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Can I use mondorestore in a Microsoft Virtual Server environment?

April 26, 2017Environment Microsoft mondorestore server virtual

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Can I use mondorestore in a Microsoft Virtual Server environment?

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Answer provided by Albert Smith (albert.smith_at_genexservices.com) I have had sucess doing a mondo restore into Microsoft Virtual Server using IDE instead of SCSI. Apparently the virtual scsi controller does not play nice with RHEL3 or 4 using the AIC7XXX or AIC7XXX_OLD it goes into a continual reset. Since I was coming from a SCSI enviornment to an IDE enviornment I had to boot via the mondorescue iso and go into Expert mode. Build all LVM and non LVM partitions manually including swap devices and format them. Then load mondorestore and choose the interactive mode. Modify the mountpoints to point to the new hard drive in this case hda DO NOT FORMAT THE MOUNTPOINTS DO NOT ALLOW MONDO TO PARTITION EITHER Then perform the restore it should all work fine. It did for me.