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Dear all,
having trouble since more than a week to get my domain controller back up and running.
I was using the built in Windows Server tools and created daily full backups including bare metal recovery.
Unfortunately the backups were on an iSCSI disk.
Under Windows 10 I could see the backups with wbadmin get versions when mounting the iSCSI disk.
Copying the content to an USB drive didn't work.
Copying the data to a RDX drive looked OK.
So I finally disassembled my PC and then connected the RDX drive to the server.
Now when booting from the original Server 2012 R2 DVD I just need to add the drivers for the INTEL RAID.
This works fine and I can see the disks on the server.
When starting the recovery it shows the latest backup.
Clicking through it seems to start the recovery, but then fails with:
The processor architecture or OS version of Windows Recovery Environment is not the same as that of the computer that was backed up
The hardware is definitely the same as used for the backup.
The OS is also the same.
I can only assume that the Windows backup was updated (updating monthly) and that the original recovery environment from the installation DVD is not compatible anymore with the latest backups.
Any idea how to create a recovery image including a compatible version of the windows server recovery feature?
There are no ADKs for Windows Server 2012 R2 available for download anymore.
Can I just use a Windows server 2016 installation DVD for the recovery?
Thanks and Regards,
Andreas
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Answer accepted by question author
Hi Andreas,
I am Dave, I will help you with this.
I apologize, Community is just a consumer forum, due to the scope of your question (Server 2011) can you please post this question to our sister forum on Microsoft Q&A (The System Administrators and IT Pro Forum) in the Server 2012 section (linked below)
Over there you will have access to a host of System Administrators and Server 2012 experts and will get a knowledgeable and quick answer to this question.
Hi Dave,
thanks a lot.
Just posted the same question there.
Thanks and Regards,
Andreas
