asked on Restoring VM from VHD file
Dear All,
We were running a Hyper V server,but got crashed suddenly but i have the VM folder of the VM which includes the VHD and all other files ,is it possible to restore the VM from the VM folder .
the version of the Hyper V was 2008
We were running a Hyper V server,but got crashed suddenly but i have the VM folder of the VM which includes the VHD and all other files ,is it possible to restore the VM from the VM folder .
the version of the Hyper V was 2008
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Sysguys
how it's crashed what is the error you are getting ?
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Actually its was an old server and there was some problem with the RAID level i cannot bring the server up ,but since the VM volume was available i was able to copy paste the whole VM folder.
make a copy of the same and create new vm and connect the VHD and check weather it works or not... actually if it's having restore points then it's difficult to copy and run the VM by coying folder...
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Hi Sajid,
Thanks for ur response convert the VHD ? didn't get it.
Thanks for ur response convert the VHD ? didn't get it.
connect the VHD : it's not convert
connect means when you create new vm on the hyper-v host the process will as you to create a vhd or attach existing vhd so use the existing option and point to this vhd path
VHD is generation 1
VHDx is generation 2
if you are working on windows 2012 or later
connect means when you create new vm on the hyper-v host the process will as you to create a vhd or attach existing vhd so use the existing option and point to this vhd path
VHD is generation 1
VHDx is generation 2
if you are working on windows 2012 or later
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I am getting the below error when i do that.
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yes DVD was attached ,i removed it,but no luck.
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restart the host machine and try again please ...
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Restarted still the same :(
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Thanks everyone for your response
Got the solution form the below link ,after i installed the hotfix on the host the VM started up like a magic without any issues.
http://doitfixit.com/blog/2014/01/27/hyper-v-could-not-initialize-on-server-2008-r2/
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2517374
Got the solution form the below link ,after i installed the hotfix on the host the VM started up like a magic without any issues.
http://doitfixit.com/blog/2014/01/27/hyper-v-could-not-initialize-on-server-2008-r2/
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/2517374
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The other solution for this is to importing the VHD on Hyper 2012 R2 instead of 2008
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I found the solution myself for restoring the VHD