Mounting VHD Files

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Hi everybody,

is there a way to access VHD Files (2008 64Bit backup files) without
restoring the whole drive? Can they be mounted as drives? If not on the host
system, can I try on a virtual machine?

Thanks for your time

Ole
 
Re: Mounting VHD Files

Hello Ole,

From:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc462796(TechNet.10).aspx

You can actually take a backup image and mount it as a volume in a virtual
machine running under Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. You can simply mount
the VHDs in a virtual machine and browse for a particular file rather than
having to perform test restores of tapes to see which one has the file is
on it. (A note of caution: you can't take a backup image and boot a virtual
machine from it. Since the backed-up hardware configuration doesn't correspond
to the virtual machine's configuration, you can't use Windows Server Backup
as a physical-to-virtual migration tool.)

http://www.petri.co.il/mounting-vhd-files-with-vhdmount.htm

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> Hi everybody,
>
> is there a way to access VHD Files (2008 64Bit backup files) without
> restoring the whole drive? Can they be mounted as drives? If not on
> the host system, can I try on a virtual machine?
>
> Thanks for your time
>
> Ole
>
 
Re: Mounting VHD Files

Hi Meinolf,

thanks for your quick response.

As I pointed out in my first posting, I am running Server2008. Does this OS
not have the capability to mount VHD itself? Do I have to work around it
with Hyper-V VMs?

VirtualServer2005 only makes sense on Server2003 as 2008 comes with Hyper-V,
right?

Ole

"Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:ff16fb66a49b28cabc0b3c3cb690@msnews.microsoft.com...
> Hello Ole,
>
> From:
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc462796(TechNet.10).aspx
>
> You can actually take a backup image and mount it as a volume in a virtual
> machine running under Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. You can simply mount
> the VHDs in a virtual machine and browse for a particular file rather than
> having to perform test restores of tapes to see which one has the file is
> on it. (A note of caution: you can't take a backup image and boot a
> virtual machine from it. Since the backed-up hardware configuration
> doesn't correspond to the virtual machine's configuration, you can't use
> Windows Server Backup as a physical-to-virtual migration tool.)
>
> http://www.petri.co.il/mounting-vhd-files-with-vhdmount.htm
>
> Best regards
>
> Meinolf Weber
> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
> confers no rights.
> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>
>> Hi everybody,
>>
>> is there a way to access VHD Files (2008 64Bit backup files) without
>> restoring the whole drive? Can they be mounted as drives? If not on
>> the host system, can I try on a virtual machine?
>>
>> Thanks for your time
>>
>> Ole
>>
>
>
 
Re: Mounting VHD Files

Hello Ole,

Maybe this also works on 2008:
http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2008/01/tell-me-vhdmount-story-installing-just.html

But Virtual server 2005 R2 SP1 with Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1
Update will also work together with server 2008.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers
no rights.
** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm

> Hi Meinolf,
>
> thanks for your quick response.
>
> As I pointed out in my first posting, I am running Server2008. Does
> this OS not have the capability to mount VHD itself? Do I have to work
> around it with Hyper-V VMs?
>
> VirtualServer2005 only makes sense on Server2003 as 2008 comes with
> Hyper-V, right?
>
> Ole
>
> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:ff16fb66a49b28cabc0b3c3cb690@msnews.microsoft.com...
>
>> Hello Ole,
>>
>> From:
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc462796(TechNet.10).aspx
>> You can actually take a backup image and mount it as a volume in a
>> virtual machine running under Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. You can
>> simply mount the VHDs in a virtual machine and browse for a
>> particular file rather than having to perform test restores of tapes
>> to see which one has the file is on it. (A note of caution: you can't
>> take a backup image and boot a virtual machine from it. Since the
>> backed-up hardware configuration doesn't correspond to the virtual
>> machine's configuration, you can't use Windows Server Backup as a
>> physical-to-virtual migration tool.)
>>
>> http://www.petri.co.il/mounting-vhd-files-with-vhdmount.htm
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>> Hi everybody,
>>>
>>> is there a way to access VHD Files (2008 64Bit backup files) without
>>> restoring the whole drive? Can they be mounted as drives? If not on
>>> the host system, can I try on a virtual machine?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your time
>>>
>>> Ole
>>>
 
Re: Mounting VHD Files

Have you tried mounting it as an extra vhd to a vm running under Hyper-V?
Did it work? If not, what problems did you have?

"Ole" <o.weigelt@officeworks.de> wrote in message
news:OwuWMZe7IHA.2224@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> Hi Meinolf,
>
> thanks for your quick response.
>
> As I pointed out in my first posting, I am running Server2008. Does this
> OS not have the capability to mount VHD itself? Do I have to work around
> it with Hyper-V VMs?
>
> VirtualServer2005 only makes sense on Server2003 as 2008 comes with
> Hyper-V, right?
>
> Ole
>
> "Meinolf Weber" <meiweb(nospam)@gmx.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:ff16fb66a49b28cabc0b3c3cb690@msnews.microsoft.com...
>> Hello Ole,
>>
>> From:
>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/cc462796(TechNet.10).aspx
>>
>> You can actually take a backup image and mount it as a volume in a
>> virtual machine running under Microsoft Virtual Server 2005. You can
>> simply mount the VHDs in a virtual machine and browse for a particular
>> file rather than having to perform test restores of tapes to see which
>> one has the file is on it. (A note of caution: you can't take a backup
>> image and boot a virtual machine from it. Since the backed-up hardware
>> configuration doesn't correspond to the virtual machine's configuration,
>> you can't use Windows Server Backup as a physical-to-virtual migration
>> tool.)
>>
>> http://www.petri.co.il/mounting-vhd-files-with-vhdmount.htm
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> Meinolf Weber
>> Disclaimer: This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and
>> confers no rights.
>> ** Please do NOT email, only reply to Newsgroups
>> ** HELP us help YOU!!! http://www.blakjak.demon.co.uk/mul_crss.htm
>>
>>> Hi everybody,
>>>
>>> is there a way to access VHD Files (2008 64Bit backup files) without
>>> restoring the whole drive? Can they be mounted as drives? If not on
>>> the host system, can I try on a virtual machine?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your time
>>>
>>> Ole
>>>
>>
>>
>
 
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