Dashboard on WSE 2012 R2 Crashes - Want to do backup restore

Mister Cain 96 Reputation points
2021-09-30T01:18:37.823+00:00

Apparently something got broken on my businesses WSE 2012 R2 server. The Dashboard will not stay open, it flashes the opening image -- then closes immediately. Been googling and trying to fix for about 6 hrs now.

I've been doing daily backups religiously, how do I restore my back-up to fix my Dashboard??? My data is all on a RAID Data Array D:
My OS resides on smaller Raid Drives C:. I only back up C: the date drives are backed up nightly off-site.

I only need to restore enough from my backup to be the equivalent of a Windows OS Restore on Windows 10. Is "System State" enough?? Do I need to recover all of my c: drive? I'm looking for the equivalent of a System restore in Windows 10.

Can someone please help me figure out how to utilize my OS backup?? Many thanks!

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  1. Limitless Technology 39,391 Reputation points
    2021-09-30T14:23:39.363+00:00

    Hello,

    Thank you for your question.

    Before Restoring from backup , We have a similar subject with a problem similar to this, I recommend that you consult it to better understand how to solve it, go to it on the links below:

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/lync/en-US/ff1f03a4-59d0-48bf-b116-53429b706a66/unable-to-start-windows-server-essentials-management-service-wsemgmtsvc?forum=winserveressentials

    https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/windowsserver/en-US/5b2ebf9c-49e8-467b-b810-16a6666f4c1e/dashboard-crashes-repeatedly-not-clear-why?forum=winserveressentials&ranMID=24542&ranEAID=TnL5HPStwNw&ranSiteID=TnL5HPStwNw-nJEn468W2lpxOS6i3hHTWQ&epi=TnL5HPStwNw-nJEn468W2lpxOS6i3hHTWQ&irgwc=1&OCID=AID2200057_aff_7593_1243925&tduid=%28ir__g0qtyykaiokf61xbfovyfej9y32xrvdyf9t3o23x00%29%287593%29%281243925%29%28TnL5HPStwNw-nJEn468W2lpxOS6i3hHTWQ%29%28%29&irclickid=_g0qtyykaiokf61xbfovyfej9y32xrvdyf9t3o23x00

    Also, regarding restore You can restore your C:\ with system state back which includes your OS with previous working copy.

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  2. Mister Cain 96 Reputation points
    2021-09-30T15:21:40.823+00:00

    Thank you for the reply! I'll study those links. Everything is fine except the dashboard crashes before it opens. I'd prefer to just fix that problem, obviously.

    I've noticed that the Windows Server Essentials Health service is not running and cannot be started (I get an error message that its dependencies are not running), I'm guessing this issue is crashing my Dashboard??

    I looked into restoring my backup.

    If I try restore complete C: it asks me for a destination, I'm only given two choices: Data Raid D: or "Recovery Image" I cannot select a destimnation of C:.

    If I try to restore "System State" I get an error message telling me I need to restart server in Directory Services Restore Mode (DSRM) because I have "Active Directory domain Service". I have no idea how to run the server in DSRM mode.

    I'll circle back if I need to go do a backup/restore. Hopefully I can just fix the Dashboard.

    Thanks again, I appreciate the offer for help!

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