SBS 2003 Restore to exactly the same model
Hi Guys,
I have two servers the one is a production box and the other a backup box if anything goes wrong.
Now i've made a full backup and restored the hard drive and system state the first time on the backup box, but the resotres after that were not successful. I noticed that it was some how a lot more space was been needed. so before i did the restore of the C drive i created a bit more space on the hdd. Which solved the resotre to the hdd but then went to restore the system state and it just hangs in the backup utility on restoring it.
I would like to try a complete system restore as if i was not able to boot in to windows and see if that works out better.
Can i please have a step by step guide on how to do that
Thanks in advance.
I have two servers the one is a production box and the other a backup box if anything goes wrong.
Now i've made a full backup and restored the hard drive and system state the first time on the backup box, but the resotres after that were not successful. I noticed that it was some how a lot more space was been needed. so before i did the restore of the C drive i created a bit more space on the hdd. Which solved the resotre to the hdd but then went to restore the system state and it just hangs in the backup utility on restoring it.
I would like to try a complete system restore as if i was not able to boot in to windows and see if that works out better.
Can i please have a step by step guide on how to do that
Thanks in advance.
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Hi Gaurav05:
Thanks for the info but idealy i would like to restore from a full ntbackup image.
Thanks for the info but idealy i would like to restore from a full ntbackup image.
Restoring SystemState will require the server to be in AD Restore Mode. MS actually have a nice step by step on restoring SBS servers.
http://www.microsoft.com/d
http://www.microsoft.com/d
ASKER
Sorry forgot to mention that it hangs when i am in AD Restore Mode, in the Backup utility, selecting Restore.
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Hi Guys,
Nope it didnt work. Its still haning.
Is there not a way to boot from a cd and recover a full image on SBS2003R2?
Nope it didnt work. Its still haning.
Is there not a way to boot from a cd and recover a full image on SBS2003R2?
hi,
can i have event log as well as ntbackup utility log report ?
can i have event log as well as ntbackup utility log report ?
No, there isn't a way I am aware of to perform a 'bare metal' restore from an NT Backup. Post the logs and we will have a look.
try this windows server migration software.
http://www.winzero.ca/ServerMigrator.html