I used Windows Server Backup in 2008 to take a full backup of a Win 2008 server which is a VM (on Hyper-V). This full backup contains the Full C: drive, System state and Bare Metal backup. I stored this backup in a network location so that I could get to
it whilst BMR restoring.
I then followed this article to the letter to perform a bare-metal restore onto another VM (on same Hyper-V box): http://www.wbadmin.info/articles/howto-bare-metal-restores-windows-server-2008-backup.html
I got to the part where it successfully finished the bare-metal restore and says that my restore is complete (step #11 from link above) and then it reboots. But the problem is that after the reboot, Windows either boots from the installer CD again asking
you to install Windows OR (after I take the installer CD out) it reboots and gives me a blank screen with a blinking cursor i.e. Windows does not load.
Why can't I see my restored image on this new VM? Any ideas?
FYI: The harddrive (VHD) this image was restored to has been specified as an IDE Controller 0 (and not SCSI Controller) from within Hyper-V. I tried attaching the restored VHD as a SCSI controller and tried to boot from it, but the VM throws a Boot failure
message at startup, so went back to IDE.