restore to new server
|
From: Leythos on 30 Mar 2010 19:22 In article <ucLsB5E0KHA.2436(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl>, Rick(a)LakeValleySeed.com says... > That was probably the issue. > > I call MS and they said that you could not install and OEM version on to > another computer. It is basically a throw away if your hardware goes bad. > I think you've misunderstood licensing for what you can actually do. You can restore and it will run, OEM on another server, but the license will be invalid as far as a MS Audit is concerned, but SBS won't know the difference and it will activate if you do it by phone and explain the issue. You are permitted to change the server IF the old server is not operable and the vendor can not replace it with the SAME hardware. Changing drives is not an issue. -- You can't trust your best friends, your five senses, only the little voice inside you that most civilians don't even hear -- Listen to that. Trust yourself. spam999free(a)rrohio.com (remove 999 for proper email address)
From: Brian Cryer on 31 Mar 2010 07:12 "Rick" <Rick(a)LakeValleySeed.com> wrote in message news:8F04D436-9D3E-4E0B-9E42-91B75FC57C3D(a)microsoft.com... >I purchased a backup box to use in case my hardware fails. I have Win 2008 >Server sp2. > > I use Windows backup to make a complete backup each night. I thought I > should be able to restore to the new server by booting to the Win install > disk and select complete restore. > > The new server has two hdd's that have the same drive letters as the old. > The C: drive on the old is slightly small than the new one (150 gb vs 250 > gb), but otherwise it has the same hardware. Just to double check, when you say "otherwise it has the same hardware", you are including in this same motherboard and same processor? > I boot to the Win install disk, select complete restore, plug in the > backup drive and select the backup I want. When I start the restore it > fails with "The Parameter is incorrect (0x80070057)". When I google this > it seems to indicate a corrupt backup. I can use this backup to restore a > file on to the old computer, so it seems okay - not corrupt. > > Any ideas on how to proceed? Whilst this is talking about windows 7, this might still be applicable to you: http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproinstall/thread/d1d5e820-4b3f-4848-8861-8c0736c5fd1a -- Brian Cryer www.cryer.co.uk/brian
From: Rick on 31 Mar 2010 11:46
Yes, supposedly all the hardware is exactly the same. Thanks for the url to the Win 7 problem description. I am recreating a new backup now and will try to restore from that. Rick "Brian Cryer" <not.here(a)localhost> wrote in message news:efuSaMM0KHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > "Rick" <Rick(a)LakeValleySeed.com> wrote in message > news:8F04D436-9D3E-4E0B-9E42-91B75FC57C3D(a)microsoft.com... >>I purchased a backup box to use in case my hardware fails. I have Win >>2008 Server sp2. >> >> I use Windows backup to make a complete backup each night. I thought I >> should be able to restore to the new server by booting to the Win install >> disk and select complete restore. >> >> The new server has two hdd's that have the same drive letters as the old. >> The C: drive on the old is slightly small than the new one (150 gb vs 250 >> gb), but otherwise it has the same hardware. > > Just to double check, when you say "otherwise it has the same hardware", > you are including in this same motherboard and same processor? > >> I boot to the Win install disk, select complete restore, plug in the >> backup drive and select the backup I want. When I start the restore it >> fails with "The Parameter is incorrect (0x80070057)". When I google this >> it seems to indicate a corrupt backup. I can use this backup to restore >> a file on to the old computer, so it seems okay - not corrupt. >> >> Any ideas on how to proceed? > > Whilst this is talking about windows 7, this might still be applicable to > you: > http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en/w7itproinstall/thread/d1d5e820-4b3f-4848-8861-8c0736c5fd1a > > -- > Brian Cryer > www.cryer.co.uk/brian > |