Is it possible to restore a Windows Backup Server image from a VMWare hosted server to a Proxmox server?

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AdminKMC

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Hello,

I'm experimenting with different ways to move our VMWare Windows 2019 server to a Proxmox test host. What I've been trying is:

1. Create the VM on Proxmox with the same resources as the live server on VMWare. BIOS is set to UEFI and a EUFI drive was added.
2. Add the ISOs for Server 2019 and VitrtIO.
3. Connect two USB drives. One with the RAID drivers and one with the system image taken by Windows Backup of the live server.

Each time I get to the last step (initiating restore) and immediately get an error stating:

"The System image restore failed.

Error details: Windows did not find any disk which it can use for recreating volumes present in backup, Offline disks, cluster shared disks or disks explicitly excluded by user will not be used by windows. Ensure that disks are online and no disks are excluded by mistake. (0x80042414)"

It's worth noting that I can see the target hard drive and manipulate it with DISKPART in the Windows Recovery options. I am aware of the proper way to do this via OVF tool, but I like to try things just to see if I can make 'em happen.

Thanks,

A_KMC
 
AdminKMC said:
Hello,

I'm experimenting with different ways to move our VMWare Windows 2019 server to a Proxmox test host. What I've been trying is:

1. Create the VM on Proxmox with the same resources as the live server on VMWare. BIOS is set to UEFI and a EUFI drive was added.
2. Add the ISOs for Server 2019 and VitrtIO.
3. Connect two USB drives. One with the RAID drivers and one with the system image taken by Windows Backup of the live server.

Each time I get to the last step (initiating restore) and immediately get an error stating:

"The System image restore failed.

Error details: Windows did not find any disk which it can use for recreating volumes present in backup, Offline disks, cluster shared disks or disks explicitly excluded by user will not be used by windows. Ensure that disks are online and no disks are excluded by mistake. (0x80042414)"

It's worth noting that I can see the target hard drive and manipulate it with DISKPART in the Windows Recovery options. I am aware of the proper way to do this via OVF tool, but I like to try things just to see if I can make 'em happen.

Thanks,

A_KMC
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You solved this? I have the same problem
 
Why not mount the ESXI datastore via the storage option, then import it? Make sure you install the virtio drivers first.

I am in the middle of doing 13 hosts and dozens of VMs. It is quite simple.
 
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sierra_mike said:
Why not mount the ESXI datastore via the storage option, then import it? Make sure you install the virtio drivers first.

I am in the middle of doing 13 hosts and dozens of VMs. It is quite simple.
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That seems almost too easy! I'll give it a run through. Many thanks! Glad things are going smoothly with your migration! Sounds like quite a project.
 
Weird issues have come up, but the timing is perfect to fix them. Feel free to reach out if you hit a snag.

Major props to ProxMox for making the import tool work so well!
 
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