How to backup VM in HyperV (Windows Server 2008 R2)

Hello,
Beginner's question: How to backup my VMs on an external
USB disk?
NB: I'm running Windows Server 2008 R2. It's a test machine, don't care with downtime. I want to backup only the VM (VHD files and VM configuration, not the whole server)
Thanks

Hello,
for Hyper-V usage please ask the experts in
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/home?forum=winserverhyperv
Also see
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd405549(v=vs.85).aspx
Best regards
Meinolf Weber
MVP, MCP, MCTS
Microsoft MVP - Directory Services
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13. Make all the clients change TCP/IP configuration to point to new server as DNS.
14. You may configure TCP/IP on all the clients, or adjust DHCP scope settings to make them use the new DNS server.
Please note: It is a good practice to make the old DC offline for several days and check whether everything works normally with the new server online. If so, you may let the old DC online and run DCPROMO to demote it.
Hope it helps.
Regards,
Wilson Jia
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Hi,
How can I transfer files from "Windows Server 2008 R2" on Mac? as now I am using 2 App (Microsoft Remote Desktop & Fast Remote Desktop) which allowed me everything but not transfer files on Mac, so any other recommendation or salutation?
Thanks

Hi,
You need to configure folder redirection.
Folder redirection enables access local folders during the remote session. Click the + button at the bottom of the dialog and choose a folder you want to have
redirected.
Configure Folder Redirection:
1. Click the + button.
2. In the Add Local Folder window, enter the following information:
l
Name: Set a name for the folder to be available during the remote session.
l
Path: Select the path to the folder to be available during the remote session.
3. Click the close button to save the remote desktop.
Getting Started with Remote Desktop Client on Mac
http://technet.microsoft.com/library/dn473012
Hope this helps.
Jeremy Wu
TechNet Community Support

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Hi,
I have a class library which insert data into tables in azure mobile services on windows server 2008 OS for windows universal C# platform. I am trying to insert data using offline data synchronization.
I had installed SQLite runtime for windows 8.1 and windows phone 8.1, but unable to add reference 'SQLite for Windows Runtime(Windows8.1)'.
Please guide me whether windows server 2008 OS supports offline data synchronization in azure mobile services.
Thank you.

I also have a Windows Server 2012 R2 system using Azure Backup, and I don't have the problem. However, you probably noticed that you use a different Azure Backup installation download for Windows Server 2008 R2 vs. Windows Server 2012 R2. Although both
show the same Microsoft Azure Recovery Services Agent version 2.0.8692.0 installed, my Windows Server 2012 R2 also lists Microsoft Azure Backup for Windows Server Essentials version 6.2.9805.9 installed as well. It could be the case the my problem with the
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When I try to make a Backup the printers on Windows Server 2008 with Printer Migration
I get the following error:
Windows Encountered errors during the migration process.
please anyone can help me.

Most likely someone performed some registry edits that although they got the print server operational, it blocks backups up through the Windows 7 version.
I have referenced a couple ways to get around this issue in the forum. Here's a post with your issue.
http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/3fb6f67d-c772-44f9-a45d-c9a7a85573a6/i-run-printer-backup-printbrmexe-at-win2008-r2-and-i-have-this-error-the-following-error-occurred?forum=winserverprint
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how to configure weblogic 11g on windows server 2008 to run a simple WLST script
I managed to get so far on Windows to run a WLST script. Most examples are in Unix
I am in Dos, and ran our set environment variables.
Run java weblogic.WLST
To use WLST in interactive mode:java weblogic.WLST
I get as far as wls:/offline> connect('weblogic','weblogic','localhost:7001')
This works,
So now I am trying to figure out how to display the server state of the server, most examples are for unix.
Would any one have one that shows the server state, number of connections, and the number of active threads or stuck.
Just a a pointer would help me.
Cheers

You can refer this
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Hello!
We are currently using Windows Server 2008 R2. In the upcoming months, we are releasing new software. Instead of touching all the machines with gpupdate /force, we would like to know if we could somehow use Windows PowerShell and send that
command to all the computers in our organization? We are currently in the process of using Group Policy Management to set up the new GPO. After we create them, we would like to send the MSI file to all workstations. I know it is SUPER easy to do within Windows
Server 2012... as I have read articles and seen screenshots. I am just having a hard time figuring out how to make it work with Windows Server 2008 R2.
Thanks!
Megan

New-PSSession -computername Computer
where Computer is one of your remote computers. If that succeeds, great! But I'm guessing it won't and enabling that on all of your computers would require more effort than what you're trying to accomplish in the first place.
Psexec is free to download and you don't have to deploy it:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx
As far as identifying your target computers, it really depends on your environment. Get-ADComputer is effective, but the example I provided above would get literally every computer in your active directory - is this something you want to deploy to
any and all servers, workstations, etc? How big and complex is your AD? Is this something you need to coordinate with all your systems around about the same time, or can it be staggered? Do you expect your target computers not to reboot between
now and then? I know that's a lot of questions, but your question is loaded and not easy to answer without knowing more about your environment.
What about this?
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134201.aspx
There is a requirement to have certain firewall exceptions on your target systems, but hopefully they are because that is the best approach.
I hope this post has helped!

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