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The restore worked but I had to disconnect and reconnect the restored vdd disk in order to get the correct security permissions.<br />
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Thanks
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The restore worked but I had to disconnect and reconnect the restored vdd disk in order to get the correct security permissions.

Thanks

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I have a machine running on Windows 2012 Hyper-V Server. &nbsp;I had stopped the VM and exported it. The export created 3 directories, snapshot (empty), virtual hard disks and virtual machines. &nbsp; There is a issue with its windows system directory and I want to restore it to the last exported copy.<br />
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1) How do I restored it back to the original 2012 Hyper-V Server? (I m thinking that I only need the virtual disk.)<br />
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2A) Is the 2012 virtual disk compatible with 2008 R2 Server hyper-v?<br />
2B) Is it possible to import the VDD into a new VM running on a different server - Windows 2008 R2 server with Hyper-V instead of Windows 2012 Hyper-V Server?
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I have a machine running on Windows 2012 Hyper-V Server.  I had stopped the VM and exported it. The export created 3 directories, snapshot (empty), virtual hard disks and virtual machines.   There is a issue with its windows system directory and I want to restore it to the last exported copy.

1) How do I restored it back to the original 2012 Hyper-V Server? (I m thinking that I only need the virtual disk.)

2A) Is the 2012 virtual disk compatible with 2008 R2 Server hyper-v?
2B) Is it possible to import the VDD into a new VM running on a different server - Windows 2008 R2 server with Hyper-V instead of Windows 2012 Hyper-V Server?

Restoring Hyper-V backup

The Microsoft Server topic includes all of the legacy versions of the operating system, including the Windows NT 3.1, NT 3.5, NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 and Windows Home Server versions.

Microsoft Server OS

Hyper-V is a native hypervisor; it can create virtual machines on x86-64 systems and supersedes Windows Virtual PC as the hardware virtualization component of the client editions of Windows NT. A server computer running Hyper-V can be configured to expose individual virtual machines to one or more networks. Hyper-V Server supports remote access via Remote Desktop Connection. Administration and configuration of the host OS and the guest virtual machines is generally done over the network.