Recovering System State for Computers Running Windows Server 2008
Applies To: System Center Data Protection Manager 2007
DPM supports recovery of system state by using the Recovery Wizard. The following procedure shows how to recover the system state of computers running Windows Server 2008.
Recover System State
Restore the system state data as files using the DPM Administrator Console.
Move the .vhd files from the WindowsImageBackup Folder to the Backup <timestamp> folder.
Use Wbadmin to recover the system state to the target machine.
Example
To show the process of recovering the system state of a computer running on Windows Server 2008, assume that a DPM server (DPM01) protects a production server (PSW08) running on Windows Server 2008.
The Backup administrator restores the system state as files to PSWS08, or to some volume on DPM01. The recovery path is E:\DPM_10-13-2008_2.52.20\DPM_Recovered_At_10-13-2008_3.13.18AM\contoso.com\C-Volume\WindowsImageBackup.
Share the recovered system state files from the path in the previous step using the following command.
net share SSRestore=e:\DPM_10-13-2008_2.52.20\DPM_Recovered_At_10-13-2008_3.13.18AM\contoso.com\C-Volume
Note
Share the folder containing WindowsImageBackup folder, which means that WindowsImageBackup folder should exist on a shared folder.
Recover the system state using Wbadmin
Example: wbadmin get versions -backuptarget:\\PSWS08\SSRestore
Sample output:
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.
Backup time: 10/13/2008 2:36 AM
Backup target: Fixed Disk labeled C:
Version identifier: 10/13/2008-09:36
Can Recover: Application(s), System StateUse the version identifier that the previous command returns in the following command to complete the recovery.
Example: wbadmin start systemstaterecovery -version:10/13/2008-09:36 -backuptarget:\\ PSWS0\ssrestore