Dear all,
having some issues restoring my Windows Server 2012 R2 from a Windows image backup.
I have daily backups, but when I try to restore the latest image I get:
Bare metal recovery Windows Server 2012 R2: The processor architecture or OS version of Windows Recovery Environment is not the same as that of the computer that was backed up
It is definitely the same hardware.
Originally I used the original installation DVD for the recovery.
After I got the above message I thought that wbadmin might have been updated.
So I installed a fresh copy and installed all updates.
But when I then try a system state recovery from Windows server backup I get the same error message.
Looking at the backup I have the feeling that all required data is there.
I could also restore the C: drive and AD and FRS to a different drive:
PS C:\Users\Administrator> wbadmin get items -backuptarget:R: -version:06/02/2023-03:00
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
EFI System Partition
Volume ID = {f5a51ac6-671d-4fda-b4aa-0ae0966a8c81}
Volume '', mounted at C: at the time the backup was created
Volume size = 511.48 GB
Can recover = Full volume
Volume ID = {85b44d8b-7c72-450c-821e-c6778979677f}
Volume 'data', mounted at H: at the time the backup was created
Volume size = 5076.87 GB
Can recover = Full volume
Volume ID = {9b7d397c-9e53-4d43-9ddc-8683d8fec164}
Volume 'VHDX', mounted at V:
Volume size = 761.87 GB
Can recover = Full volume
Volume ID = {21246ae0-6e91-41e4-b2f3-a56b9b270192}
Volume 'Recovery', mounted at <not mounted> at the time the backup was created
Volume size = 300.00 MB
Can recover = Full volume
Application = FRS
Component = 3DDF3CA7-CD69-40AE-9AAD-0E4D3ACE97CB-BEFF3791-477C-4941-B8A3-74C180FAD475 (SYSVOL\3DDF3CA7-CD69-40AE-9AAD-0E
4D3ACE97CB-BEFF3791-477C-4941-B8A3-74C180FAD475)
Application = AD
Component = ntds (C:_Windows_NTDS\ntds)
Application = Registry
Component = Registry (\Registry)
Application = HyperV
VM name: w2k16virt
VM caption: Online\w2k16virt
VM identifier: 1A2A82B1-9BA4-49CF-8001-A5608B624C67
Total Size: 500.64 GB
Application = HyperV
VM name: Host Component
VM caption: Host Component
VM identifier: Host Component
Total Size: 49.15 KB
Any idea how to restore the data?
It was my only domain controller.
And yes, I know. One should have two of them and I was looking for additional hardware when my server crashed.
It was also running Exchange 2012 in a 2015 Hyper-V VM
Thanks and Regards,
Andreas
