Vista - Using a *.vhd file created by Symantec System Recovery

HARDWARE: DELL PowerEdge 2850
OS: Windows 2003 Enterprise
Application: Virtual Server 2005

We have purchased the Symantec System Recovery Option (12v). It has a great
tool of taking the images it creates and making them VMWARE or Microsoft
Virtual Server (*.VHD) files.

I have been using this tool to Back Up our one of our DC's/Certificate
Server's. I then took the file (*.vhd) and placed it on my test Virtual
Server.

At first I got this error message that it was the disk was too big for an IDE.
The hard drive settings could not be saved. The virtual hard disk image
“C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\Shared Virtual
Machines\DC03\DC03_Z_Drive012.vhd� is too large for the IDE bus. Make sure
that all virtual hard disk images connected to the IDE bus are not greater
than 127.5 GB.


I then created a SCSI Interface in Virtual Server I set it to the number 7.
The new disk still would not boot. It just froze for hours.

I deleted the SCSI Interface then I got the comment.

Reboot and Select proper Boot Device or Insert Boot Media in Selected Boot
Device.

I then had to recreate the Virtual Disk for the Server and recreate the SCSI
0 ID 0.

It is now doing the same thing as before just sitting there frozen.

Any Suggestions?

All VMs must boot from an IDE disk; SCSI can be used for additional disks,
but not the boot volume.

Hope this helps,
--Ryan

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Ryan Sokolowski
MVP - Clustering
MCT, MCITP x3, MCTS x7, MCSE x2, CCNA, CCDA, BCFP


"Kit" <Kit@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Actually, you can boot from SCSI in Virtual Server. But you DO need to load
the SCSI VMAdditions drivers onto a virtual floppy drive and use F6 to load
them.

However, given that this is not a MS VHD image, the could be other things
going on.

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Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/charlie.russel

"Ryan Sokolowski [MVP]" <ryan@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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If you are still working on this issue i may have a possible solution. when you use symantec backup exec system recovery or ghost to create the .v2i file the file thinks its the size of the entire partition it was created from. Therefore when you convet to put it into Virtual Server the partition size of the original drive which was >127GB won't work.

Open Virtual server
On the right hand column of menus under Virtual Disks select Inspect
you will find an option to compact the VHD to the actual size that it takes up not how much the v2i was created from.