Administrator Guide

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Transport-to-Server Scenarios

Rename and Restore SQL Server Components Stored on a Volume

Rename and Restore SQL Server Components Stored on an SMB File Share

Restore SQL Server Components without Recovering the Database

Make an Exposed Restore Point Writable (Windows Extensions Only)

Remove an Exposed Restore Point from Management (VMware Extensions Only)

Expose a Restore Point (Windows Extensions Only)

Expose a Restore Point (VMware Extensions Only)

Add a Note to a Restore Point

Edit a Note for a Restore Point

Transport-to-Server Scenarios

Transporting a restore point across different operating system versions is possible only when the file

system features of the source server are compatible with the target server.

When possible, Replay Manager Explorer prevents an administrator from transporting a restore point to

an incompatible target server by graying out incompatible servers in the Choose Target Server dialog

box. However, if Replay Manager Explorer does not have operating system information for a server, it may

list a server as available when the server is not compatible with the source server. In other words, Replay

Manager Explorer can include incompatible target servers in the Choose Target Server dialog box.

If an administrator attempts to transport a restore point to an incompatible server (either using the Replay

Manager Explorer or the Move-RMRestorePoint cmdlet) the transport fails and a warning message is

issued. The following sections define the allowable scenarios for Windows Server.

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Source

The following table defines the allowable Transport to Server scenarios for Windows Server 2012/2012

R2 source.

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Windows Server 2008/2008 R2

CSVFS Allowed Allowed

NTFS Allowed Allowed

ReFS Allowed Not Allowed

NTFS with data deduplication Allowed Not Allowed

Windows Server 2008/2008 R2 Source

The following table defines the allowable Transport to Server scenarios for Windows Server 2008/2008

R2 source.

Windows Server 2012/2012 R2 Windows Server 2008/2008 R2

CSVFS Not Applicable Not Applicable

NTFS Allowed Allowed

ReFS Not Applicable Not Applicable

NTFS with data deduplication Not Applicable Not Applicable