I need to build a pxe image to restore systemstate on a Win 2008 R2 server recently updated to SP V7.1.8.15. (Several weeks ago.)
I used to do this by hand using the Best Practices for Recovering Windows Server 2008 (et cetera). The ISOs I created in the past are all built with out-of-date baclient versions. I had trouble with the last such systemstate restore for a Win 2012 server (using the equivalent Best Practices guide). I opened a PMR that ended up in Andy Raibeck's hands. He had me use the "build_recovery_image.cmd" script. It didn't work the first night. He went back and made a new version that worked well. I have some old copies of that script, up to Version 2.2. I don't know what question to ask first. Should I try to use that version of that script for this ancient Win 2008 R2 server? Is there a more recent version available? Should I just go by the manual creation steps in the Win 2008 Best practices guide? I have a difficulty with manually working with the pxe image, because after I open it runs in a VM with no copy and paste from outside into the vm. Things like volume names all have to be hand typed in. It is very error prone. I used to bake info like that (as a text file) into the pxe image for each systemstate restore I ran because I can copy/paste within the vm. I have not had to do this for several years. I only used that script for that one restore, and that with Andy's guidance. How should I approach it?
