Restore backups of data to different vcenter server recovery

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• Problem transfer VM from one host to another, different VCenter Server ESXi

  Hello everyone.  I'm new on communities, please excuse my lack of experience of VMWare.  I have a problem with the migration of computers and I hope someone here can help you.

  We have two independent groups in my building that each have their own installer of VMWare.  They each at least two hosts ESXi, VCenter Server, san, etc.  They are in separate laboratories on separate subnets.  I need to get a system in place where some images migrated in one laboratory to another on a regular basis, but I'm running into obstacles.

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• vCenter Server Recovery of Cluster has failed (Site A to Site B)

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  Hello

  He is a 2012 Macbook mid Pro with El Capitan and Bootcamp.

  After repeated with Bootcamp (Windows 10 Pro) problems I started using Image of Terabyte for Linux in order to safeguard this Macbook. Forums terabyte that people know that the Image of Linux (such as Image for Windows) is able to create a reliable backup, but also to restore - restore an entire disk image or restoring individual partitions.

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  Well, it was the long introduction.  I'm sorry.

  Now my question is:

  Is this something that has changed my partition table?

  Before restoring an Image for backup of Linux for the first time, I had this partition table:

  localhost: ~ root # fdisk/dev/disk0

  Disk: geometry / dev/disk0: 60801/255/63 [976773168 sectors]

  Signature: 0xAA55

  From end

  #: cyl hd s - cyl hd s id [Start - size]

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  1: EA 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [1-409639]

  2: AF 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 [409640-857906448] HFS +.

  3: AB 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63 Boot Darwin [858316088-1269536]

  * 04:07 1023 254 63-1023 254 63 [859586560-117186560] HPFS/QNX / TO THE

  BUT:

  After failed attempts to restore and work finally restore my partition table operation is different:

  Fdisk/dev/disk0

  Disk: geometry / dev/disk0: 60801/255/63 [976773168 sectors]

  Signature: 0xAA55

  From end

  #: cyl hd s - cyl hd s id [Start - size]

  ------------------------------------------------------------------------

  1: EA 0 0 2 - 1023 255 63 [1-409639]

  2: AF 25 102 15 - 1023 255 63 [409640-857906448] HFS +.

  3: AB 1023 0 57 - 1023 255 63 Boot Darwin [858316088-1269536]

  * 04:07 1023 199 8-1023 255 63 [859586560-117186560] HPFS/QNX / TO THE

  Everything seems to work fine, but I wonder if the different appearance of the partition table can be a problem?

  For example, compare:

  1: EA 1023 254 63 - 1023 254 63]

  3 o

  409639]

  TO

  1: EA 0 0 2 - 1023 255 [63 3 o 409639]

  It's the output of 'diskutil list ':

  localhost: ~ root # diskutil list

  / dev/disk0 (internal, physical):

  #: NAME SIZE TYPE IDENTIFIER

  0: GUID_partition_scheme * GB 500,1 disk0

  1: disk0s1 EFI EFI 209.7 MB

  2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 439,2 GB disk0s2

  3: disk0s3 Apple_Boot Recovery 650.0 MB HD

  4: Microsoft database BOOTCAMP 60.0 GB disk0s4

  And the output of 'TPG - r - vv show/dev/disk0':

  See the TPG: / dev/disk0: mediasize = 500107862016; SectorSize = 512; blocks = 976773168

  See the TPG: / dev/disk0: MBR suspicious to sector 0

  See the TPG: / dev/disk0: Pri GPT to sector 1

  See the TPG: / dev/disk0: GPT Sec at sector 976773167

  start index size summary

  0 1 MBR

  1 1 Pri GPT header

  2 32 table GPT Pri

  34 6

  40 409600 1 part TPG - C12A7328-F81F-11D2-BA4B-00A0C93EC93B

  409640 857906448 2 part TPG - 48465300-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  858316088 1269536 3 part TPG - 426F6F74-0000-11AA-AA11-00306543ECAC

  859585624 936

  859586560 117186560 4 part TPG - EBD0A0A2-B9E5-4433-87C0-68B6B72699C7

  976773120 15

  976773135 32 table dry GPT

  976773167 1 dry GPT header

  Out of 'gdisk/dev/disk0:

  localhost: ~ root # gdisk/dev/disk0

  GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 1.0.1

  WARNING: Open with shared lock devices will not have their

  table partition automatically reloaded!

  Scanning partition table:

  MBR: hybrid

  BSD: absent

  APM: absent

  TPG: present

  Found a valid GPT with hybrid MBR; using GPT.

  Command (? for help): p

  Disk/dev/disk0: 976773168 sectors, GiB 465.8

  Logical sector size: 512 bytes

  Identifier (GUID) of disc: 38A2E667-6E00-4C0F-BD78-C95979E3CFAE

  Partition table contains up to 128 entries

  First usable sector is 34, last usable area is 976773134

  The partitions will be aligned with the boundaries of sector 8

  Space is free total 957 sectors (478,5 KiB)

  Starting number (sector) end (sector), Code name of size

  409639 40 1 MiB EF00 EFI 200.0

  2 409640 858316087 409.1 giB AF00 Macintosh HD

  3 858316088 859585623 619.9 MiB AB00 Recovery HD

  4 859586560 976773119 55.9 giB 0700 BOOTCAMP

  Any ideas?

  Another question:

  Is it possible to save the table to partition like that?

  DD if = / dev/sda of = gptandmbr bs = 512 count = 34

  Thank you very much

  NEUMAC

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