3rd-party software to make RAID 1 (mirror) on a drive that already has data

Is there software which lets you simply add a 2nd drive to an already working Mac and make a RAID 1 mirror without waiting for the following:
- clone the internal drive to an external for backup
- add the 2nd internal drive
- erase both internal drives
- make the RAID 1 set out of both drives
- clone the data back to the RAID 1 from the external
This works just fine. It just takes a long time and requires extra external drives to boot from and do the cloning.
What I'm looking for is a utility that will reduce the process to:
- clone to external for just-in-case backup
- add the 2nd internal drive
- use the utility to mirror the 2nd (new) drive to the pre-existing data on the 1st drive and make a RAID 1 mirror set out of them (without erasing them)
- there is no step 4. there is no step 4! (ha ha ha)
in short: to make an OS X RAID 1 without having to erase a drive that already has customer data with the Disk Utility or some other software
I checked Made4Mac already - none of the listed partitioning tools seem to be able to make a RAID "in place". I'm assuming this is not easy or Disk Utility would already be able to do it.
It's too bad the Disk Utility can only make a RAID 1 using blank, virgin drives. Maybe they'll fix it in Leopard. Can anyone from Apple comment?
I know about SoftRAID - but it's $149 per seat. I'm looking for something I can use on customer machines over and over again, without having to sell them a software license - like Partition Magick or DiskWarrior.
Thanks!
RAID 1

IKE-D-
Why not use the CLI and do it that way? i don't know it AppleScript hooks into the terminal and/or can run terminal commands but that may be worth looking into as well.
I would think that it would be a good idea to erase all your drives in the RAID at once and start fresh. Why not back up the internal to a pair of RAIDED external FW800 drives, add the second drive in the Mac, make the internal RAID by formatting both drives and then copy the external RAID back to the internal RAID? Oops, I know, now we have a step 4.
Nobody from Apple ever comments here. We are all users, just like yourself, that just want to help.
Luck-
-DaddyPaycheck

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Creating a mirrored raid set with a hard drive that already has data on it.

I have a hard drive that I keep my photos on, and want to create a mirrored raid set that includes this drive, with its data, and another drive. How can I do this without erasing the drive with my photos on them? I am running 10.7.5 if that matters.
Thanks for any help.

Creating a Mirrored RAID reformats the drive and loads a substantial RAID driver and some tables onto it. When completed, the drive is inherently a member of a RAID set, and will continue to be so even if moved to another Mac.
because of this, you cannot create a RAID directly on a standard drive that contains data already in any reasonable, risk-free way.
To amplify what The Hatter has said above, Mirrored RAID is not Backup. Mirrored RAID only increases mean time to repair to keep a drive failure from becoming a Data Disaster. You still need a Backup. Mirrored RAID does not protect you from deletions from user error, crazy software, or "just because".
I run a mirrored RAID in my Home Server, which contains all the Users files for everyone in the Household. And I also recognize (after being burned by it) that Mirrored RAID is helpful, but not a sufficient Backup by itself. I back up the Users Drive automatically to an External drive using Time Machine. [So what I am advising is not just theoretical, I am living what I am advising.]
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3rd party software tools to automate Weblogic deployments/release process

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IKE-D-
Why not use the CLI and do it that way? i don't know it AppleScript hooks into the terminal and/or can run terminal commands but that may be worth looking into as well.
I would think that it would be a good idea to erase all your drives in the RAID at once and start fresh. Why not back up the internal to a pair of RAIDED external FW800 drives, add the second drive in the Mac, make the internal RAID by formatting both drives and then copy the external RAID back to the internal RAID? Oops, I know, now we have a step 4.
Nobody from Apple ever comments here. We are all users, just like yourself, that just want to help.
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Good news and bad news...
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The bad news is that it will be a nightmare to implement via Automator, if it's even possible.
Automator is, essentially a pretty interface on top of AppleScript/Apple Events, and with the pretty interface comes a certain stranglehold on features. Knowing how to boil rice might make you a cook, but understanding flavor profiles and ingredient combinations can make you a chef, and it's the same with AppleScript and Automator. Automator's good at getting you from points A to B but if there are any bumps in the road (e.g. the application you're using isn't scriptable) then it falls apart.
What I'm getting at is that your requirements are pretty simple to implement in AppleScript because you can get 'under the hood' and do exactly what you want, as opposed to Automator's restricted interface.
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I can give you the basics on reading a file and iterating through the lines of text in it, and I can show you how to 'type' text in any given application, but it may be up to you to put the pieces together.
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end tell
Here the AppleScript is activating the application and using System Events to emulate typing the contents of the eachLine variable into the process. Put this inside your repeat loop and you're almost there.

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$phinx19 wrote:
Ok, My bad!
Here are the exact errors that I am facing:
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PATH=D:\oraclient\product\11.2.0\client_1\bin;D:\oracle\product\11.2.0\dbhome_1\bin;C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\
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Copyright (c) 1997, 2010, Oracle. All rights reserved.
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Copyright (c) 1982, 2010, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter user-name: system@dpsecure
Enter password:
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Copyright (c) 1982, 2011, Oracle. All rights reserved.
Enter user-name: system@dpsecure
Enter password:
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SQL>
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How to maintain a Mac
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Edited by: Priya S on Mar 16, 2009 4:32 PM

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For developement of new object link check this link.
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