitions Use this method for FAT16 FAT32 only if the Clever or defragmentation methods fail due to inconsistencies of partition structures Convert FAT16 to FAT32 Converts the selected partition from FAT16 to FAT32 on the fly This mode is available for FAT16 partitions ONLY Use only when the given partition is to be used with Windows 98 2000 Some versions of Win95 and all versions of MS DOS cannot access partitions that use FAT32 Selective Partitions Step by Step 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 2 Scroll to the top icon and press the Select button The Modes screen appears 3 Scroll to the Selective and press Select again The MASTER drive will now power up Some Note that not all modes are available for all partition types You may need to switch from another tab screen to the Clone tab to access this option Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual 15 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Uh fruhe seconds later you will see a list of all partitions found on the MASTER On the left hand side you will see a blank box next to each partition Enter the copy mode for each partition you want cloned using the instructions below Use the scroll buttons to place the cursor by
35. ight navigation arrow buttons Moving the bar increases or decreases the displays contrast setting Connecting Drives to the OmniSAS 1 You will notice that there is a corresponding data and power connector for each of the Target drive positions The Master position has both a SAS and SCSI data connector along with a single power connector NOTE The Master position can hold a single drive SAS SATA or SCSI or IDE ATA 2 To attach a SAS drive plug the SAS data cable into the SATA data socket and the SAS cables power plug into the 4 hole power receptacle to the right of the drive bay 3 Attach the opposite end of the cable to the SAS drive Logicube OmniSAS User Manual 5 GETTING STARTED Uh fruhe 4 To attach an IDE drive connect a 40 pin IDE to SATA external adapter Optional to the IDE connector on the hard drive Plug a drive power cable between hard drive power and the IDE to SATA external adapter Next connect a 1 to 2 SATA or SAS cable to the SATA side of the external adapter Connect the SATA end of the 1 to 2 cable to the drive bay s SATA data socket Locate the power portion of the 1 to 2 cable and plug it into the corresponding 4 hole power receptacle on the chassis of the drive bay See Figure 1 Figure 1 Hard Drive Power External Adapter Power 4 Hole Power Receptical Connector SIDE Connector NOTE The drive will not actually be powered until a copy operat
36. ion is started 5 To attach a SCSI Master drive with the SCSI option enabled plug the 68 pin ribbon cable into the SCSI data socket such that the red line is near the power connector 4 hole receptacle Plug a drive power cable into the corresponding power receptacle 6 Attach the opposite ends of the cables to the Master SCSI drive NOTE The drive will not actually be powered until a copy operation is started Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual GETTING STARTED Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual 7 Connect the remaining cables to their respective SAS SATA or IDE with external adapter con nectors for each Target drive position Things to remember The OmniSAS supplies power to all drives during a cloning session There is no need to connect an exter nal power source to the drives It is OK to connect and disconnect Master or Target drives while the OmniSAS is powered or idle However do NOT connect or disconnect drives during a cloning session The Status light will typically blink to indicate that the unit is cloning The OmniSAS boots through the CF containing the system software As such the CF must always be present in the CF bay If the CF is removed the unit should be rebooted as soon as the CF is placed back into the OmniSAS Adapters for other types of SCSI drives Logicube sells specialized adapters that allow the following types of SCSI drives to be connected to the
37. leverCopy and Selective Partitions modes To use CHS Translation scroll to the CHS icon in the Settings Menu for either Clever or Selective cloning and press the Select button to scroll through the CHS options CHS Translation Settings Following are the CHS modes supported by the Logicube OmniSAS LBA Default This CHS Mode will work for most hard drive and PC combinations and should be used unless otherwise indicated Large Also known as Extended CHS ECHS mode It is used on all Compaq and Samsung computers some IBM PC s IBM Thinkpad laptops some newer Dell laptops and possibly other computers It should also be used whenever a Phoenix BIOS version 4 0 or earlier is encountered LBA 8 5 and Large 8 5 These settings force all partitions to remain below the 8 GB mark This is useful with Legacy motherboards that cannot support drives larger that 8 5 GB LBA 1 LBA 2 Large 1 and Large 2 These settings instruct the Logicube OmniSAS to shave off one or two cylinders from the total drive size when constructing the Target partition tables 31 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Uhlbube NOTE Itis important to use 1 or 2 settings for all Windows 2000 and Windows XP installations These operating systems use the unallocated space to store certain tables required for Active Directory and sometimes for Dynamic Partitioning NOTE Most of the time blocking out one cylinder is enoug
38. linders free at the end of the drive This can also happen if Mirror Copy is used to clone from a small drive to a larger Target drive Q Can the OmniSAS handle dual boot scenarios in conjunction with NTFS Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual 39 FAQ s Uhlbube A Yes The OmniSAS will clone a FAT16 followed by either an NTFS or another FAT16 partition correctly and adjust all the necessary structures so that dual booting is possible It will also handle dual booting if the different Operating Systems reside on the same partition Q Why do receive a Not Enough Memory error when running Scandisk or Defragment on cloned Windows 9 x systems A This issue only applies to FAT32 partitions The error occurs because both Scandisk and Defragment cannot handle the increased number of clusters that exist when Targets larger than 8 GB have been cloned from Master drives smaller than 8 GB To prevent the problem from occurring change the Logicube OmniSAS default CleverCopy mode to Selective Partitions Then select the Defragment copy method for the partition s you wish to clone This will resize the clusters and reduce their number Q Why does my cloned Windows 2000 or Windows XP partition boot to a blue screen A The CHS mode for cloning needs to be set to LBA 1 or LARGE 1 If one of these was used then set the CHS mode to LBA 2 or LARGE 2 You may also need to set the Speed option to a lower setting Q Why do
39. n one Target drive This can also decrease the cloning speed especially if the Targets are significantly different in soeed and or capacity Cloning to one Logicube OmniSAS User Manual 37 FAQ s Uhlbube Target at a time yields the fastest speeds which decrease slightly as more Target drives are added Q Can the OmniSAS clone file systems such as UNIX and HPFS A Yes but results are guaranteed only if cloned between identical drives However it is reported that UNIX partitions will self repair upon the first boot Q Do Target drives have to be partitioned and formatted prior to copying A No Target drives need not be partitioned or otherwise treated The OmniSAS disregards everything on the Target drive and re formats and partitions the Target on the fly Q My Target drive will not boot Why A Please check several things e If the Target drive is Larger than 4GB and is hosted by a PC with a Phoenix BIOS dated earlier than Nov 1997 you may need to set the CHS translation setting to Large and clone again e If this is not the case please check that the above setting is NOT set to Large but rather to the default setting LBA e Make sure that the first partition selected for cloning on the Master consists of a valid operating system Since it is perfectly OK to select a data only partition to be cloned one cannot expect to be able to boot from such a Target e The Master drive is corrupted This may
40. nal in mind It is fast responsive and to the point which means it requires very few key strokes to achieve a desired action It also displays fewer are you sure messages that may slow down the cloning session Please refer to Figure 3 as you read the information below Shortcut buttons available at all times e START STOP Button Press it twice to begin a cloning operation using the current settings press the START STOP button in mid process to abort it A single key stroke presents a preview screen where you can see the current setting and decide whether to press it again to begin the capture or back out to reconfigure e The Help button provides context sensitive help and is active at all times Press it to get specific help on the current screen If the selection cursor is on the screen pressing the Help button Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual 9 GETTING STARTED Uhlbube will retrieve specific help for the item under the cursor e The Set button is the third shortcut button It brings you to the settings screen where you can change capture modes and other settings of the unit Soft Buttons The soft buttons are used anywhere selection or toggling are necessary e The Select button is used to select an option e g a partition to copy to toggle between multiple available options or to enter a sub menu e The Back button is used
41. naneteseeeesseetneateeeeess 36 6 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS cecccceeeeeeeesseeeeeeeeeeseeeeseeeeeeeeeenenees 37 TE NDE Xo E E A E E E A E 41 TECHNICAL SUPPORT INFORMATION 42 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual V 1 Introduction to the Logicube OmniSAS Introduction Congratulations on your purchase of the Logicube OmniSAS The OmniSAS is designed to be easy enough to be used by a novice yet offers many professional features that are not available anywhere else The Logicube OmniSAS copies the contents of one hard disk drive to up to five drives simultaneously The first drive is typically called the Master while the others are termed Targets The OmniSAS first analyzes the partitions on the Master then acts according to a user set mode Depending on the mode the unit will adjust structures to ensure the validity of the Targets This process is called disk cloning This manual covers the following Logicube product OmniSAS Logicube OmniSAS User Manual 1 INTRODUCTION What Are Partitions Specifications Partitions are areas on the drive that define a storage unit Each partition is represented by a drive letter at the operating system level e g C D For that reason partitions are commonly called logical drives or volumes A partition is also associated with a file system or a structure for laying out files on the partition We will use the four words inte
42. o FAT32 on the fly The third NTFS_WKS_40 is a 3 5 GB NTFS and will be CleverCopied to the Targets 6 Scroll to other partitions and repeat the above step Note that it is OK to assign unique cloning modes to each selected partition 7 Adjust the Verify and CHS settings as needed These settings are discussed later in this chapter 8 When done press the Start Stop button twice to start cloning NOTE When multiple copies are required all you need to do is change the TARGET drives and press Start Stop twice Your last selections will be used If the unit senses that the MASTER drive was changed by reading the serial number of the MASTER it will again return you to the selection screen where you can specify the method of copy for each partition NOTE If you wish to change the last used settings and the MASTER drive did not change follow the Selective Partitions Step by Step instructions above Mirror Copy Mode This mode simply makes a bit by bit copy of the Master drive It does not adjust any values This Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual 17 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Uhlbube mode is recommended for non Windows partitions like UNIX LINUX and other such systems NOTE Drives in a RAID array also need to be cloned using Mirror Copy See the Raid Cloning Guidelines section of this chapter for more information on cloning drives in a RAID array Mirror Copy
43. o start the cloning session Defragmenting is somewhat slower than other cloning methods and is currently available for FAT16 FAT32 partitions only Q Can the OmniSAS clone to dissimilar drives A Yes The OmniSAS will take care of all the necessary adjustments of Target drive structures to ensure the drive of any size will be valid and bootable Many mixtures of Master and Target drive sizes up to 250GB were tested and found to be valid The above is true for all Master drives that contain FAT16 FAT32 NTFS type partitions Unknown partition types are cloned in mirror mode and typically require identical or very similar Master and Target drives to guarantee a successful clone Q Why do sometimes see transfer speeds greater than 2 5GB min and other times as slow as 200MB min A There are many factors that determine transfer speed e The age of the drives The speed of the operation is governed by the slowest drive in the system If an old drive is used chances are it cannot sustain high transfer speeds Newer drives have faster electronics and larger caches and can sustain rates as high as 16MB sec e The type of operation performed When cloning FAT16 partitions it is sometimes necessary to change the cluster class of the partition In such cases the OmniSAS engages a more complex algorithm to ensure proper alignment of structures on the Target This results in a slower process e Cloning to more tha
44. oot lt enter gt this line is only necessary for drives with XP Vista dual boot setup 4 If typed correctly with admin rights the response will be successful in each case These commands change the BCD file in a way that allows Vista to boot even if some of the drive s geometry has changed It will not cause a rollback will not request the license key again or perform a SID change pass 5 Now shut down the computer and disconnect the Master drive Your Master drive is now ready for cloning 1 Option Master Drive BCD Vista Preparation Edit the BCD Boot Configuration Data file in the following way 1 Boot the Master drive and log in as a user with administrative rights 2 Press the Start button the Microsoft Orb and type cmd exe at the search window The cmd exe application will show up at the top of the box Right click it and run it as an administrator or with elevated rights A DOS window will open 3 Now type the following commands in the DOS Window Bcdedit set bootmgr device boot lt enter gt Bededit set default device boot lt enter gt Bcededit set default osdevice boot lt enter gt Bcdedit set memdiag device boot lt enter gt 28 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual Hllohe CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Bcdedit set ntldr device boot lt enter gt this line is only necessary for drives with XP Vista dual boot setup 4 If typed correctly with admin rights the respon
45. rchangeably throughout this manual Hundreds of different types of file systems have been designed through the years The most common are FAT16 FAT32 and NTFS FAT16 The file system used by DOS since version 3 3 This file system can be at most 2GB in size and can be used under Windows 95 98 NT 2000 Me and XP FAT stands for File Allocation Table which has entries that are 16 bit wide FAT32 Supported by Windows 98 2000 Me and XP Entries in the FAT32 file system are 32 bits each thus eliminating the 2GB limit and offering an improved space efficiency NTFS Supported by Windows NT 2000 WinXP Vista and 7 Offers improved access speed and some security and recoverability features The Logicube OmniSAS is aware of the above three file systems and will clone them over intelligently Other types of partitions are handled in Mirror Copy mode and explained later in this manual Power Requirements 90 to 230VAC 47 to 63Hz Power Consumption gt 10 watts w o drives Operating Temperature br 60 C Relative Humidity 10 80 Net Weight 20lb Dimensions 17 W x 18 Hx 6 D Agency Approvals RoHS compliant FCC Part 15 Class A CE Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual INTRODUCTION Uh fruhe Features Using this guide The OmniSAS clones SAS Serial ATA most SCSI drives with the SCSI option installed and IDE drives with the use of an adapter Destination drives can of the
46. roceed to copy the new software to the CF drive that is mounted on the PC Disconnect the USB cable from the OmniSAS and reboot the OmniSAS Alternatively you can remove the CF from the bay in the back of the unit and plug the CF directly into a CF reader attached to the PC Copy the new Software onto the CF card and re insert it into the CF drive bay in the back of the OmniSAS Reboot the OmniSAS to complete the operation NOTE Please contact Logicube Technical Support at 818 700 8488 X3 if you have any trouble with the software update Logicube OmniSAS User Manual 36 EE 6 Frequently Asked Questions and Answers Q Why does the OmniSAS emit one beep when powered up Is this Normal A Yes this is normal The beeps occur as part of the unit s self test Q How does the OmniSAS determine the size of partitions on the Target drive A In the default CleverCopy mode all known partitions FAT16 FAT32 NTFS are scaled proportionally to the ratio of Master Target size All unknown partitions e g HPFS UNIX etc are mirrored that is they maintain their size Please note that FAT16 partitions cannot exceed 2 1GB when scaled up nor be smaller than 32MB when scaled down Q Can the OmniSAS defragment a partition A Yes Use the Selective Partitions mode scroll to the desired partition and toggle the icon to the left of it until the defrag symbol appears Press the Start Stop button twice t
47. rtition Master drive Many MIS technicians like to store multiple partitions e g one SY ou may need to switch from another tab screen to the Clone tab to access this option 18 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual for accounting one for marketing etc on a single Master drive When a new PC is to be configured or a drive crash occurs all the technician needs to do is select that partition and clone it The tool is also useful to create backups of important partitions The OmniSAS can hold up to 24 partitions on one Master drive Drives over 750GB in size have been tested with Master Manager successfully Master Manager prompts the user to select exactly one partition on the Source drive It then prompts the user to either select an existing partition on the Destination drive to overwrite or to append the selected partition at the first available space on the Destination drive WARNING Please use this mode with care as the Destination Drive your multi partition master drive is altered in the process Master Manager Step by Step NOTE To create a Master drive using Master Manager you must start with an unformatted drive Use the Wipe Mode FDISK or a third party tool to wipe out the intended drive s partition table 1 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Set menu 2 Scroll to the top icon and press th
48. s acceptable for quickly wiping a drive where removal of sensitive information is not an issue Set the number of passes to 1 and the pattern to RANDOM if you wish to erase data according to Department of Defense DoD specification M 5220 Wipe Settings The following settings are used in configuring Wipe Target mode Passes Determines how many iterations of all 0 s and all 1 s are performed The default is 0 Set the value to 1 for compliance with DoD M 5220 Value Select the value to be written on the last pass The options are Oxf6 0x00 Oxff and Random DoD default The Random setting will fill the Target drive with a pseudo random pattern Wipe Target Step by Step 1 Attach the drive s to be erased to the Target position s Attach a scratch drive a drive suitable for testing to the Master position NOTE Do not use an actual Master drive in the Master position A pattern will be written to the beginning of the drive which will corrupt any data residing on it 2 From anywhere in the menu system press the Set button to enter the Settings menu 3 Scroll to the top icon and press the Select button The Modes screen appears 4 Scroll to the Wipe item in the Diag menu and press Select again 5 Adjust the Passes and Value settings as needed These settings are discussed in the previous section titled Erase Settings 8The OmniDiagnostics
49. se will be successful in each case These commands change the BCD file in a way that allows Vista to boot even if some of the drive s geometry has changed It will not cause a rollback will not request the license key again or perform a SID change pass 4 5 Now shut down the computer and disconnect the Master drive Your Master drive is now ready for cloning 2 4 Option Sysprep Instructions This process rolls back the Master drive to the stage in the installation process just before entering the product license keys To run 1 Boot the Master drive and log in as a user with administrator rights 2 Press the Start button the Microsoft Orb and type c windows system32 sysprep sysprep exe at the search edit box The Sysprep exe file will be displayed at the top of the box Right click it and run it as an administrator or with elevated rights 3 Set the Cleanup Action to OOBE and choose to Shutdown after the roll back as shown in the following screenshot System Preparation Tool 3 14 rx System Preparation Tool Sysprep prepares the machine for hardware independence and deanup System Cleanup Action Enter System Out of Box Experience OOBE D V Generalize Shutdown Options Shutdown X Liane Cancel 4 The Generalize switch is optional It will not affect the success of the cloning process but is recommended for the following reasons Logicube OmniSAS
50. section above It will also work correctly with Vista drives that have multiple partitions No special handling is required Master Manager In order to create a valid Master Manager drive with Vista partitions it is absolutely necessary to apply the Bcdedit treatment to each Master drive prior to cloning It is OK to mix Vista and Non Vista images on the same Master Manager drive NOTE When building a Master Manager drive with Windows XP 98 amp 2K operating system partitions you must edit the BCD Boot Configuration Data if Vista will be one of the partitions on the Master Drive you are creating If so follow the Master Drive BCD Vista Preparation below Master Drive BCD Vista Preparation Edit the BCD Boot Configuration Data file in the following way T Boot the Master drive and log in as a user with administrative rights 27 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Uhlbube Reference 2 Press the Start button the Microsoft Orb and type cmd exe at the search window The cmd exe application will show up at the top of the box Right click it and run it as an administrator or with elevated rights A DOS window will open 3 Now type the following commands in the DOS Window Bededit set bootmgr device boot lt enter gt Bededit set default device boot lt enter gt Bcededit set default osdevice boot lt enter gt Bcdedit set memdiag device boot lt enter gt Bcededit set ntldr device b
51. tent of each partition fits into the scaled down size of its corresponding partition Otherwise an error message is displayed NTFS partitions can only be scaled down to 55 of their original size due to the Master File Table MFT Q Can clone drives with virus protection software installed A Yes But remember to decline the repair of the Target drive should a virus protection program complain about altered Master boot record etc Q The OmniSAS does not recognize my Master or Target drive What can be done A Make sure that the drive jumpers are set as a Single Master if you are using an IDE EIDE Master SCSI Master drives and Targets will not normally need special jumper settings Each Target position has its own SCSI channel which eliminates any worry about SCSI ID conflicts and similar problems If needed drive jumper settings can be found at the drive manufacturer web site Also make sure all cables data and power are connected properly to BOTH drives Q Why do have an un partitioned free space at the end of my Target drive A This typically occurs when the Master drive has FAT16 partitions only and the Target is much larger FAT16 partitions cannot scale to more than 2 1GB each FAT32 and NTFS partitions do not have this limitation and will always be scaled up to fill the Target drive unless the CHS Translation setting is set to LBA 1 2 or LARGE 1 2 These settings leave the last cylinder or the last two cy
52. to go up in the menu system or to cancel out of a given operation Navigation Arrow Buttons The four Arrow buttons are used for navigation e The Up and Down buttons are most often used when there is a scrollable window of text and the right side of the screen displays the scroll arrows This occurs when the amount of information to display exceeds the screen size There are also screens in the Settings menu where navigating from one option to another requires moving up or down e The Left and Right buttons are used to nav igate from one option to another in the Settings menu The currently active option will be enclosed by a dashed rectangle Indicator Lights The red POWER indicator light remains on while the Logicube OmniSAS is receiving power STATUS indicators for each drive are lit during cloning operations and for any operation that accesses the Master or Target drive Destination indicators will flash green as data is transferred from one drive to the other If a problem or error is encountered during cloning or any other operation the green Status Lights will stop flashing If this occurs check the screen for an ERROR message and instructions on what to do next 10 Logicube OmniSAS User s Manual Uh fruhe GETTING STARTED Figure 3 Buttons and Interface SELECT BUTTON LCD DISPLAY BACK BUTTON POWER LIGHT SET BUTTON HELP BUTTON o o Q TARGET 1
53. ways keep the starting offset of C the same as the source drive With the release of the Windows Vista operating system in late 2006 Microsoft has added some security features to protect the integrity of the partition These features can cause problems when cloning Vista with Clever Clone mode 25 CLONING MODES AND SETTINGS Uhlbube This section will discuss the best ways to clone Windows Vista hard drives These instructions apply to all flavors of Windows Vista Windows Home Basic Windows Home Premium Windows Business and Windows Ultimate NOTE Software dated November 2007 or later and NTFS Clever Copy mode need to be installed on the OmniClone Xi in order to Clever clone Windows Vista Vista Installations The following Vista installations are supported by Clever Clone mode e Upgrade of a Windows XP SP2 drive e Dual Boot scenario with Windows XP on the same partition e Installation on a blank drive As of this writing the following Windows Vista scenarios are not yet supported by Clever Clone mode but valid target drives can be cloned with Mirror Copy mode e BitLocker technology a new drive encryption scheme by Microsoft e Other multi boot scenarios i e with Linux e The Windows Longhorn Server NOTE New software updates are constantly being developed Please check with www logicube com periodically for new software updates Cloning Scenarios and how to handle them
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