Windows Server 2008 R2 Standard - creating full system image
What is the best way to create a full system image with Windows server 2008 R2 Std? For instance, I would like to create a full system image of my server to a portable HD. Lets say one day my server...
View ArticleEvent error 13 vmicvss Windows Server 2012 unable to perform online backup...
First W2K12 install, so, learning. W2K12 running in guest W2K8R2 Hyper-V. See error below. Been occuring since install, several events recorded within same 15 minute period each day, before and after...
View ArticleWindows Server 2012 VSS error "The system writer is missing"
Hello All,I have a HP server that I have just installed Server 2012 standard, SQL Server 2012 and Sharepoint 2013.When I try to take bare metal backup I get the error: "The system writer is missing", I...
View ArticleServer 2012 Windows Server Backup locks up server
We have a issue with our Server 2012 Standard server with Exchange 2010 running Windows Server Backup. The backup is freezing the server to an extent that mouse and keyboard are frozen, the server...
View ArticleRepair Windows?
In erlier versions of Windows it was possible to repair a present installation by booting on the installation media and make a repair installation over the old one from there. When trying this with...
View ArticleWindows 2008 backup to NAS over internet
We have a Windows 2008 server that currently, are doing external hard drive backups with Backup Exec 2012. Those are working fine. We would like to also do an offsite backup of this server. We were...
View ArticleMicrosoft Hyper-V VSS writer has rejected an event with error 0x800423f3
Hi All,I'm trying to create VSS Snapshot of a Windows8 VM by adding/engaging the Corresponding HyperV VM Component. The Snapshot creation getting succeeded but after DoSnapshotSet & Wait calls the...
View ArticleServer is empty ....
I recently purchased space in server ..... they have just provided empty space .... i could only run html files from server.... i can't run php files .... no cgi-bin,cp etc folders .... wen i got space...
View ArticleRe: Unique Backup for Server Help :(
Hi,I am not sure if you can help me out with this, but if you know of some way, or some software that can do this it would be greatly appreciated. I currently have a server with Windows 2003 on it. It...
View ArticleServer 2012 Essentials - Restore backup to a smaller size partition?
Hi there, i have a question about restoring a server backup to different sized partition. my situation is: im currently running a raid 10 configuration (hp smart array) using 4 * 2Tb HDD's with a...
View ArticleServer 2012 fails to backup to iSCSI drive
We have a couple of Windows Server 2012 machines we need to back up. I have set up an Openfiler box to store all the backups on. I've created a couple iSCSI LUN's and attached them to the machines to...
View ArticleRestore a Server 2008 backup to Server 2012
Hi,Just wondered before I buy Server 2012....can you restore a Server 2008 backup onto Server 2012 ?In my scenario I have one server 2008 R2 standard and I may be getting Server 2012 for another...
View Article7 vss writers fail and remain in timed out state
We have Server 2008 R2 that runs our AD and 7 vss writers are currently in failed state which prevents Backup Exec 2010 R3 from successfully completing backup jobs. Server reboot does not make any...
View ArticleShadow Copy Failure To Write
I just replaced my backup USB drive for my 2008R2 Server. I cannot get the Server Backup program to perform a bare metal backup (or any backup for that matter). I get the error message: Backup...
View ArticleWbadmin.msc on windows server 2012 fails to start in MMC with error...
Hi, Since some time now i have not been able to use the Windows server backup tool anymore.I cant really tell since when this started, but for all i know the windows server backup service worked fine.I...
View ArticleDomain Backup
i have a remote site with only a 2008 r2 domain controller which acts as file server and dns server and has sql express.there is a backup going on locally there for database backup but my concern is .I...
View Articleserver 2012 media changer
Having issues with Server 2012 and a media changer in a Quantum i500, we have tested this on a instance of server 2008 R2 with no issues. When we go to use the armtool.exe to scan the slots we get an...
View ArticleWBadmin -addtarget issue with Hyper-V Server 2012
Hi there,I'm currently running into an issue with Hyper-V Server 2012 and adding a new target to a scheduled backup.All technet posts I've read do not provide a solution (and generally in Hyper-V 2008...
View ArticleWhere does Previous Versions store its backup data?
I've read somewhere in the Windows Server 2008 R2 help files that 10% extra disk space is required to implement Previous Versions. My question is this: where does Windows store this 10% backup data? I...
View ArticleBare Metal Backup for Windows Servers
Hi;I have File Server running on Windows 2008 R2. Just want to take IMAGE Copy of My OS (Windows 2008 R2) & Applications installed on it. In case any failure in boot process in OS or any other...
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