Restore to Different Hardware

[Jeffrey]

I posted this 1 week ago in the AD group and did receive some
suggestions, but they have not worked. I am trying a different group to
see if I can pick something up here.

I am trying to restore a Domain Controller/Exchange server on a box in
our test environment. The current hardware is a ML370G2 running Windows
Server 2000. I have tried restoring into a Virtual Machine (VMware) and
to an older Compaq box (ML530) to no avail. I repeatedly end up with an
Inaccessible Boot Device STOP error.

I have used these articles for reference:

How to perform a disaster recovery restoration of Active Directory on a
computer with a different hardware configuration
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=263532

How to move a Windows installation to different hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=249694

How to perform an in-place upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292175/

I have tried the various repair options from setup, even an upgrade in
place, but cannot get past the STOP error. I have done parallel
installs of Windows 2000 Server and copied the working system file from
c:\2KRCV\system32\config (parallel install) to c:\winnt\system32\config
(restored install). This gets me past the boot error, but then I only
get to the very beginnings of the desktop background and the machine
reboots - even in safe mode and after an upgrade in place (which never
makes it to mini-windows after it initially copies files).

I have done restores of AD and Exchange from one VM to another VM - but
that totally avoids the different hardware problems I am running into.
Does anyone have tips on restoring to different hardware? I really feel
like I am just overlooking something somewhere and the fresh perspective
might help.

Thanks!
Jeffrey

 

[Steve Parry]

I posted this 1 week ago in the AD group and did receive some
suggestions, but they have not worked. I am trying a different group to
see if I can pick something up here.

I am trying to restore a Domain Controller/Exchange server on a box in
our test environment. The current hardware is a ML370G2 running Windows
Server 2000. I have tried restoring into a Virtual Machine (VMware) and
to an older Compaq box (ML530) to no avail. I repeatedly end up with an
Inaccessible Boot Device STOP error.

I have used these articles for reference:

How to perform a disaster recovery restoration of Active Directory on a
computer with a different hardware configuration
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=263532

How to move a Windows installation to different hardware
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=249694

How to perform an in-place upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/292175/

I have tried the various repair options from setup, even an upgrade in
place, but cannot get past the STOP error. I have done parallel
installs of Windows 2000 Server and copied the working system file from
c:\2KRCV\system32\config (parallel install) to c:\winnt\system32\config
(restored install). This gets me past the boot error, but then I only
get to the very beginnings of the desktop background and the machine
reboots - even in safe mode and after an upgrade in place (which never
makes it to mini-windows after it initially copies files).

I have done restores of AD and Exchange from one VM to another VM - but
that totally avoids the different hardware problems I am running into.
Does anyone have tips on restoring to different hardware? I really feel
like I am just overlooking something somewhere and the fresh perspective
might help.

Thanks!
Jeffrey

Have you looked at http://www.vmware.com/products/p2v/

 

[Jeffrey]

Have you looked at http://www.vmware.com/products/p2v/

I have not looked at that. I have been trying to go from physical
machine to physical machine more than physical to VM. I am also hoping
to test the actual restore process instead of imaging the source server.

I have (while working with the VMs) used the Ultimate P2V method to
inject the VMware drivers into the restored OS. That information was here:

http://www.rtfm-ed.co.uk/?page_id=174

Thanks!
Jeffrey

 

[John John]

Apparently Acronis can do that but I have never tried it.

John