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Recover Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) Using Disaster Recovery Option

Valid on Windows Server 2008 R2

Symptom

How can I re-create .vhd files that are mounted as a volume?

Solution

The Arcserve Backup disaster recovery process cannot re-create .vhd files that are mounted as a volume. You can use the following steps to recover .vhd files from a disaster:

To recover .vhd files from a disaster

1. Using the Arcserve BackupDisaster Recovery Option, you must recover the entire computer.
2. Restart the computer.
3. After the computer is restarted, create the virtual hard disk (VHD) and then mount the VHD.

   The mounting of the VHD is complete.

4. Create a new volume on the VHD, and then format the new volume.

   The formatted volume of the VHD is ready.

5. Open the Arcserve Backup Restore Manager.

   The Restore Manager Wizard opens.

6. Recover the VHD by performing a volume level restore of the VHD mounted volume.

   The recovery process is complete.

Note: When you use this process to recover VHDs using Disaster Recovery Option, Arcserve Backup restores the mounted drives as physical disks. For more information about virtual hard disk, see Microsoft documentation.

Also, Arcserve Backup cannot recover VHD boot systems from a disaster. Arcserve Backup demonstrates this behavior because the Automated System Recovery (ASR) writer cannot back up .vhd files. As a result, there are no mechanisms that you can use to recover VHD boot systems from a disaster.