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.

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"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:

"edg" <edg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:D7929378-9495-46DA-9EDC-94759C4567F9@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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?






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