Recovering System State for Computers Running Windows Server 2008

Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007

DPM supports recovery of system state by using the Recovery Wizard. The following procedure shows how to recover the system state of computers running Windows Server 2008.

Recover System State

  1. Restore the system state data as files using the DPM Administrator Console.

  2. Move the .vhd files from the WindowsImageBackup Folder to the Backup <timestamp> folder.

  3. Use Wbadmin to recover the system state to the target machine.

Example

To show the process of recovering the system state of a computer running on Windows Server 2008, assume that a DPM server (DPM01) protects a production server (PSW08) running on Windows Server 2008.

  1. The Backup administrator restores the system state as files to PSWS08, or to some volume on DPM01. The recovery path is E:\DPM_10-13-2008_2.52.20\DPM_Recovered_At_10-13-2008_3.13.18AM\contoso.com\C-Volume\WindowsImageBackup.

  2. Share the recovered system state files from the path in the previous step using the following command.

    net share SSRestore=e:\DPM_10-13-2008_2.52.20\DPM_Recovered_At_10-13-2008_3.13.18AM\contoso.com\C-Volume

    Note

    Share the folder containing WindowsImageBackup folder, which means that WindowsImageBackup folder should exist on a shared folder.

  3. Recover the system state using Wbadmin

    Example: wbadmin get versions -backuptarget:\\PSWS08\SSRestore

    Sample output:

    wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
    (C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.

    Backup time: 10/13/2008 2:36 AM
    Backup target: Fixed Disk labeled C:
    Version identifier: 10/13/2008-09:36
    Can Recover: Application(s), System State

    Use the version identifier that the previous command returns in the following command to complete the recovery.

    Example: wbadmin start systemstaterecovery -version:10/13/2008-09:36 -backuptarget:\\ PSWS0\ssrestore

See Also

Other Resources

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