What's the best way to backup a Windows 2008 R2 to a Windows 2012 Hyper-V?
Hi,
I have location A and location B. Location A is running a Windows 2008 R2 server and Location B is running Hyper-V on a Windows 2012 Server. The server at location B is 6 years old but the hard drives are only 2 years old. I still don't fully trust it and have been making sure to get a good daily backup of it. I would like to create a VM of Location A and put it at Location B so if the older server at Location A crashes, I can start up the VM at Location B and restore the data from backup to it. I saw a solution at veeam.com about converting a physical server into a Hyper-V VM but they mentioned that you shouldn't do this with a server running DC. Both of these servers are running DC.
Does this sound like the best plan and if so, what's the best steps to take? Please let me know if you have any questions about my setup. Thanks for your help!
I have location A and location B. Location A is running a Windows 2008 R2 server and Location B is running Hyper-V on a Windows 2012 Server. The server at location B is 6 years old but the hard drives are only 2 years old. I still don't fully trust it and have been making sure to get a good daily backup of it. I would like to create a VM of Location A and put it at Location B so if the older server at Location A crashes, I can start up the VM at Location B and restore the data from backup to it. I saw a solution at veeam.com about converting a physical server into a Hyper-V VM but they mentioned that you shouldn't do this with a server running DC. Both of these servers are running DC.
Does this sound like the best plan and if so, what's the best steps to take? Please let me know if you have any questions about my setup. Thanks for your help!
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