Backup and restore will want to restore the system using the same partition table. Since backup and restore saves the file in a vhd file, you could mount the vhd file. Once mounted copy all the files from the VHD file to the new drive with a different partition table. You could also mount the vhd and read it with imagex and then use imagex to apply to the new computer. Not the best way, but with some tweaking you could probably get it to work.
Clustering in a bit more complex. Refer to the Microsoft article on cc786625.Depending on what type of failure you have, how many nodes you have will determine if you need to restore the quorum disk. We have a video "High Availability in Windows Server 2008" which explains how clusters work, but not so much how to back them up.
I am not aware of a way of doing this. Backup and Restore only provides back back up and restore features. For more advanced features you may need to use a commercial product.
If both servers support EFI GPT this should not cause any problems. All thought Windows has got a lot better at being moved between platforms, there is always a risk something may not work as expected.
All your videos are very informative and helpful. Thanks a ton for uploading them on youtube. We had difficulties restoring Win 2008 servers on dissimilar hardware using Symantec Netbackup software 1. Is it possible to restore W2K8 server with GPT partition on MBR partition OR vise-versa. 2. If i want to restore W2K8 cluster nodes? What is the process? Should i restore quorum disk as well? 3.Productoin servers configured with EFI GPT partition can it be restored on any dissimilar hardware?
This video is great. Do you know how to setup multiple backup jobs , for ex 1) Full server backup VSS to DISK1 at 11PM 2) C and D Drive at 2Pm and 9PM to anothe DISK2 I have not been able to schedule 2 backup jobs using the Windows interface, is there anyway to get it done?
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Backup and restore will want to restore the system using the same partition table. Since backup and restore saves the file in a vhd file, you could mount the vhd file. Once mounted copy all the files from the VHD file to the new drive with a different partition table. You could also mount the vhd and read it with imagex and then use imagex to apply to the new computer. Not the best way, but with some tweaking you could probably get it to work.
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Clustering in a bit more complex. Refer to the Microsoft article on cc786625.Depending on what type of failure you have, how many nodes you have will determine if you need to restore the quorum disk. We have a video "High Availability in Windows Server 2008" which explains how clusters work, but not so much how to back them up.
I am not aware of a way of doing this. Backup and Restore only provides back back up and restore features. For more advanced features you may need to use a commercial product.
If both servers support EFI GPT this should not cause any problems. All thought Windows has got a lot better at being moved between platforms, there is always a risk something may not work as expected.
All your videos are very informative and helpful. Thanks a ton for uploading them on youtube.
We had difficulties restoring Win 2008 servers on dissimilar hardware using Symantec Netbackup software 1. Is it possible to restore W2K8 server with GPT partition on MBR partition OR vise-versa. 2. If i want to restore W2K8 cluster nodes? What is the process? Should i restore quorum disk as well? 3.Productoin servers configured with EFI GPT partition can it be restored on any dissimilar hardware?
This video is great. Do you know how to setup multiple backup jobs , for ex
1) Full server backup VSS to DISK1 at 11PM
2) C and D Drive at 2Pm and 9PM to anothe DISK2
I have not been able to schedule 2 backup jobs using the Windows interface, is there anyway to get it done?