wbadmin restoration question

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Author: wickerandvineLocation: alang-alang Mandaue PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 2:54 am    Post subject: wbadmin restoration question
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Hi,

I have a question about restoring a baremetal/system state backup to a new machine.

- Does baremetal or system state backup backup the RAID configurations?

- Does the new machine have to have the same hardware specs as with the machine where the backup came from?

- Does the new machine need to have the same raid configuration or harddisk size as the machine where the backup came from?


Thanks!

Author: ryansuttonLocation: San Francisco, California PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 6:07 am    Post subject: Re: wbadmin restoration question
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- Does baremetal or system state backup backup the RAID configurations?
No - most backup software only will back up data at the OS level

- Does the new machine have to have the same hardware specs as with the machine where the backup came from?
This depends on your backup software. Most backup platforms can restore to different types of hardware

- Does the new machine need to have the same raid configuration or harddisk size as the machine where the backup came from?
No

Author: wickerandvineLocation: alang-alang Mandaue PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 8:37 am    Post subject:
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I'm using windows server backup which is a feature of windows server 2008. So does this restore to different hardware types?

Author: ryansuttonLocation: San Francisco, California PostPosted: Fri Aug 24, 2012 10:56 pm    Post subject:
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It can be done. You will need to load the appropriate drivers during the restore. The following link has complete instructions:

http://www.wbadmin.info/articles/howto-bare-metal-restores-windows-server-2008-backup.html

Author: wickerandvineLocation: alang-alang Mandaue PostPosted: Wed Aug 29, 2012 4:35 am    Post subject:
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Thanks! This is very informative. I have done a baremetal restore as indicated on the link you provided and im getting an error.

Quote:
Windows cannot restore a system image to a computer that has different firmware.The system image was created on a computer using EFI and this computer is using BIOS.


The machines (PC) are of the same model. HP compaq 6200. The source of the backup has a windows server 2008 OS installed. Looking at the source machine it has an EFI partition.

Thanks!



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