Windows Server Backup 2016 Bare Metal Recovery
1 my production server is a dell pe r710 with ws 2016.
Windows server backup 2016 bare metal recovery. In the next screen verify settings and click finish to begin the restore. Create a bare metal backup of windows server 2008 r2 2012 r2 2016 or 2019. Just ordered a new dell server and installed server 2016 with 2 virtual servers both 2016 setup the windows backup on the hardware installed server backing up to usb drive. A malfunctioning fan could overheat a computer motherboard and render it useless.
Boot the server using the windows dvd. 2 my test server is a dell optiplex 780 with ws 2012r2. In windows server 2016 there are two ways to run backup and recovery jobs one is with the graphic user interface gui of windows server backup the other is with wbadmin from a command prompt. When creating the windows server bare metal backup with wsb you need to select the item bare metal.
Windows server online backup solution with image based backup and bare metal recovery. It has 2 146gb sas drives configured as raid 1 and 6 300gb sas drives configured as raid 5. Windows server backup wsb was first introduced in windows server 2008. The operating system could become corrupt and refuse to start.
What to prepare for bare metal restore. Crashed the server i wanted to test the restore capabilities unfortunately bare metal restore is not working. In the recovery pane find the machine you want to recovery bare metal recovery. I have tried the bare metal backup using a 1tb usb drive and a network share qnap.
Hardware and operating system failures are rare but they can happen. Choose repair my computer. In choose how to restore the backup select format and repartition disks. Run recovery on the dpm server.
Compared with windows server backup wbadmin gives you more options for managing backups such as delete backups so you must be a member of the. Both fail about 1 into the c. Windows server 2016 essentials windows server 2012 r2 essentials windows server 2012 essentials. 5 tb storage limit.
This example covers the recovery of the whole server and can be used if the server is unable to boot into windows.