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Thanks guys, was able to get the VM started without restoring. &nbsp;Now scrambling to get the environment documented and get better backup / recovery procedures in place.
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Thanks guys, was able to get the VM started without restoring.  Now scrambling to get the environment documented and get better backup / recovery procedures in place.

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Just walked into a new site and they on-site I.T. guy informed me that one of the hyper-V V.M.'s is not starting. &nbsp;The VM in question was backed up via windows backup &nbsp;from within the guest OS as opposed to from the Hypervisor itself. &nbsp;If the worse case scenario presents itself can I create a new VM and restore via the Windows startup DVD ISO?
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Just walked into a new site and they on-site I.T. guy informed me that one of the hyper-V V.M.'s is not starting.  The VM in question was backed up via windows backup  from within the guest OS as opposed to from the Hypervisor itself.  If the worse case scenario presents itself can I create a new VM and restore via the Windows startup DVD ISO?

Hyper-V Restore

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.

Hyper-V

Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2, based on the Microsoft Vista codebase, is the last 32-bit server operating system released by Microsoft. It has a number of versions, including including Foundation, Standard, Enterprise, Datacenter, Web, HPC Server, Itanium and Storage; new features included server core installation and Hyper-V.