Shadow Copy Volume Image or Restore
I have a harddrive from a client computer. I'm trying to roll the main volume back to the last shadow copy (restore point). The purpose of this is to restore the HD to working condition. My current outlook consists of running Microsoft Server 2012 in virtualbox to use the vssadmin /revert command or diskshadow utility. Do I have any other options? Exposing the shadow copy as a block device that allows me to image it to another drive is what I'm looking for, but any advice is appreciated.
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Restore point is indeed 'a shadow copy'. That is how system restore works. This can be seen by comparing the output of vssadmin list shadows and the list of "restore points" in the System Restore interface. I think it's got a specific list of files that it pulls from a shadow copy. I understand that changes in the VM will not affect the host. Like I said in the original post:
I have a client drive that I need to roll back to a restore point.
I'm pretty sure exposing the client disk to the server VM will allow me to maniuplate it and issue the vssadmin /revert command. But given my experience with windows backup solutions i'm not expecting it to go well. Help!
I have a client drive that I need to roll back to a restore point.
I'm pretty sure exposing the client disk to the server VM will allow me to maniuplate it and issue the vssadmin /revert command. But given my experience with windows backup solutions i'm not expecting it to go well. Help!
Normally I use Shadow Copy for files and Restore Points for programs. Putting that aside, You can roll back to a restore point if available (not always so) and that should not affect any VM (which is just a disk file). The only point to consider is updates to Virtual Box AFTER the most recent restore point you are trying to use.
Back up the virtual machine to another machine and if there is an issue, update Virtual Box after the restore point and restore the VM.
Back up the virtual machine to another machine and if there is an issue, update Virtual Box after the restore point and restore the VM.
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So the system won't boot?
If that's the issue ,have you thought about just using last known good configuration via the f8 key?
If that's the issue ,have you thought about just using last known good configuration via the f8 key?
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Never got to try /revert. So ended up just copying it off.
My current outlook consists of running Microsoft Server 2012 in virtualbox to use the vssadmin /revert command or diskshadow utility <-- That does not sound realistic. Vssadmin is not a Restore point. Whatever is in a virtual machine will not affect the host problems.
What you are needing to do? or having to do?