GRRRRR ... no, I can't boot into my client OS at all; that's why I need to
do the full system state recovery. And no, I haven't made a Windows Server
Backup of the system state; that's what I tell Networker to do, using the
"ALL" parameter on the file save.
And i've been waiting for 7.6 SP2, to avoid problems like this .... and
since I can't boot the client, I can't using Windows Server Backup to
create an image now.
So, IOW ... I'm completely hosed? Nothing I can do except reinstall to and
re-configuration everything to new hardware from scratch??
--
Michael Leone
Network Administrator, ISM
Philadelphia Housing Authority
2500 Jackson St
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Tel: 215-684-4180
Cell: 215-252-0143
<mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>
"Mason, Wilbur" <Wilbur.Mason AT pfizer DOT com> wrote on 03/16/2011 09:07:04
AM:
> From: "Mason, Wilbur" <Wilbur.Mason AT pfizer DOT com>
> To: "EMC NetWorker discussion" <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>,
> "Michael Leone" <Michael.Leone AT PHA.PHILA DOT GOV>
> Date: 03/16/2011 09:07 AM
> Subject: RE: [Networker] Recovering a Win2008 client using NW 7.5.2
>
> Michael,
>
> You should be able to recover the Wink8 server only if you do not have
> to rebuild the OS. If you have to rebuild the OS then you will have to
> recover from an image backup made of the server PRIOR to performing the
> BMR recovery. In Win2k8, Microsoft only supports the recovery of the OS
> back to same OS instance, meaning that you cannot rebuild the OS and
> then recover as was the case with Win2k and win2k3. EMC is coming out
> with NW7.6sp2 which will support BMR of Win2k8. In the meantime you will
> need to use the Microsoft tool Windows server backup (WSB) to create an
> image of the OS and then you will be able to do a BMR of a win2k8
> server. See below.
>
> Issue:
>
> Disaster recovery of Windows 2008 servers using Networker client may
> fail, when recovery is performed after doing a fresh Install of the
> operating system
>
> Microsoft does not support performing system state recovery to a
> different OS instance than the original, i.e. you cannot perform a
> disaster recovery from a backup, after performing a new OS install.
> Recovery of system state is supported only to the Original OS instance.
> In scenario where the OS is corrupt either due to a hardware failure or
> software corruption, the only supported method of recovery is to perform
> a bare metal recovery. As Networker client currently does not support a
> bare metal recovery for Windows 2008, customers will need to generate a
> recoverable system state of their Windows 2008 servers using Windows
> Server Backup to enable them to perform a disaster recovery of their
> Windows 2008 servers in the event of a failure which leaves the system
> unbootable and a recovery from a backup is required.
>
>
>
> For more information on Microsoft's support statements for Windows
> Server 2008 system state recoveries, including the
> supported/non-supported scenarios and recommendations for various
> recovery scenarios for windows machines see
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249694.
>
>
>
>
> Wilbur Mason
>
> WTI- Global Data Protection Team
>
> Email: wilbur.mason AT pfizer DOT com
>
> Tel: (212) 733-2487
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> On
> Behalf Of Michael Leone
> Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2011 2:21 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] Recovering a Win2008 client using NW 7.5.2
>
> I need to recover a Win2008 (not R2) client completely (i.e., a disaster
>
> recovery sort of recovery). The backup of this client specifies a
> saveset
> of ALL. Yet when I go to do the recover, I only see
>
> VSS SYSTEM BOOT:
> VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:
>
> Of the VSS entries (I do see the drives, C: and D:) as choices to click
> on. Where are the other system components - VSS BOOT:, VSS FILESET:, VSS
>
> USER DATA:? I didn't see any errors on the backup job.
>
> * admnsam004:ALL savefs admnsam004: succeeded.
> admnsam004: VSS SYSTEM FILESET:\ level=full, 1 KB 00:00:05
> 1
> file
> admnsam004: VSS OTHER:\ level=full, 1 KB 00:00:03
> 1
> file
> admnsam004: VSS USER DATA:\ level=full, 1 KB 00:00:03
> 1
> file
> admnsam004: VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:\ level=full, 26 MB 00:00:27
> 11
> files
> * admnsam004:VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ VSS SYSTEM BOOT: VSS Writer: ASR Writer
> is
> not supported, ignoring it.
> admnsam004: VSS SYSTEM BOOT:\ level=full, 58 MB 00:00:27
> 16
> files
> admnsam004: D:\ level=full, 10 GB 00:22:03
> 52595
> files
> admnsam004: C:\ level=full, 10 GB 00:20:58
> 66342
> files
>
> I can see that they are (probably) empty, being only 1 K in size, but
> shouldn't there be entry for it, regardless?
>
> This client is a VM. I made a new VM, same name and IP address;
> installed
> Win2008 (but didn't run any updates); installed Networker; and went to
> do
> a restore, clicking on the client name, so I would get everything, I
> sincerely hope this works right, with Win2008 and NW 7.5.2 ... otherwise
>
> my dept mate is going to be really upset with me, if he has to rebuild
> this Sametime server from scratch ....
>
> --
> Michael Leone
> Network Administrator, ISM
> Philadelphia Housing Authority
> 2500 Jackson St
> Philadelphia, PA 19145
> Tel: 215-684-4180
> Cell: 215-252-0143
> <mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>
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