External USB disk unusable after Windows Server Backup
Hi all,I have connected a usb external drive as a backup to disk solution using Windows Backup feature on Windows Server 2008 R2 in a test environment to see if what the limitations are. After all my...
View ArticleWindows 2008 Server R2 - System state
Hi,I'm using Windows 2008 R2 Foundations and I'm running few roles on it (such as Active Directory etc.).I'm using Windows Server Backup to backup whole server ("Full server" option in dialog box) to...
View ArticleIs it possible to do incremental backups of Hyper-V guests using the built in...
I have a Windows Server 2012 "host" server that is running Hyper-V. It is running two Hyper-V virtual machines, both also Windows 2012 servers. I am using the built in Windows Server Backup feature...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 - Windows Server Backup (WSB) Antivirus Exclusions for...
This is a problem which appears to have resurfaced after reportedly being fixed in Symantec. The Symantec support person asked that I post a question in Technet to see if we can get a quicker answer:...
View ArticleWindows 2008 R2 image
Hi,I currently use Backup Exec Server System Recovery to image my Windows 2008 R2 servers for disaster recovery. The restore with this product takes days because it NEVER works on the first try. Does...
View ArticleWindows Essentials 2012 Backup of Redirected Folders
I have complete my setup of Windows 2012 Essential server and added several users /computers. My users are setup for folder redirection under the GPO and have exclusive rights to their folders. I...
View Articlewbadmin SystemState recovery Windows 2008 Standard R2
DearAlthough I have many backup versions for the system state to recover ,When I run the command:wbadmin get versions -backuptarget:*****I get the last system state backup version .whether the backup...
View Articlein Active Directory ntdc.dit is corrupted
How to fix the problem if in Active directory ntdc.dit is corrupted and the backup is also not taken.Can please someone help me to reslove this issue?Thanks,nil88
View ArticleHow can you make "INCREMENTAL backups" on remote network location
Hi there!We use a powershell script where we make backup of Windows servers using Windows Server Backup tool.We ran this script:$day=(get-date -f dd-MM-yyyy) $backuplocation=\\networklocation\$day\...
View ArticleBackup completed with warnings every other night.
The system is a Dell R720 running Microsoft Server 2012 with Hyper-V. The backup is configured to run every night at 2:30AM and backup the System state, 2 VMs and Host Component. Every other night...
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Wbadmin System State Backup Stuck at found files
Hi,When I try to run a backup it gets stuck at files found. The image below shows my problem. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling Windows server Backup, and I still have the same issue. This...
View ArticleUnable to take backup of System state in server 2008 R2
When i run the backup command "wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:e:"Its running successfully, But when its mount the number of file like "Found (302019) files." then it stuck on the same...
View ArticleVSS Shadow Copy Service won't start after SP2 install on Windows 2008...
The VSS service was set to manual so I set it to automatic and force started it.It keeps shutting back off and my backups are failing.I tried this. see below but it still won't worksee belowRe-register...
View ArticleRestore System Image from Disk in D:
Good evening, I have 2 drives on my computer. In one of them I have the System Restore Image. Also created a recovery disk so you can restore if your computer has a problem more serious. I already ran...
View ArticleSeveral doubts about backup of Windows Server 2008 R2
Hello.I wanted touse thenativebackupas Windows2008 R2andI havesomedoubts.I want to makea copyof mydata on anotherinternal drive and alsoin anotherexternalusb disk.I canplan twocopiesand will beexactly...
View Articletransportable snapshot issues on windows server 2012 R2 and iSCSI Target VSS...
Hi, I have issues with transportable snapshot and iscsi target, i can't "mount" the snapshot. My configuration: -the first server have iscsi target server and backup software (CA arcserve) -the second...
View ArticleBare Metal Restore - Restore only shows time stamps for failed jobs.
Hello. I am trying a full bare metal restore job of my SBS 2008 server using Microsoft Windows Server backup. This restore is to identical hardware including identical drives and RAID configuration....
View ArticlePlease point me in the right direction: need write write a hardware VSS provider
Hi,I need to write a hardware provider for VSS, Volume shadow copy service. The target is 2008R2 but I would be happy with info to target any OS version.I've seen many write-ups on the flow and half...
View ArticleEasy Server 2012 backup solutions with tape support?
We have several smaller to midsized customers that have invested money in tape drives and tapes. They are using Symantec BackupExec on Server 2003 / 2008 and 2008 R2. Unfortunately, Symantec postponed...
View ArticleWindows Server 2008 R2 Logon failure: the user has not been granted the...
I have gone through the other posts with this error and non of the solutions offered has worked for me.I have recently attached a network storage device ( a DROBO which is Linux based). I am doing...
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