ohmErnie
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Restore Individual Hyper-V Virtual Machine (SAN)
My Hyper V Virtual Machines reside on a Volume that is attached to a Compellent SAN. As a test, I took a snapshot with the SAN of the volume, then went into the Hyper-V Manager and deleted the test Virtual Machine. I then mounted the snapshot volume and copied the original vhd file, vm folder and xml file to their appropriate locations. I stopped/started the Hyper-V service and the Virtual Machine I attempted to restored did not appear. What is the process to get this machine up and running assuming you have nothing but a snapshot?
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No, I do not. I take a snapshot (or Compellent calls it a Replay) of the Volume, then have to mount the Replay to a server and then copy the data/files off manually. In this case, I copied the files off to their original locations.
Okay, so once you've copied the files OFF the Snapshot location to the original locations?
they do not work?
they do not work?
ASKER
No...it looks like I have to create a new VM, then attach the existing vhd file. However, this creates a new VM folder and XML file. Then when I boot the VM up to logon screen, I get the following error:
"There are currently no long servers available to service the logon request."
The network adapter is set to the appropriate adapter. I even tried without an adapter hoping to at least logon as local. I get the same error.
"There are currently no long servers available to service the logon request."
The network adapter is set to the appropriate adapter. I even tried without an adapter hoping to at least logon as local. I get the same error.
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or normally, the Snapshot is Read-only, and you present the Snapshot to the Server.
So, you Take a Snapshot, and then later if you require to rollback, you present this snapshotted iSCSI LUN to the Server. The would contain the data at the time you took the snapshot.