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You running full blown vmware (paid for version)?<br />
Makes a big difference in backup solutions.
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You running full blown vmware (paid for version)?
Makes a big difference in backup solutions.

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Not sure why that matters. We are talking about a specific scenario.
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Not sure why that matters. We are talking about a specific scenario.

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Hi all, doing some testing here. We have SBS 2011 (a vm), we are just testing the built in Windows Server Backup. Now, the backup is stored to a NAS. <br />
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If we wanted to restore this server 'bare metal' what is the correct process? Assume its being restored virtually again back to vmware. <br />
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Thanks!
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Hi all, doing some testing here. We have SBS 2011 (a vm), we are just testing the built in Windows Server Backup. Now, the backup is stored to a NAS. 

If we wanted to restore this server 'bare metal' what is the correct process? Assume its being restored virtually again back to vmware. 

Thanks!

Restore SBS 2011 from Backup Bare Metal

Small Business Server (SBS) is a line of server operating systems targeted at small businesses by bundling the operating system with a number of other Microsoft products that would normally need to be purchased or licensed separately. The most notable inclusions are Exchange, SQL Server, SharePoint and ISA/TMG (Microsoft's firewall and proxy server).

This topic area includes legacy versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000: Windows 3/3.1, Windows 95 and Windows 98, plus any other Windows-related versions including Windows Mobile.

Windows OS

VMware, a software company founded in 1998,  was one of the first commercially successful companies to offer x86 virtualization. The storage company EMC purchased VMware in 1994. Dell Technologies acquired EMC in 2016. VMware’s parent company is now Dell Technologies.

VMware has many software products that run on desktops, Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS, which allows the virtualizing of the x86 architecture.  Its enterprise software hypervisor for servers, VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi), is a bare-metal hypervisor that runs directly on the server hardware and does not require an additional underlying operating system.