Question about backup / restore of virtual machines

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• General questions about backup, restore, upgrade and migration

  Hello

  1 can restore you a backup in windows xp, vista or windows 7 to windows 8 after clean installtion of it, or which is not possible due to differences in file format!

  2. What is the difference beween upgrade and migration in normal version of windows xp, vista, 7?

  3. when pass you any version of windows to superior version whitout a wil stay intact messaging and data backup?

  Thank you

  Johan

  Thanks for all the useful information, my last two questions are:

  1 can spend you xp to 8 or 8.1 pro or Enterprise version?

  See my answer

  2. can you use the original release of windows 7 or 8 in a network of windows server environment or it must be pro, ultimate and Enterprise version?

  Unfortunately not.
  Comapare editions: what each restriction versions are
  https://www.Microsoft.com/Windows/Business/Windows-version-comparison-chart.aspx

  Upgrade to Windows 8.1 of Windows Vista or Windows XP
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/upgrade-from-Windows-Vista-XP-tutorial

  Note: If your PC is currently provided with pre-installed XP, the processor (CPU) is perhaps not able to support any version of Windows 8 or 8.1 as 8 or 8.1 requires the CPU supported the NX bit. That one version of the Intel Pentium 4 a NX supports, if you purchased a late model XP computer comes with an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, then chances are that it supports NX.

  For more information, see this post:
  http://answers.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows/Forum/windows8_1-performance/Windows-81-requires-support-for-NX/f30ec261-4378-4a31-9d46-abb7620dd5ef

  Also download and run the upgrade wizard
  http://Windows.Microsoft.com/en-us/Windows-8/Upgrade-Assistant-download-online-FAQ

  J W Stuart: http://www.pagestart.com

• Question about time-keepin in virtual machines

  Hello

  I know that VMware suggests to use time between the VM and ESX hosts, with Vmware tools. My question is simple: How can I disable the time between domain-Memberservers (W2K3) and Domaincontrollers in order to synchronize exclusively between the host and the VM? What kind of config, I have to do on Windows boxes to prevent time from the field?

  Thanks for your advice... Andy

  Disable time service windows and activate the time synchronization in the VMware tools.

  Also, here's a good white paper if you haven't seen

  http://www.VMware.com/PDF/vmware_timekeeping.PDF

• VCR: Error-3902 try to restore a virtual machine

  Hi all

  I install VDR and had saved on my test VMs each night. It worked well. I was able to restore the virtual computer and also use (experimental) file-level restore.

  However, this virtual machine was no longer needed so it was deleted in the inventory. I thought, then, do a test and try and restore the virtual computer. VDR starts catering, creates the VM and then errors with "badly written files, error-3902 (file error).

  Has anyone seen this error? Restorations were working before I deleted the virtual machine. For now restores only work if the original VM source still exists, which somewhat defeats the purpose of backups if you cannot restore your virtual machine if it is deleted.

  See you soon,.

  Chris

  Please make sure that you are on VDR version 1.0.2.  If you are, please restart the device and retry the operation.

• backup of the virtual machine fails HotAdd mode if the virtual machine is running?

  backup of the virtual machine fails HotAdd mode if the virtual machine is running?

  sometimes. When vmware tools is outdated, some os comments will be omitted to suspended snapshot. During this time, the backup may have failed.

• A question about the restoration of cold backup (backup of control file is not clear)

  Hello
  
  I had another question about restoring from backup to cold. My database is in noarchivelog mode and after that take a consistent backup of cold, all I have to do is restore the backup right? -Why I got this question is because: when I save my control to trace file, I see statements like this: -.
  -Orders to recreate the table of the incarnation
  -Under journal names MUST be replaced by names of existing files
  -disc. The log files from each branch can be used for
  -re - create the folders of the incarnation.
  -LOGFILE of REGISTRY ALTER DATABASE ' / uo1/app1/arch1_1_647102958.dbf';
  -Recovery is required if any of the data files are restored backups.
  - or if the last shutdown was not normal or immediate.
  RECOVER THE DATABASE
  -Database can now be opened normally.
  ALTER DATABASE OPEN;
  -----
  My database is in noarchivelog mode now so don't know why these statements (of the registry the logfile) is there in the backup of the control file? so when I restore the cold backup of this database, it will still work OK? (there is no log file I only have the CRD files in cold don't backup - no log file archive.)
  
  Thank you
  Cedric

  It is a generic message in trace control file. It's not affect you.

• Restore the Virtual Machine from Windows 7

  I had set up a virtual computer on another partition on my drive (D:\VM) and my computer crashed and the computer scientist did a restore of the C: drive and I am not currently able to do the old VM to work. I have the following files listed under D:\VM

  License.NLF

  Windows XP Mode.vhd

  Windows XP Mode.vsv

  Windows XP Mode.vmc

  Windows XP Mode.vmc.vpcbackup

  Looks like the latest state of the virtual machine is on hypernation. How can I make my old VM to work? Need help!

  Hello

  The question you posted would be better suited in the TechNet Forums. I would recommend posting your query in the TechNet Forums.
  http://social.technet.Microsoft.com/forums/en-us/w7itprovirt/threads

  Hope this information helps.

• Question about backup with VDR 2.0.2

  Hello

  Excuse me for very low knowledge on this argument.

  I have a very simple question. If I made a backup of a motor home on Windows Server virtual machine and I create a folder on this machine between the time where VDR create the snapshot and the time of the end of the copy, when VDR remove the snapshot, the folder will remain on the server? All the changes I made on a virtual machine in the VDR copy will be lost or before to remove the snapshot, the changes will be merged with the original disc?

  Thank you very much.

  Hello

  the disks will be merged. If your changes are not lost.

  The backup however of course only will contain data up to the point when the snapshot was created.

  Concerning

  Tim

• Restore for virtual machines recovered steps

  Hello

  I just read the Administrator's guide and some documents of advantage seller 3rd on the reconfiguration of the SRM of the restoration for use in a production design.

  I noticed that there are steps in the Administrator's guide to close all virtual machines that have been recovered to recovery as part of a failover of completed site (see attachment).  The steps will guide you to delete files in VM reserved space on the table and delete files/directories in vCenter on the recovering site that contains the configuration files of virtual machine created during the creation of a protection group.

  That means that if you were running a 'assisted restoration' you need a system failure to recover all the virtual machines for the time to complete all the tasks of reconfiguration and automatic restore of test?  Is that correct or is it just a cut and paste from the evaluation guide where we don't care about system failures because it is eval?

  We use EMC CLARiiON systems for storage and I have gone through the H5583-VMware_Site_Recovery_Manager_with_EMC_CLARiiON_CX3_and_MirrorViewS_Implementation (see attachment) - this document does not mention any of these steps at all.

  Can anyone who has been successfully complete a review of restoration?

  Surely files in VM reserved space on the storage array and folders/directories in vCenter can be removed after the restore is complete, in this way, all changes can be made when retrieving VMs are on the rise and running and no downtime will be experienced by the company? -is that not what the result you want in this situation?

  Look forward to your opinion on this subject.

  Craig.

  Hi Craig

  The word of Chad is the deadline and this point, but subject to change, is June

  It is certainly not a flaw to make the functionality available to the general public at that time - but teams of engineers are looking to this kind of delay

  Hope that helps

  Kind regards

  Alex Tanner

• Blue screen at the start of WinSrv2008r2 recovered from the backup of windows virtual machine image

  Hello

  At first, everything seems fine:

  -to create the new virtual machine

  -startup disc for instalation of Windows Server 2008 on this VM

  -Select "Repair system" and point the backup image file (full backup - made with standard Windows backup tool)

  -system recovered successfully.

  But then, when the system restart recovered fresh - start start Windows normally - and suddenly it is blue screen with the error 0x0000007b

  IMHO, this first initiated boot of the recovered system trying to twist something in the special part of the disc and he cannot (because it's a virtual disk?)

  Is it possible to recover the system windows image file system server to virtual classic?

  Thanks in advance for all voice :-)

  Greetings,

  RA

  Welcome to the community,

  the error message is related to the controller to start the virtual machine, which is different from the original system, and its drivers are not loaded in Windows. What you try, it is to use the free VMware Converter and run the option "Set up the Machine", which should inject the necessary drivers in the virtual machine. Before doing this, please make sure that the Windows 2008 virtual machine has the default "LSI Logic SAS' controller configured in its settings.

  André

• Doubts about sound in the virtual machine with w2k3

  Hi all

  I have the following question on the sound:

  • In my lab I have an ESXi 4.1 without sound card.
  • I create a virtual with Windows Server 2003 computer.
  • When I connect to my VM via Remote Desktop, I hear the typical sound of logon of windows acroos the speakers of my laptop. Why, if my VM doesn't have a sound card?
  • What kind of sound can reproduce via Remote Desktop if the server has no sound card?
    

  If anyone can clarify on this, I'll be very grateful

  Thank you

  Hello febsa

  The virtual machine with W2003 used your computer speakers.

  What kind of sound can reproduce via Remote Desktop if the server has no sound card? Only the default Windows 2003 sounds

  
  

• VCB backup snapshot or virtual machine?

  Hello

  Workflow of VCB, I read these procedures frequently and I'm confused by what backup software is stored:

  ".....  Put the virtual machine snapshot mode and take a snapshot.

  .. .Mount snapshot of the VM for the proxy backup (to win)

  .. software backup .the performs a regular backup of the snapshot of the virtual machine moving data from backup media... »

  So I wonder what backup software is saved: any virtual machine or virtual machine snapshot? and why?

  And for linux, it will export (copy) the snapshot of the machine the VCB proxy virtual of the SAN. If a single snapshot is stored to the proxy of VCB mount point, why VCB proxy must have enough space to contain the largest virtual machine?

  Can someone give me some clarification?

  LAN

  To clearify:

  In the world of VMware ESX, a snapshot is the same as the 'entire virtual machine' as you say. It's just the disks 'frozen' in a State of know. VCB can then move up and back up this disk (or copy it to the VCB proxy) while the virtual machine is placing the changed data in the temporary file. Some people refer to this temporary file that the file 'snapshot', while the other, see you in the frozen file as the 'snapshot' file, and creates confusion for users/students. A 'snapshot' is simply the functionality described above.

  When the backup action is finalized, VCB tells vCenter to "remove the snapshot" which actually means that the data in the temporary file are merged with the 'frozen' disk that is then back 'defrosted' and put into live operation.

  / R

• Unalterable RCLI in U4, how do the backup for my virtual machine

  Hi, in the update of this week, my esxi U4 servers build 153875, but now have a problem, my script php to backup virtual machines do not work, orders rcli is unable to connect to the esxi Server

  Search error:

  root@backuplinux script# /usr/lib/vmware-viperl/apps/vm/vminfo.pl--serveur virtual7

  Enter the user name: root

  Enter the password:

  Error to connect to the server " " https://virtual7/sdk/webService': Maybe host isn't a Virtual Center or ESX Server.

  I use:

  VI Perl Toolkit version: 1.6

  'Vminfo.pl' script version: 1.0

  You can take a look at ghettoVCB that use the console SSH not supported for download and execution of the backup script. You can also take a look at Veeam Backup If you are looking for a basic GUI solution, among others.

  =========================================================================

  William Lam

  VMware vExpert 2009

  Scripts for VMware ESX/ESXi and resources at: http://engineering.ucsb.edu/~duonglt/vmware/

  http://Twitter.com/lamw

• Restore the virtual machine to the new ESX box

  Hello

  I'm new on this.

  I recived a set of virtual machines to another place and I want to restore to the newly created ESX. I followed the steps below to restore.

  Recived files:

  XX_YY. NVRAM

  XX_YY.VMDK

  XX_YY.vmsd

  XX_YY.vmtx

  XX_YY - flat hard

  After I copy all the files above using WinSCP, I could find the "XX_YY.vmdk" is copied to the XX_YY.vmdk.flatfile' which I have one copy of another on the server with the old name using the command #cp XX_YY.vmdk.flatfile XX_YY.vmdk?

  I copied all of the above files using winscp client.

  Open the VI client and browse the storage

  right click on the "XX_YY.vmtx" and add to the inventory

  Add to the popup to open inventory and asks me to enter the name of the template and that I have provided.

  In the next window, I click on finsih, I see the error: "the operation is not supported on the object.

  Any Document that would tell me more info on how to restore / import VM in my newly created ESX box?

  Thanks in advance

  Krishna

  The files are in the format of model already if not the following.

  Simply import the vmdk into ESX using "vmkfstools", then search for the data store, right-click on the vmtx file and select Add to the inventory. Also, you can simply rename the vmtx to vmx file.

  Carl

• Question about the configuration of virtual computer file and the working VM location

  I noticed one of my virtual machines had two data warehouses listed under "Items" in the vSphere Client.

  After some research autour, I found the virtual machine files are in the correct data store, but the 'VM-configuration file' and 'Place of work VM' are in another data store.

  Can I combine all in the same database?   I'd rather have the config and the workplace on ma who has a lot of main storage.  For some reason, the configuration file and the location of work were created on a local storage on my host.

  Any suggestions?

  Thank you

  David Moore

  You can use Storage vMotion to migrate only the virtual machine configuration file to the desired location, just start the wizard of vMotion and storage step 'Select the data store', click Advanced, and you will see the option to select a new destination for the configuration file data store.