One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client

scottalanmiller

@DustinB3403 said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

@scottalanmiller said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

@DustinB3403 said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

@scottalanmiller Is this the same client that is licensed for Server 2016, so you're installing Hyper-V 2016 rather than 2019?

Yes. But they found the DVD, and the licensing. So that part is good.

So to ask, why do they require a desktop on their hypervisor? You probably answered this on that other topic but I didn't see it.

MSP's toolset. It requires Windows GUI to work (rolls eyes.)

scottalanmiller

Duplicati is about halfway through the backup at this point.

travisdh1

@scottalanmiller said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

Duplicati is about halfway through the backup at this point.

That's a good sign. An even better one is if you can restore files once it's done.

scottalanmiller

48GB left to back up.

scottalanmiller

@pchiodo should be landing at the customer site in about an hour.

scottalanmiller

35GB left to go.

nadnerB

I would suggest the following but you’re mostly done:

macrium reflect
shadow protect
acronis true image
They might use VSS, I’m not 100% sure

Left field alternative create a VHDX file using the MS tools.

Hope your current tool does it right the first time

Obsolesce

@nadnerB said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

create a VHDX file using the MS tool

That's right... Their Disk2VHD tools has a checkbox for VSS you can uncheck.

scottalanmiller

So after all of this work.... their backup media corrupted and completed died tonight. Backup lost.

nadnerB

@scottalanmiller said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

So after all of this work.... their backup media corrupted and completed died tonight. Backup lost.

Well that blows chunks.
How did you lot end up sorting it/get around it?

scottalanmiller

@nadnerB said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

How did you lot end up sorting it/get around it?

We didn't. The good backup was lost. We did another with Altaro only to find out that they trick you and don't allow restores unless you have a working Windows server to restore on, they actually detect that you are on Hyper-V and/or Windows client and block you from restoring! Worst backup company EVER.

So right now, status is screwed until we figure something out.

scottalanmiller

Let me tell you .... I've never been so disgusted by any backup vendor, ever.

nadnerB

Well that sucks.

scottalanmiller

@nadnerB said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

Well that sucks.

Yeah, trying a P2V now that we can test in the morning.

scottalanmiller

Ended up using https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd

Obsolesce

@scottalanmiller said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

Ended up using https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd

Unchecking the use VSS checkbox I assume? Did it finish successfully and were you able to mount it afterwards and restore a test file from it?

scottalanmiller

@Obsolesce said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

@scottalanmiller said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

Ended up using https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd

Unchecking the use VSS checkbox I assume? Did it finish successfully and were you able to mount it afterwards and restore a test file from it?

Yes, we've restored to Hyper-V on a Windows 10 workstation so that we know that the backup is good BEFORE destroying the server!

Emad R

@scottalanmiller said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

ba

Yeah use
ESXi ovftool

better to use it on another VM close to that VM, so you get max network speeds.

Import:
ovftool --disableVerification --noImageFiles --noSSLVerify --datastore=SSD_RAID_10 --noImageFiles -dm=thin /home/medo/ISO/OVA/test.ova vi://root:[email protected]

Export:
ovftool --disableVerification --noSSLVerify -dm=thin vi://root:[email protected]/Vardot_Ubuntu_OVA /home/medo/ISO/OVA/test.ova

To Import with diff name:
ovftool --disableVerification --noImageFiles --noSSLVerify --datastore=SSD_RAID_10 --noImageFiles -dm=thin --name=OVA_TESTER /home/medo/ISO/OVA/Vardot_Ubuntu_OVA.ova vi://root:[email protected]

jmoore

@scottalanmiller said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

Ended up using https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/downloads/disk2vhd

Sysinternals is truly great

scottalanmiller

@Emad-R said in One Time, Non-Image, Windows Backup Client:

better to use it on another VM close to that VM

No other VM. If we open the only other VM, ESXi can't work. So that tool, I'd expect, couldn't actually run.