hi,
I'm testing a bare metal restore of a Windows 2008 R2 domain controller using just builtin Windows Backup. The server is a VMWare virtual machine with the following configuration:
C: Os
D: NTDS
E: Logs
F: Sysvol
Once I restore the server, which goes flawless, I reboot and after startup I get a blue screen saying that the server cannot find the AD files.
Using F8, I startup in DSRM. Diskmanagement in DSRM shows me that all disks but the C: drive are offline. Once I set the disks online and reboot the DC starts up just fine. I am able to fix it but it leaves me puzzled.
I checked the disk signatures with mountvol and they are exactly the same as the original. A co-worker mentioned he saw this with other 2008+ servers too. Couldn't find anything related online ? I even made a new backup and restores it to a new VM so it can be reproduced.Anyone know why these disks are offline after a bare metal restore ?
Anyone ?
Thanx,
Thorwald
Thorwald van Elburg