Hi all, ok I am going to try and put across the situation and requirements and see if anyone else has been down the same route and has answers to the problems I have been through
Setup
2 x Server 2008 r2 tinboxes
1 x SAN connected via SAS to the tinboxes
On each tin box is hyper v and clustering; all standard roles added from server 2008 r2
The tinboxes are able to see one volume for a DC and 2 volumes for clustered shared area and quorum they are clustered and are running 3 highly available VMs
I have installed backupexe (Trial) on tinbox 1 and the agent on tinbox 2
Situation
I have backed up the local server with a full disaster recovery and the local vm = success
I have backed up the clustered VMs = success
I have then done a full disaster recovery restore of tinbox 1 and tinbox 2 onto identical hardware, these restores are successful to a degree, the OS restores and the server fires up and you can log in, the Hyper V services don’t start and fail with a “cannot find file” error, this is resolved by removing the hyper v role and re installing it, then the hyper v services work.
I then noticed the drive with the VM DC on it hadn’t restored, (although the restore said success) It did however create the folder structure.
If I then do a restore of the DC VHD from the backupexec software I can then get the local DC hyper V running,
First question why do I have to uninstall the hyper v role and reinstall?
Second question why did the DC VHD / VM not restore?
I then try and restore the clustered VMs and am unable to do this as the c:\clusterstorage\volume 1 folder says access denied, I look at the Cluster Manager and the cluster doesn’t show, Note: the Cluster was at least visible before I had to remove and add the hyper v role.
So there you have it, I would love some suggestions as to what I am doing wrong, with regards to the backup etc,
For the local tinboxes I am backing up everything, allowing for sdr this means the c:\clusterstorage folder is ticked but it doesn’t back this up, I have also got the hyper v server (DC) ticked and being backed up, additionally the drive which is holding the DC VHD is also being backed up.
I work on a restricted site so can’t reply to any questions etc instantly but would love anyone’s input
Many thanks