Load Custom VROC Drivers for Veeam Disaster Recovery
After a failed Microsoft patch that could not be uninstalled (blogged here), I recently had a do a bare-metal restore of the system drive of an HPE ProLiant MicroServer. The …
Windows Image Restore Woes
Man it is hard to restore a computer backup from a Windows Backup image. Especially if you are trying to restore to a new Hyper-V virtual machine. Here are a …
Recovery Failure after Full System Restore
I’m a big believer of getting image-based backups of all computers, including desktops. Unfortunately, after a full-system restore, it seems that more often than not, the machine fails to boot.
Windows Essentials Client Restore Errors 10060, 0x8007003B
In testing an Essentials Client Restore under Hyper-V, the restore kept failing. It would show the server name, prompt for the username and password, but then it would fail with …
Server 2016 Hyper-V Restore Test
This is arguably the most boring post I’ve ever written. No graphics, lots of references to my own unique environment. But this is the real world of backup and recovery …
Restore Server to Desktop – 2021 Edition
Once a year, I test restoring a server to a desktop. The server is backed up with standard Windows Backup. The idea is to confirm that if the server went …
Restore Server – 2020 Edition
I try to do a server restore test once a year. Previous tests are blogged in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017 (which includes 2018). This year I …
Windows Backup Fails after Renaming User
If you rename a user under Windows 10 following a procedure like this, your Windows 7 backup may start failing, unable to find files from the previous username. In the …
Veeam Free Causes SQL Error 3041
I’m running Veeam Free 3.0.1.1039 on a Server 2016 running SQL Server 2016. Every time the backup runs, I see MSSQLSERVER event ID 3041 in the Application event log: “BACKUP …
SolarWinds Backup Tips and Tricks
I’m using SolarWinds backup at a client site. A few notes: