Virtual Machines disappeared, readded and data is missing?

[JackH]

Here it goes. I believe this was related to Trend micro manual scan since
everything had been fine for the last 4 months. I have a sql server in
hyper-v along with 4 other vm's performing various functions. After a
reboot of the server, all of these vms disappeared from the vm console. I
crated "new" virtual machines using the vhd file of the orginals that were
there. However, I have noticed that the sql server databases, mainly
Sharepoint database, has no data that I have been putting in it for the last
4 months. Where did this go? I thought all data resided on the vhd. I
don't believe I had a snapshot of the sql server although there may have
been one. If these are only used to return a machine to a previous point in
time then this should not have mattered. Any insite would be greatly
appreciated. I dread the though of having to recreate all of this work.
One other note, the sql server had a second virtual disk where all of the
databases reside.

Thanks.

BTW, there was not backup as the organization can't afford it at the moment
and drive space is very limited. I know what you are going to say about
that. :)

[Bo Berglund]

On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:41:25 -0500, "JackH"
<grandam0...@gmail.com> wrote:

>BTW, there was not backup as the organization can't afford it at the moment
>and drive space is very limited. I know what you are going to say about
>that. :)
>

The cost of lost data is *way higher* than any disk you can buy to
store a backup on!
You can get 500 Gb of disk storage for next to nothing these days....

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Bo Berglund (Sweden)

[JackH]

I know. Trying to convince the execs of that seems almost impossible.

BTW, I did get everything back. That was close.

"Bo Berglund" <bober...@myotherhome.sec> wrote in message
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[Bo Berglund]

On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 08:57:48 -0500, "JackH"
<grandam0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>"Bo Berglund" <bober...@myotherhome.sec> wrote in message
>news:oqugj5126ri0s6vtt...@4ax.com...
>> On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:41:25 -0500, "JackH"
>> <grandam0...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>BTW, there was not backup as the organization can't afford it at the
>>>moment
>>>and drive space is very limited. I know what you are going to say about
>>>that. :)
>>>
>> The cost of lost data is *way higher* than any disk you can buy to
>> store a backup on!
>> You can get 500 Gb of disk storage for next to nothing these days....
>>

>I know. Trying to convince the execs of that seems almost impossible.
>
>BTW, I did get everything back. That was close.
>

You could always buy a USB drive yourself and use it to back up your
important data just for peace of mind. A WD Passport drive is
incredibly cheap nowadays and you culd use it for something else too.

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Bo Berglund (Sweden)

[Charlie Russel - MVP]

When you recreated the VMs, did you include the second VHD for the SQL VM?
And did you verify that drive letters, etc, were the same as original?

And I agree with Bo. A USB backup drive is cheap insurance.

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Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/russel

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[Steve Jain [MVP]]

On Mon, 28 Dec 2009 02:41:25 -0500, "JackH"
<grandam0...@gmail.com> wrote:

You should avoid having the host AV scan VHD and VMC files, they
should be excluded from the scan list.
Your VM's own AV software should protect itself.

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Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
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