Let's say I do a windows backup of system state, C: and EFI partition
but I have also D: local drive
When I restore, I want to keep intact my D:. and at the same time restore C:
Is it possible?
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Backing up and restoring only in C: only
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Server 2012: Backup Support for Volumes larger than 2 Terabytes?
There is different information available about this subject:
On Microsoft Technet, "Windows Server Backup Feature Overview", http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj614621.aspx, there is the following statement: "Ability to backup volumes greater than 2 terabytes (TB) and with 4 K sector sizes."
Various other sources and answered questions in this forum like http://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/dc9d9778-2c4c-4320-87e9-3e13597c84a4/volumes-larger-than-2088958-megabytes-cannot-be-protected-in-windows-server-2012 says that there is still this 2 TeraByte limitation with server 2012.
1. Which statement is correct?
2. What is the Server 2012 Backup File Format? VHD or VHDx?
Thank you in advance for any clarification.
Franz
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Windows 2012 Restore behavior
I have two Windows 2012 standard servers setup with Windows Backup Server. Both are virtual machines with an extra drive attached for backups. From each server I do a nightly backup to it's local hard drive. If I give that drive a drive letter and share
it for access to the other 2012 server and try to restore using the UNC it only shows one backup available. When I restore locally it shows all of the backup sets.
How can I restore from a different server and have all of the backup sets available?
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Can you "backup" a pre-existing Volume Shadow Copy
Hi Everyone,
We have had an issue with our DFSR environment, which essentially wiped some data and caused data to reappear on our spoke servers (which shouldn't have happened). I have logged a case with MS and am currently working on this, however, while I am in the process of resolving the issues with DFSR, I would like to ensure that I could potentially "backup" the Volume Shadow Copies/Previous Verisions, of the data that currently exist on some of our spoke servers...
Is what I am requesting/thinking even remotely possible?
My thought process was somehow the VSC snapshot could be mounted, and a robocopy job ran to another location to get a copy of the data.
The reasons for this is that I need to ensure I can still recover data for a certain period of time until I have the DFSR Replication Groups back in sync.
I am running Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 ( a mix of standard and enterprise editions).
Any help or guidance on this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in Advance!
Simon
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How to backup C drive which has windows server 2012 installed?
Hi All,
Our company has a server which has windows server 2012 installed. The server now has three internal drives. The OS in installed in c drive.
I plan to backup c drive realtime or through scheduled task to a local hard disk. If the c drive stops working (I mean hardware problem), I can simply plug in the hard drive which has backup files and the server can start working as a charm.
I found there is already a backup tool in server 2012 but am not sure if it can meet my demand.
Is there any suggestion?
Thanks all in advance!
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Windows Server 2012 Backup Volume Shadow Copy Error
Hello All
We have Windows Server 2012 running at our office with Hyper-V and we are (trying) to use windows backup service to take regular backups of our server. However, sadly we are getting an error:
"The backup operation that started at '?2013?-?07?-?16T18:30:22.786000000Z' has failed because the Volume Shadow Copy Service operation to create a shadow copy of the volumes being backed up failed with following error code '0x80780021'. Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved."
We have been through the technet forums but sadly have not been able to find any solution. Any help is much appreciated.
Thank you.
Regards
Abhisar Gupta
We have Windows Server 2012 running at our office with Hyper-V and we are (trying) to use windows backup service to take regular backups of our server. However, sadly we are getting an error:
"The backup operation that started at '?2013?-?07?-?16T18:30:22.786000000Z' has failed because the Volume Shadow Copy Service operation to create a shadow copy of the volumes being backed up failed with following error code '0x80780021'. Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved."
We have been through the technet forums but sadly have not been able to find any solution. Any help is much appreciated.
Thank you.
Regards
Abhisar Gupta
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Is it possible to restore Win2008R2 windows server backup to Hyper-V and how large is the backup file size ?
I would like to take windows server backup of win2008R2 server and restore it as win2012 Hyper-V guest.
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Is it possible ?
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How large the size of windows server backup and is it possible to estimate file site in advance ?
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SQL server 2008 R2 backup/Restore issue
Dear all,
I have a System which is based on an I7 processor with 8GB RAM and 500 GB SATA disk size.
I have install on this system a Windows Server 2008 R2 64, then make a backup using Windows Server Backup
Then I rety to restore this generated backup on an other PC which is :
- I5 CPU
- 8GB Ram
- SATA HD 500 GB
The restore opertion works ok but the problem is that windows does not start and the PC keeps on rebooting.
Both PC are DELL machine and have nothing special in architecture exept CPU type.
Any reason why the restore operation fails to Windows ?
Thnaks for idea.
regards
serge
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Removing a broken disk from Windows 2008 R2 "Destination list"
I am running backup of a Windows 2008 R2 server by rotating 4 disks – always 2 are out of the office.
Now one of the discs has broken and been replaced. I now want to remove / delete the broken disc from the “Destination” disc list.
I have looked into the command “wbadmin enable backup [-removetarget:<BackupTargetDisk>]” but as I can see this command
needs the backup disk to be connected to the server? (in the help info it is listed: “Requires you to specify the location as a
disk identifier” – which I think means it has to be connected to get the disk identifier?)
I am looking for a command that let me use ex. “serverName 2013_08_09_10:00 Disk_03” as parameter for removing the disk.Hopefully this is possible?Regards
Harald
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Backup failed with "The version does not support this version of the file format" 0xc03a0005
So I have a batch that I am trying to run but doing so gives me an error.
Batch
Now when I run the batch it starts to work, then outputs the following:
The remote path is a SMB share, ver. 3.0.33.
Batch
@echo off rem script using WBADMIN.EXE on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Server rem backup share UNC set backupshare=\\servername\vol rem files and folders to include set include=E:\FolderIAmBackingUp rem define date time variables for building the folder name set m=%date:~4,2% set d=%date:~7,2% set y=%date:~10,4% set h=%time:~0,2% set min=%time:~3,2% set sec=%time:~6,2% set newfolder=%backupshare%\%computername%\%m%%d%%y%_%h%%min%%sec% echo Creating %newfolder% mkdir %newfolder% rem run the backup echo Backing up %include% to %newfolder% wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:%newfolder% -include:%include% -quiet rem Clear variables set backupshare= set include= set m= set d= set y= set h= set min= set sec=
set newfolder=
Now when I run the batch it starts to work, then outputs the following:
Retrieving volume information... This will back up volume AIC_JBOD_VOL_0(E:) (Selected Files) to \\backupserver\volume\ServerToBeBackedUp\01142010_115022. The backup operation to \\Backupservername\volume\ServerToBeBackedUp\01142010_115022 is starting. Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup... Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup... Please wait while files to backup for volume AIC_JBOD_VOL_0(E:) are identified. This might take several minutes. Found (0) files. File identification is complete. The backup of volume AIC_JBOD_VOL_0(E:) to \\Backupservername\volume\ServerToBeBackedUp\01142010_115022 is starting... The backup of volume AIC_JBOD_VOL_0(E:) could not be completed. Error: The version does not support this version of the file format. The backup operation stopped before completing. Summary of the backup operation: ------------------ The backup operation stopped before completing. Log of files successfully backed up: C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup-14-01-2010_11-50-33.log Log of files for which backup failed: C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup_Error-14-01-2010_11-50-33.log None of the source volumes were backed up.
The remote path is a SMB share, ver. 3.0.33.
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Register SQL Server VSS Writer with Windows Server Backup
I have installed SQl Server 2008 R2 Express onto a Windows Server 2008 R2 server. The SQL Server VSS Writer is also installed.
Do you need to register the SQL Server VSS Writer with Windows Server Backup in order to backup data, or is this done automatically?
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Windows 7 backup file management.
One of my users with a lot of data is getting a backup drive full message.
Does Windows 7 backup automatically manage deleting old backups so that new backups will fit on the drive?
I am assuming this is the way it works because it only makes sense. I just need confirmation.
Does Windows 7 backup automatically manage deleting old backups so that new backups will fit on the drive?
I am assuming this is the way it works because it only makes sense. I just need confirmation.
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Restore Active directory backup to a new domain controller server installation
Hi!
I have just one 2008 R2 Standard domain controller in my enterprise (Just one, not two)
I ned to configure a hardware RAID 1 in the domain controller and I will lost all the information of my domain controller.
I don´t have another fisical server to install server 2008 , and replicate the Active directory with the actual Domain controller so I have to find a way to save the Active directory information, configure the RAID, and restore my server.I tryed doing a system state backup of my domain controller and tryed to restore it in a virtual machine but it didn´t work.
(With wbadmin command)
Must I do a full server backup of the DC or there is any way to backup just the system state of my Active directory and restore it in my new instalation of windows server 2008 as a domain controller?
Thanks!
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Migrating from x86 to 64bit
We had a company deploy our server with a 32bit architecture. We are needing to backup everything on it and re-install the OS to 64bit to increase memory capacity. Are there white papers to achieve this? Would a system state backup do the trick?
Thanks in advance.
Scott
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Server 2012 Server backups - "The drive cannot find the sector requested"
Hi please help, Windows Server backup keeps failing with an error "The drive cannot find the sector requested", I am doing a full backup to an external drive which has been dedicated for backups, it does about 94.6gb out of 95gb so is close to
finishing. I have performed a check disk, updated all my hardware drivers (its a HP server with hardware mirrored drives), I am at a loss - does anyone have any ideas or solutions.
I have uninstalled and rebooted the server and then reinstalled but still get the same error
Also must add that this is a live server, oh and is my first server 2012 install (soon to be last!!)
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How to restore NTBackup's BKF file on Windows server 2012 std.
i want to restore my windows sbs2003 .bkf file to 2012 std server, as per default utility in 2012 server i couldn't find restore of .bkf file.
please let me know how i can restore or is there any utility.
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Win 7 Restoring
I am unable to access my backups in Windows 7. Prior to installing Windows 7, I backed up my computer through the backup provided with Windows Vista Ultimate on to a USB backup drive. I then did a clean wipe of my computer and installed Windows 7. I have since been unable to restore the backup from the USB drive. I am doing the following:
1. Open up Backup and Restore
2. Select another backup to restore files from
3. Since the selection screen is blank, I select Refresh and get nothing.
4. Shared the drive as a Network drive
5. Open Backup and Restore
6. Select another backup to restore files from
7. Browse network location
8. \\<Computer>\Backups\Client\WindowsImageBackup\<Computer>\Backup<date of backup>
9. Hit Ok
Get the following message:
"Windows was unable to find any backup sets on \\<Computer>\Backups\Client\WindowsImageBackup\<Computer>\Backup<date of backup>. Please select a different location."
10. Hit Ok
11. \\<Computer>\Backups\Client\WindowsImageBackup\<Computer>\Catalog
12. Hit Ok
Same error message
Now I have looked in the locations and there are 10 .xml files and 2 .vhd files correspondant to the amount of drives I backed up. I need my files off this backup. How do I get this to work?
Michael R. Mastro II
1. Open up Backup and Restore
2. Select another backup to restore files from
3. Since the selection screen is blank, I select Refresh and get nothing.
4. Shared the drive as a Network drive
5. Open Backup and Restore
6. Select another backup to restore files from
7. Browse network location
8. \\<Computer>\Backups\Client\WindowsImageBackup\<Computer>\Backup<date of backup>
9. Hit Ok
Get the following message:
"Windows was unable to find any backup sets on \\<Computer>\Backups\Client\WindowsImageBackup\<Computer>\Backup<date of backup>. Please select a different location."
10. Hit Ok
11. \\<Computer>\Backups\Client\WindowsImageBackup\<Computer>\Catalog
12. Hit Ok
Same error message
Now I have looked in the locations and there are 10 .xml files and 2 .vhd files correspondant to the amount of drives I backed up. I need my files off this backup. How do I get this to work?
Michael R. Mastro II
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Are 2012 R2 Backups With Compacting Warnings Integral?
Warnings are from VM's performing their own backups. The host backup excludes the VMs' VHD's.
Other than the wbadmin warning message, I don't find a corresponding message in the Window logs. Should I?
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I have a problem related to Windows Server Backup in Windows Server 2012.
I have a problem related to Windows Server Backup in Windows Server 2012.
In my scenario I have two physical servers (host VM's in Hyper-V), both configured to perform daily full backup of the server (VSS Full Backup). The schedule was created within the console of Windows Server Backup is not used any scripts for running backups.
For storage I'm using 3TB external drives that have been formatted automatically by the tool Windows Server Backup.
These two host's servers were with a history of XX day backup, but while checking this morning, all my history vanished, stating only the last executed copy of the previous night.
In a matter of disk space, both hd's have over 60% free space, in which my backup's use only 1TB of space.
The first case occurred in my server host01, and after a week the same thing happened with my server host02.
The space for shadow copies (Volume Shadow Copy) on my backup disk was first set to Maximum size "No Limit". Configured in the same backup disk is a limit to the storage space of the volume shadow copy in 25% (715264MB = 698.5 Gb), with the total space of the recognized HD 2794GB.
I have the same configuration on other servers with Windows Server 2008 and they did not have this problem, always maintaining a long history of backing up and deleting the oldest ones as needed.
I do not see a specific reason for the tool to be deleting the entire backup history on this server, owning more than 60% of free disk space.
Has anyone experienced this? What can be happening?
In my scenario I have two physical servers (host VM's in Hyper-V), both configured to perform daily full backup of the server (VSS Full Backup). The schedule was created within the console of Windows Server Backup is not used any scripts for running backups.
For storage I'm using 3TB external drives that have been formatted automatically by the tool Windows Server Backup.
These two host's servers were with a history of XX day backup, but while checking this morning, all my history vanished, stating only the last executed copy of the previous night.
In a matter of disk space, both hd's have over 60% free space, in which my backup's use only 1TB of space.
The first case occurred in my server host01, and after a week the same thing happened with my server host02.
The space for shadow copies (Volume Shadow Copy) on my backup disk was first set to Maximum size "No Limit". Configured in the same backup disk is a limit to the storage space of the volume shadow copy in 25% (715264MB = 698.5 Gb), with the total space of the recognized HD 2794GB.
I have the same configuration on other servers with Windows Server 2008 and they did not have this problem, always maintaining a long history of backing up and deleting the oldest ones as needed.
I do not see a specific reason for the tool to be deleting the entire backup history on this server, owning more than 60% of free disk space.
Has anyone experienced this? What can be happening?
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olume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine IOCTL_DISK_SET_SNAPSHOT_INFO(\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE19) fails with winerror 1167. hr = 0x8007048f, The device is not connected
I am trying to create a snapshot on my lun from a storage array on windows 2008 R2. From a diskshadow create command on windows 2008 runs the luns are intermittently disappearing from the host.
Can someone help resolving this issue
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