Mounting VHD Files

[Guest Ole]

Hi everybody,

 

is there a way to access VHD Files (2008 64Bit backup files) without

restoring the whole drive? Can they be mounted as drives? If not on the host

system, can I try on a virtual machine?

 

Thanks for your time

 

Ole

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Mounting VHD Files

 

Hello Ole,

 

From:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc462796(TechNet.10).aspx

 

You can actually take a backup image and mount it as a volume in a virtual

machine running under Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. You can simply mount

the VHDs in a virtual machine and browse for a particular file rather than

having to perform test restores of tapes to see which one has the file is

on it. (A note of caution: you can't take a backup image and boot a virtual

machine from it. Since the backed-up hardware configuration doesn't correspond

to the virtual machine's configuration, you can't use Windows Server Backup

as a physical-to-virtual migration tool.)

 

http://www.petri.co.il/mounting-vhd-files-with-vhdmount.htm

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> Hi everybody,

>

> is there a way to access VHD Files (2008 64Bit backup files) without

> restoring the whole drive? Can they be mounted as drives? If not on

> the host system, can I try on a virtual machine?

>

> Thanks for your time

>

> Ole

>

[Guest Ole]

Re: Mounting VHD Files

 

Hi Meinolf,

 

thanks for your quick response.

 

As I pointed out in my first posting, I am running Server2008. Does this OS

not have the capability to mount VHD itself? Do I have to work around it

with Hyper-V VMs?

 

VirtualServer2005 only makes sense on Server2003 as 2008 comes with Hyper-V,

right?

 

Ole

 

"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag

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> Hello Ole,

>

> From:

> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc462796(TechNet.10).aspx

>

> You can actually take a backup image and mount it as a volume in a virtual

> machine running under Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. You can simply mount

> the VHDs in a virtual machine and browse for a particular file rather than

> having to perform test restores of tapes to see which one has the file is

> on it. (A note of caution: you can't take a backup image and boot a

> virtual machine from it. Since the backed-up hardware configuration

> doesn't correspond to the virtual machine's configuration, you can't use

> Windows Server Backup as a physical-to-virtual migration tool.)

>

> http://www.petri.co.il/mounting-vhd-files-with-vhdmount.htm

>

> Best regards

>

> Meinolf Weber

> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

> confers no rights.

> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups

> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

>

>> Hi everybody,

>>

>> is there a way to access VHD Files (2008 64Bit backup files) without

>> restoring the whole drive? Can they be mounted as drives? If not on

>> the host system, can I try on a virtual machine?

>>

>> Thanks for your time

>>

>> Ole

>>

>

>

[Guest Meinolf Weber]

Re: Mounting VHD Files

 

Hello Ole,

 

Maybe this also works on 2008:

http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2008/01/tell-me-vhdmount-story-installing-just.html

 

But Virtual server 2005 R2 SP1 with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1

Update will also work together with server 2008.

 

Best regards

 

Meinolf Weber

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> Hi Meinolf,

>

> thanks for your quick response.

>

> As I pointed out in my first posting, I am running Server2008. Does

> this OS not have the capability to mount VHD itself? Do I have to work

> around it with Hyper-V VMs?

>

> VirtualServer2005 only makes sense on Server2003 as 2008 comes with

> Hyper-V, right?

>

> Ole

>

> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag

> news:ff16fb66a49b28cabc0b3c3cb690@msnews.microsoft.com...

>

>> Hello Ole,

>>

>> From:

>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc462796(TechNet.10).aspx

>> You can actually take a backup image and mount it as a volume in a

>> virtual machine running under Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. You can

>> simply mount the VHDs in a virtual machine and browse for a

>> particular file rather than having to perform test restores of tapes

>> to see which one has the file is on it. (A note of caution: you can't

>> take a backup image and boot a virtual machine from it. Since the

>> backed-up hardware configuration doesn't correspond to the virtual

>> machine's configuration, you can't use Windows Server Backup as a

>> physical-to-virtual migration tool.)

>>

>> http://www.petri.co.il/mounting-vhd-files-with-vhdmount.htm

>>

>> Best regards

>>

>> Meinolf Weber

>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

>> confers no rights.

>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups

>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

>>> Hi everybody,

>>>

>>> is there a way to access VHD Files (2008 64Bit backup files) without

>>> restoring the whole drive? Can they be mounted as drives? If not on

>>> the host system, can I try on a virtual machine?

>>>

>>> Thanks for your time

>>>

>>> Ole

>>>

[Guest Bill Grant]

Re: Mounting VHD Files

 

Have you tried mounting it as an extra vhd to a vm running under Hyper-V?

Did it work? If not, what problems did you have?

 

"Ole" <o.weigelt@officeworks.de> wrote in message

news:OwuWMZe7IHA.2224@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

> Hi Meinolf,

>

> thanks for your quick response.

>

> As I pointed out in my first posting, I am running Server2008. Does this

> OS not have the capability to mount VHD itself? Do I have to work around

> it with Hyper-V VMs?

>

> VirtualServer2005 only makes sense on Server2003 as 2008 comes with

> Hyper-V, right?

>

> Ole

>

> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag

> news:ff16fb66a49b28cabc0b3c3cb690@msnews.microsoft.com...

>> Hello Ole,

>>

>> From:

>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc462796(TechNet.10).aspx

>>

>> You can actually take a backup image and mount it as a volume in a

>> virtual machine running under Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. You can

>> simply mount the VHDs in a virtual machine and browse for a particular

>> file rather than having to perform test restores of tapes to see which

>> one has the file is on it. (A note of caution: you can't take a backup

>> image and boot a virtual machine from it. Since the backed-up hardware

>> configuration doesn't correspond to the virtual machine's configuration,

>> you can't use Windows Server Backup as a physical-to-virtual migration

>> tool.)

>>

>> http://www.petri.co.il/mounting-vhd-files-with-vhdmount.htm

>>

>> Best regards

>>

>> Meinolf Weber

>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and

>> confers no rights.

>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups

>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

>>

>>> Hi everybody,

>>>

>>> is there a way to access VHD Files (2008 64Bit backup files) without

>>> restoring the whole drive? Can they be mounted as drives? If not on

>>> the host system, can I try on a virtual machine?

>>>

>>> Thanks for your time

>>>

>>> Ole

>>>

>>

>>

>