Recovering Win2k Server Systemstate with file redirection
Hello dear Community!
After a complete crash of our Windows 2000 Server I am not able to restore it. I think I do something wrong with the use of the function file redirection (sorry, i am a german people and i do not know the exact label in the english version).
I first tried using manual IDR boot CD to restore a Windows 2000 Server after full formatting of the hard disks
- IDR boot (about 6 months old) + set (either automatically or manually DR-file)
- Restore job started by the media server
----> C partition + system state redirected to the client C:\
After the recovery was completed (at the point where Backup Exec asks whether additional orders will follow) I got an error message that the system HAL could not be accessed. After restarting the recovered Windows 2000 the boot failed because the NTOSKRNL.EXE could not be found.
This has the following reason: Backup Exec copied the system state to C:\Boot Files\C_\, C:\Registry\ und C:\COM+ xx and not to the right places in Windows! Backup Exec has not understood that it should restore the system state and has just copied the naked data to C:.
After that I tried the following: i installed Windows 2000 Server and the backup exec agent manually. Then i recovered the backup from the Media server to the running Windows 2000 Server. The result is the same (C: \ Boot Files \ C_ \, and so on).
How do I restore the system state restore correctly if I have to use the file redirection? (Info: the old server was replaced with new hardware having the same name / IP is productive. The old server will be reactivated for testing purposes).
I am using Symantec Backup Exec 12.5
Thanks in advance!
If you are doing IDR, we automatically set the host name to old name, based on the information in dr file. For manual disaster recovery, you need to have same host name. Yes, exact same host name is required. Please consult Windows disaster recovery documentation to have a better understanding of the process.
