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Windows Server 2016 Backup Server - Compacting Virtual Disks takes ages
I've seen and found similar post online and her but so far no one with an answer.Windows Server Backup extremely slow while 'compacting the virtual hard disk(s)'Compacting virtual hard disksRunning a...
View ArticleWindows Server 2003 -activation required after recovery
Running an old Server 2003. ( I know its not advised, but we are)So hard disk completely fails over the weekend and we restore everything from backups fine. One slight thing is that reactivation is...
View ArticleWhy are User Directories Missing From Backup
We have been backing up a Windows Sever 2012 R2 using Windows Server BackupWe have specified Backup with Bare Metal Backup, System State, System Reserved as well as the system disk and application...
View ArticleScheduled Backup Fails Yet Manual Backup Succeeds
One of our clients with a Windows Server 2012 R2 Essentials server is suddenly having an issue with the scheduled backups failing yet the manual backups succeed. This has appeared out of the blue and...
View Articlerobocopy
Hi..I have taken backup using robocopy from server1 to server2... now i want to delete previous backup data in server2.. i mean i m scheduling a backup every day for testlog file... i need to delete...
View ArticleWindows Server Backup 2016 suddenly taking days to backup after KB4457127 -...
I am now experiencing this on two different installations where Windows Server 2016 is the host operating system on Dell PowerEdge T620 servers with USB 3.0 interfaces running Windows Server backup.The...
View ArticleWBADMIN Backup difference and details
Is there a difference betweenWBADMIN START BACKUP -allCritical -SystemStateVSWBADMIN SYSTEMSTATEBACKUPTrue or false? Sounds like to me they both perform a Bare Metal Recovery AS well as a system state...
View ArticleVSS System Writer missing on Windows Server 2008
Hello guys,Since Septembter 13th we have backups failing on one of our 2008 servers. The problem is that, for some reason, the VSS System Writer has disappeared.I have tried everything, re-registering...
View ArticleDomain Controller Restore with DPM
Hi, I have taken backup of Windows Server 2008 R2 Domain Controllers (PDC and DC) through SCDPM 2012. Its a bare metal backup which contains image of active directory. I want to restore Domain...
View ArticleHyper-V VSS Writer, State: [8] Failed, Last error: Retryable error
Hi All,I am running Hyper V host on Win Server 2012 R2 with mixed guest VMs (2008, 2012). We keep facing a VSS issue as stated in the subject which leading to have failed Backup got he VMs through...
View ArticleWindows Server Backup Error
Guys , Am having a problem with my windows server backup , it retrieves an error backup failed"more data available"the next day it performs the backup normally and so on I backup on an external hard...
View ArticleWindows Server 2003 R2 problem
We have a client that refused to migrate his Windows 2003 R2 64bit server. The server have AD, DNS and Exchange on it and is installed on vmware VM.After the last restart the server started giving...
View Articlewindows server backup overwrites new backups instead of old
My server running windows server 2008 R2 seems to overwrite the newest backups which it has never done before. The server has been doing daily backups for years and its oldest vss copy is from the...
View ArticleServer 2008 R2 - VSS backup aborting because of ExpandForVerification freezes...
Hello all,I’ve been struggling with one of the many VSS related problems during a backup operation on a 2008 R2 server from a third party software (it doesn't matter which one for the purpose of this)....
View ArticleNeed KB2996928 for 2008 R2
Hello, I could not find a link to this hotfix for Windows 7/2008, could someone provide it? I need it to correct VSS...
View ArticleScheduled Full backup, but log says it was incremental
In Windows Server 2016, I scheduled Windows Server Backup to perform a full bare metal backup to be stored on a NAS every night. The NAS then copies the nightly backup from the primary HDD to one of...
View ArticleDomain Controller cannot synchronize with the Backup Domanin Controller
Dears,I have 2 servers: Server 1 is Domain Controller and Server 2 is the Backup, they synchronize with each other. At the pass, 2 DCs run normally with windows server 2008 R2 for a long time (about 5...
View ArticleWindows Image Backup
HiI am trying to perform a Windows Image Backup on Windows Server 2008 R2 but the system state backup is failing. I have the log files that detail the reason it is failing but need advice on a...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 R2 Backup fails using Windows Server Backup Tool
Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Backup fails when tried to take System Image, Bare Metal Recovery backup using Windows Server Backup tool. I am trying to save the backup to a network shared folder. The...
View ArticleWindows Server Backup 2016
Hi,We have just installed a Windows 2016 Hyper-V server and I wanted to check if this version of Windows Server Backup can protect Hyper-V VMs running Windows 2008 R2 and later. I also wondered if it...
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