Re: Restoring System State
From: Les Connor [SBS MVP] (les.connor_at_DEL.cfive.ca)
Date: 09/01/04
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Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 10:53:39 -0500
Hi Paul,
Good work.
I think I misunderstood your problem - when you said "When the retore
finished and the server rebooted, it wouldn't
come back up" I thought you meant the OS wouldn't come back up. But now I
suspect you meant Exchange wouldn't come back up.
Glad you got it sorted.
-- Les Connor [SBS MVP] ------------------------------------- SBS Rocks ! "Paul Lawlor" <PaulLawlor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:83841F26-2F12-4118-BC02-BC192DA52670@microsoft.com... > Hi les, > > Thanks for the suggestion, but I already tried this, but I've got the > server > back up and running again and everything works fine... I have to say a big > thank u to roger Crawford who pointed me in the right direction to linking > the mailboxes with new user accounts. > But thank u all for your help ... and Les, I agree SBS does rock when it > works > > "Les Connor [SBS MVP]" wrote: > >> Paul, >> >> Give this a shot: >> >> After your restore, at the point where the server keeps restarting - Boot >> from CD1, elect to install windows. Whe setup checks the disk and >> discovers >> a windows installation, you are given the option to repair the >> installation - select that option. See if that succeeds. >> >> -- >> Les Connor [SBS MVP] >> ------------------------------------- >> SBS Rocks ! >> >> >> >> "Paul Lawlor" <PaulLawlor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:734586D8-FE04-4546-A11E-FB2613429E5A@microsoft.com... >> > Thanks Mariette, but i already tried this. When i rebooted from the >> > restore >> > in directory services mode, my server would not boot - it just kept >> > rebooting. >> > >> > P >> > >> > "Mariette Knap [SBS MVP]" wrote: >> > >> >> In news:B240E46A-D6FD-46F3-9B14-53BB6DE91616@microsoft.com, >> >> Paul Lawlor <PaulLawlor@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >> >> >> >> > Hi >> >> > >> >> > I've got a problem restoring the system state to a sbs2003 server. >> >> > It's a server rebuild. >> >> > I backed up the beast last night, installed the os from scratch, >> >> > partitioned the drive as follows: c:\ = 25GB d:\ = 50GB (originally >> >> > c:\ = 10GB e:\ = 65GB) and applied all updates etc. >> >> > This morning I tried to restore the system state thru directory >> >> > services restore mode. When the retore finished and the server >> >> > rebooted, it wouldn't come back up. >> >> > >> >> > After painstaking recovery attempts, I gave up and have now reached >> >> > disc 2 of a brand new setup. Can anyone point me in the right >> >> > direction as to successfully restore my server in the least amount >> >> > of >> >> > time. >> >> >> >> You only need to install a basic Windows 2003 server and nothing else. >> >> As >> >> soon as the SBS setup you quit. Then you boot into directory restore >> >> mode >> >> and choose to restore everything: >> >> >> >> http://download.microsoft.com/download/b/d/8/bd8e1a40-d202-429a-8eb7-26300d62bcc9/BKU_BkupRstr.doc >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Mariėtte Knap - MVP >> >> http://www.smallbizserver.net >> >> Take part in SBS forum: >> >> http://www.smallbizserver.net/Default.aspx?tabid=154 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>
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