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Restoring a partition to a different VMDK

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I have a Windows VM with a single VMDK disk hosting 2 NTFS partitions, let's say partition C: and partition E:.
I need to split the VMDK disk so that each partition is hosted by its own VMDK disk.
Can Veeam B&R help me solving the problem?
given that each night the VM is backed up, I imagined the following scenario:

- Power off the VM
- Perform a backup
- Add a new VMDK to the VM
- Restore the E: partition to the new VMDK
- Power on the VM
- Rename the old E: partition as Z:
- Rename the new partition as E:
- Verify that all the shares pointing to folders in E: work fine
- Delete the Z: partition
- Reboot the VM

Have anybody performed a similar procedure?
Is there any issue I should consider?
Is there any better or smarter Solution I can consider?
Suggestions, pointers and hints welcome...
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Re: Restoring a partition to a different VMDK

Post by foggy » 1 person likes this post

Hi Marius, wouldn't it be easier just to copy the data to the newly added and formatted VMDK?
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Re: Restoring a partition to a different VMDK

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Sure, but how can I ensure to keep *all* the information related to each file and/or folder (ownership, permissions, creation and modification date, and so on)?
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Re: Restoring a partition to a different VMDK

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In this case yes, using FLR will help, however, will take considerable time. Probably using Veeam Endpoint Backup to backup the VM and then restore disk in VMDK format will be a better solution.
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Re: Restoring a partition to a different VMDK

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marius roma wrote:Sure, but how can I ensure to keep *all* the information related to each file and/or folder (ownership, permissions, creation and modification date, and so on)?
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Use "robocopy /E /SEC" to copy everything as is.
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