Windows server 2008 recovery to server 2012
I am currently running a 2008 windows server and have ran a backup of the whole server. I backed it up because I just bought a 2012 server because my 2008 server is not performing optimally anymore. I updated the 2012 to the latest update and transferred my backup from the old server to a partition on the new server. First it gave me an error about not being able to find the catalogs not being found. I then retransferred the whole save including those files and tried to run the recovery again, this time it gave me an error about not being able to find a recovery. My question is this, is it possible to use my recovery from windows server 2008 and recover all my work on my new 2012 server or do I have to start all over?
March 18th, 2015 6:29pm

Whats the purpose of the server (DC,DNS etc)

if you back up all of your 2008 server  including system, drivers etc

you may have a problem cos of drivers might be unsported on w2012

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March 18th, 2015 6:33pm
It is a data server, I also run SmartService off of it for work. So I'm trying to be able to move all the information for SmartService without having to reinstall it and do all that work again. The drivers I do not care about, which is why in server 2012 I like it because it gives you the ability to recover programs and data separate from the drivers and OS. I can not seem to get the server recovery in Server 2012 to even be able to find the actual recovery. I have it in a partition on the computer but it is not locating it, even when I set the destination straight to the folder.
March 18th, 2015 6:39pm
We basically have everything set up on the server, have multiple accounts set up on it. Then the 5 computers in the office we all have our own remote desktop log-in for the server allowing us to all work on it at the same time and allowing us all to use QuickBooks and Smart Service at the same time.
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March 18th, 2015 6:54pm

I don't think you can 'recover' a 2008 system to a 2012 system.  If you want to retain the installed programs, the way to accomplish that is to perform an inplace upgrade from 2008 to 2012.  The upgrade process will properly adjust settings.  A 'restore' is trying to dump things back without any knowledge that a completely new operating system is sitting underneath it.

Your best solution is to perform a clean installation of the operating system and a clean installation of the applications and then restore the data to the application.  Performing inplace upgrades always leaves the possibility of something not quite coming across correctly and can lead to support issues in the future.

March 18th, 2015 10:34pm

I don't think you can 'recover' a 2008 system to a 2012 system.  If you want to retain the installed programs, the way to accomplish that is to perform an inplace upgrade from 2008 to 2012.  The upgrade process will properly adjust settings.  A 'restore' is trying to dump things back without any knowledge that a completely new operating system is sitting underneath it.

Your best solution is to perform a clean installation of the operating system and a clean installation of the applications and then restore the data to the application.  Performing inplace upgrades always leaves the possibility of something not quite coming across correctly and can lead to support issues in the f

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March 19th, 2015 1:03pm

Hi,

Downgrade and down-edition rights are an end-user right that Microsoft offers to customers for certain OEM products which meet the technical requirements for a Windows software downgrade.

Please check the downgrade rights for windows server 2012:

http://www.microsoft.com/OEM/en/licensing/sblicensing/Pages/downgrade_rights.aspx#fbid=WvdOx7KX-Yn

Regards.

March 20th, 2015 3:41am

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