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Microsoft SBS 2008, Restore to Different Hardware

icomms
Level 2

Hello, running Backup Exec (12.5, 2010 and 2010 R2) at various sites,

Is there a definitive guide to restoring a complete SBS 2008 Server on to completely different hardware using Backup Exec only?

By this I mean, the O/S, Active Directory,Exchange, SQL and Sharepoint.

We have full backups of our servers, all boxes ticked.

All we seem to get are Blue Screens of Death after a restore of the system state.

Is there a better product out there?

Thanks!

Adrian.

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AmolB
Moderator
Moderator
Employee Accredited Certified

Symantec does not support restore of server to a different hardware.

For DR of SBS 2008 refer to http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH87893

mandar_khanolka
Level 6
Employee

You can try using NetBackup Bare Metal Restore (7.0.1 release).

Specifially SBS 2008 restore has not been tried out but it supports win2008/R2 DSR (dissimilar sytem restore).

NOTE: NB-BMR is tightly coupled cross-platform DR solution with Symantec-NetBackup. It does not support restore from BE backup.

Thanks.

Mandar

Hywel_Mallett
Level 6
Certified

As others say, Backup Exec doesn't do dissimilar hardware.

In this scenario I'd recommend Backup Exec System Recovery. Similar name, but a different product. It does dissimilar hardware recovery, as well as several other things.