Help with Server recover

[Guest edg]

I got a new computer and I used the backup feature in Server 2008 to backup

the server to a USB portable hard drive, but when I try to restore it would

not allow me to use the USB drive so I transferred the backup file to the

computer and I still don't have the option of selecting the backup file and

I've tried everything; it's only giving me 2 options, the CD drive and Remote

shared folder.

 

I would like to know if there is a way around this problem and if not can I

just extract what I really need from the backup file?

 

Any help much appreciated.

 

Thanks

[Guest Pegasus \(MVP\)]

Re: Help with Server recover

 

 

"edg" <edg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:D7929378-9495-46DA-9EDC-94759C4567F9@microsoft.com...

>I got a new computer and I used the backup feature in Server 2008 to backup

> the server to a USB portable hard drive, but when I try to restore it

> would

> not allow me to use the USB drive so I transferred the backup file to the

> computer and I still don't have the option of selecting the backup file

> and

> I've tried everything; it's only giving me 2 options, the CD drive and

> Remote

> shared folder.

>

> I would like to know if there is a way around this problem and if not can

> I

> just extract what I really need from the backup file?

>

> Any help much appreciated.

>

> Thanks

 

There is not enough information in your post to give you a good

answer. The following is required:

- What "server backup feature" are you referring to? ntbackup.exe?

- What restore program are you using? ntbackup.exe?

- On which machine did you run the backup process?

- On which machine do you run the restore process?

- What is the name & extension of the backup file?

- Did you ever perform a test restore? (This is essential - without

such a test you will never know if the backup actually worked.)

- Have you tried cataloguing the backup file?

[Guest Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Re: Help with Server recover

 

edg <edg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

> I got a new computer and I used the backup feature in Server 2008 to

> backup the server to a USB portable hard drive, but when I try to

> restore it would not allow me to use the USB drive so I transferred

> the backup file to the computer and I still don't have the option of

> selecting the backup file and I've tried everything; it's only giving

> me 2 options, the CD drive and Remote shared folder.

>

> I would like to know if there is a way around this problem and if not

> can I just extract what I really need from the backup file?

>

> Any help much appreciated.

>

> Thanks

 

Since Server 2008 has not yet been released, I have to imagine there's a

special beta newsgroup for it....if you're using the beta, you should have

been informed of the name/location of that group (I don't have it, sorry).

[Guest edg]

Re: Help with Server recover

 

I used the backup feature in Server 2008 and the backup consists of one file

which has extension .VHD and 13 files with the extension .XML. I only have

and use one server and thats the one that I backed up and is trying to

restore.

 

I've already done a manual reinstall of most of my applications so at this

point what I really need to know is how to extract what I really need from

the backup.

 

Thanks for your help.

 

 

 

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

> "edg" <edg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

> news:D7929378-9495-46DA-9EDC-94759C4567F9@microsoft.com...

> >I got a new computer and I used the backup feature in Server 2008 to backup

> > the server to a USB portable hard drive, but when I try to restore it

> > would

> > not allow me to use the USB drive so I transferred the backup file to the

> > computer and I still don't have the option of selecting the backup file

> > and

> > I've tried everything; it's only giving me 2 options, the CD drive and

> > Remote

> > shared folder.

> >

> > I would like to know if there is a way around this problem and if not can

> > I

> > just extract what I really need from the backup file?

> >

> > Any help much appreciated.

> >

> > Thanks

>

> There is not enough information in your post to give you a good

> answer. The following is required:

> - What "server backup feature" are you referring to? ntbackup.exe?

> - What restore program are you using? ntbackup.exe?

> - On which machine did you run the backup process?

> - On which machine do you run the restore process?

> - What is the name & extension of the backup file?

> - Did you ever perform a test restore? (This is essential - without

> such a test you will never know if the backup actually worked.)

> - Have you tried cataloguing the backup file?

>

>

>

[Guest Chris M]

Re: Help with Server recover

 

edg wrote:

> I used the backup feature in Server 2008 and the backup consists of one file

> which has extension .VHD and 13 files with the extension .XML. I only have

> and use one server and thats the one that I backed up and is trying to

> restore.

>

> I've already done a manual reinstall of most of my applications so at this

> point what I really need to know is how to extract what I really need from

> the backup.

 

A VHD file is a Virtual Hard Disk. Server 2008 most likely includes some

tools to mount them locally, or perhaps the backup program can restore

from them.

 

Virtual Server 2005 included a tool called VHDMount which allowed you to

mount a VHD file as a local disk. I would imagine that Windows Server

2008 has a similar facility since it has a heavy bias towards

virtualisation.

 

--

Chris.

> "Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

>

>> "edg" <edg@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

>> news:D7929378-9495-46DA-9EDC-94759C4567F9@microsoft.com...

>>> I got a new computer and I used the backup feature in Server 2008 to backup

>>> the server to a USB portable hard drive, but when I try to restore it

>>> would

>>> not allow me to use the USB drive so I transferred the backup file to the

>>> computer and I still don't have the option of selecting the backup file

>>> and

>>> I've tried everything; it's only giving me 2 options, the CD drive and

>>> Remote

>>> shared folder.

>>>

>>> I would like to know if there is a way around this problem and if not can

>>> I

>>> just extract what I really need from the backup file?

>>>

>>> Any help much appreciated.

>>>

>>> Thanks

>> There is not enough information in your post to give you a good

>> answer. The following is required:

>> - What "server backup feature" are you referring to? ntbackup.exe?

>> - What restore program are you using? ntbackup.exe?

>> - On which machine did you run the backup process?

>> - On which machine do you run the restore process?

>> - What is the name & extension of the backup file?

>> - Did you ever perform a test restore? (This is essential - without

>> such a test you will never know if the backup actually worked.)

>> - Have you tried cataloguing the backup file?

>>

>>

>>

 

 

 

--

Chris M.

 

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