:-) That was my preference as well.
I did do that with 2 of their terminal servers actually. I did try that first with disk2vhd and it looked like it was working at first. Then after installing the Hyperv tools things went wrong. Maybe I will have another go at that. Thanks On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:47 AM, Susan Bradley <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay now I get what you are trying to do, you are trying to move drive > config as part of the restore process. > Bare metal backup will want to put itself back on exactly the same > configuration as it had before. > You are probably going to need something like Storagecraft to rejigger the > drive config. > Or put it in a virtualized setup (which honestly I'd recommend - SBS 2008 > and 2011 work better as virtualized servers IMHO - the virtualized hardware > behaves better than real metal) > > MS wants feedback on patching: http://tinyurl.com/patchingsurvey > On 6/9/2015 3:40 PM, Rene de Haas wrote: > >> As for the disk, thanks for the confirmation. >> I meant the windows server backup. >> I tried first the whole server, then realized the problem that it wanted >> 4 disks. >> Then thought restore the system, but that also didn't work because it >> wanted to restore drive 3 besides drive 1. >> Which I can also see when starting to create a backup it will also check >> that drive. >> >> On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 12:21 AM, Susan Bradley <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Server 2008 or Vista disk will do as well, but it has to be that era. >> >> When you say standard windows backup, do you mean you are using >> the Windows backup console or the wizard in the SBS console to >> backup the entire server? >> >> Which disks does it look like it's trying to recover? >> >> Hardware independent restores can also be done with StorageCraft. >> I've also moved a physical to virtual with the Disk2vhd tool in >> sysinternals. >> >> On 6/9/2015 3:13 PM, Rene de Haas wrote: >> >> I use the standard Windows backup. I don't get an >> errormessage. The backup runs ok. >> Just if I in the backup enable system recovery it >> automatically checks 2 disks instead of just c: >> >> What brought it up is I want to replace 4 smaller mirrors by 4 >> 600GB drives in Raid 10 config and just have the original >> drives as partitions on the Raid 10 >> >> The problem is when I restore it sees only one drive and >> complains there aren't enough. >> So I was thinking first restore system as c:, start up and >> from there restore other drives to partitions on the big Raid 10. >> >> They did have Acronis. Tried that, disk to disk, but it was >> soooo slow. I cancelled it after about one hour trying to copy >> a 76G drive with according to the software 11 hours remaining. >> >> One other question. Do I need to use the SBS2008 disk for the >> bare metal restore, of can I make due with just a Windows 2008 >> disk? >> >> Thanks >> René >> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Susan Bradley >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>> >> >> wrote: >> >> Say what? >> >> What exact error messages are you getting as that's not so >> unless >> of course you have multiple drives and the files are >> spread around >> a bit as noted.. >> What backup program are you using? Native? >> And you booted with SBS 2008 or Vista media? (you can't use >> Win7/2008r2 era boot media to boot to find the backup devices) >> >> MS wants feedback on patching: >> http://tinyurl.com/patchingsurvey >> On 6/9/2015 9:08 AM, Rene de Haas wrote: >> >> No no pagefile, bootfiles.are on C: >> The only thing I saw out of the ordinary so far was a >> folder >> ai_recyclebin. >> That location doesn't seem to be mentioned in the >> registry though. >> I also noticed our online backup program has temporary >> folders >> there. One for the backup and one for brick level backup. >> Could that be the cause? >> Thanks >> René >> >> On Tue, Jun 9, 2015 at 5:39 PM, Charles F Sullivan >> <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>>> wrote: >> >> Pagefile, boot files (separate partition on >> Windows 7 and >> later), >> any file that is considered part of the System State. >> Files that >> are considered part of the System State expanded >> hugely >> with Vista >> and often include even third-party application files. >> >> *From:*[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>> >> [mailto:[email protected] >> >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>>] *On Behalf Of *Rene >> de Haas >> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 9, 2015 11:26 AM >> *To:* [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]> >> <mailto:[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>>> >> *Subject:* [NTSysADM] SBS2008, baremetal backup needs >> other drive >> besides C: >> >> Hi, >> >> Like in the subject. To be able to restore the >> system it needs >> another drive besides C: >> >> I haven't seen yet why that would be. Googling hasn't >> given me the >> right hint yet. >> >> Any Ideas? >> >> Thanks >> >> René >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > >
