i search from the internet and find some recommendation for server 2003 backup solution, i wonder which is better. the only requirment is userfriendly, and cheap of course. i am not intend to put too much energy into this. i know Acronis, Aomei and macrium,
they seem good. are they? is there a possibity to get free edtion for server?
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server 2003 backup
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Shadow Copies - Will only keep 10 copies
Hi
My Docs server (2012 R2) I have created a 50GB partition to store shadow copies from another local drive where the data is hosted. In shadow copy settings I have set maximum size to "no limit" and have schedules 6 times a day. This all works fine giving me currently 63 restore points. Problem is 63 shadow copies seems to be the limit. I want shadow copies to utilise the wrest of the drive (45Gb)but it doesn't. It stays at around 5GB of usage
Would anyone have any suggestions on why this is happening?
Thanks
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High CPU utilization during DPM backup
Folks,
We need your help with this!
Here is the scenario:
* This VM is a DC/DNS/DHCP
* Server 2012R2 (fully patched)
* the VM is a part of DPM 2012R2 rotation (the client was pushed in from the server)
Every 3-3.5 days something happens that makes "Block level backup engine Service", Virtual Disk Service" and the Volume Shadow copy service utilization to hit the ceiling. The whole thing renders the VM unusable until reboot. All attempts
to restart or kill the service/process end up with "Access denied"
We have tried the following already:
* Removing DPM protection
* Uninstalling the DPM client
* Removing the Windows backup feature.
* Reinstalling everything in the reverse order
* Implemented DHCP access denied
registry key fix
Any assistance in resolving the situation is appreciated!
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best back up software and hardware requirement for the same
Good morning to all,
I would like to know about back solutions. We are a small organization around 60 employees, currently we have windows server 2008 r2 and using symantec backup exc and we back up on external USB drives. Management not happy with Symantec
We plan to upgrade our servers , and moving to VMs and plan to implement network storage.
So we want a back up solution which could back up VMs ,Shared folder and other required data.
What are the best practice and solutions for backups.
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Error: Snapshots were found, but they were outside of your allowed context
I performed backup of a volume storing a database on my server using Windows Server Backup (WSB).
Now I have some old shadows that I would like to remove.
To do that, I use the vssadmin command with ShadowID that I'd like to remove:
vssadmin delete shadows /Shadow={9bae879d-979e-4ec0-b252-720de085d2bf}
However, I get the response
Error: Snapshots were found, but they were outside of your allowed context. Try
removing them with the backup application which created them.
Well, the application that created these shadows was WSB, and WSB GUI does not have command to delete old shadows.
How can I delete these shadows?
TIA
Les
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Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual DC - WSB jobs fail; causing vds.exe 100% CPU utilization
I've started having issues with WSB on a Windows Server 2012 R2 virtual DC. I had been using WSB full server backups to local disk without issue for probably 8 months or more. Recently I noticed that the CPU utilization on the server was stuck around 100%, and it was the Virtual Disk service (vds.exe) using all the CPU.
During troubleshooting I found through VSSAdmin that I had more than one writer in the "Waiting for completion" state. After some searching I found a suggestion to restart the Cryptographic Services service and that seemed to work. CPU utilization and server performance went back to normal. I hoped that'd be the end of it—it wasn't. The issue returned the next day, and this time restarting the cryptographic service did nothing. I tried restarting the Block Level Backup Engine service because it was stuck running and that also did nothing. I also tried not backing-up the System State, and that didn't help. I've had to restart the server each morning to resolve the issue, so I have stopped the backups until I find a solution. Has anyone else experienced this behavior?
Thanks!
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How to Programmatically Enable/Disable "Previous Versions" of Files on Windows7?
hi, is anyone know how to programmaticlly enable/disable "Previous Versions" on Windows7?
"Previous Versions" is part of System Restore, there is a way that can enable/disable SR by WMI, but how about "Previous Versions"?
Either through WMI, script or Windows API?
"Previous Versions" is part of System Restore, there is a way that can enable/disable SR by WMI, but how about "Previous Versions"?
Either through WMI, script or Windows API?
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November 2014 update rollup for Windows RT/8/2012 breaks VSS backup – hot fix
November 2014 update rollup for Windows RT, Windows 8, and Windows Server 2012 appears to have some issues that cause VSS based backup to break.
Error messages have been ovserved like:
EventId 12366 – VSS – An unhandled exception was encountered while processing a VSS writer event callback method. The VSS writer infrastructure is in an unstable state.
and
EventId 2034 – MSExchangeRepl – The Microsoft Exchange Replication service VSS Writer when processing the backup completion event.
See this link for more information and hot fix
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Windows Server 2012 Backup - wbadmin - rotation breaks if server is rebooted during a backup process
Hi,
I've got a weird issue that has been affecting us for a while. After running updates on the various servers that we have. It appears that if an update is applied and the servers rebooted whilst a backup is underway, the backup will fail - as expected - but future backups will then fail with
XXXXXVM - The Specified Component was not reported by the VSS Writer
The error within Event Viewer is :-
The backup operation that started at '2014-11-20T00:46:18.510365400Z' has failed with following error code '0x80780049' (None of the items included in backup were backed up.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup
operation once the issue is resolved.
The backup will then fail constantly, until the backup is stopped fully and then recreated, this is obviously not ideal in the slightest, especially with servers that have daily backup drives that then need to be added.
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Workgroup Server(s) backup on a domain network shared folder
Hello everyone,
I need some backup help, just like the thread title says, I have 2 workgroup servers (2008 R2) with the Windows Server backup feature installed, and what I am trying to do is to shedule weekly backups on both servers, and set the backups to be placed on a domain shared folder.
I can't get it to work, and I dont know which credentials exactly should I use when the wbadmin prompts me, 'coz domain credentials (domain\administrator) don't get recognized on the local machine (the workgroup servers).. and the local machine's credentials (servername\administrator) doesn't work either.
any help would be greatly appreciated. :)
Thanks.
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How can we restore files that we don't have access too?
"Backup Operators" are to supposed to have the ability to restore any file on the server.
Our backup software mounts a snapshot of a volume and we can access the files. However when we try to copy the files to the original location, we may not have access to the directory. We have to add permissions and go through a hassle.
So what does it take to use this "Backup Operators" group and enable files to be restored?
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Wbadmin issue in windows server 2012 R2
HI,
Recently we installed the windows 2012 R2 with role hyper-v & failover cluster services in our new server.
Also downloading and installing the all recently windows updating.
Everything seen is fine.
But when we try to do the backup using Wbadmin on this new server, it will got issue.Refer to below :
1) if i only backup the C driver (OS installed driver) & system state only, it will backup successfully & quickly.
2) But if i backup the system including the EFI system partion, it will take about 12 hours to finish the backup. The backup always be running in status : Backup in process for EFI system partion. and theData transfer always is ZERO. But if it begin to transfer ,it will finish it quickly.
I try to post the picture, but the forums will remind me *Body text cannot contain images or links until we are able to verify your account*.
Thanks.
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WSB: Number of shadow copies created on different backup volumes
Hi all,
we have two backup disks e: and f:
- e: is used for weekly backups, 40GB total size, 4.895.141.888 bytes free
- f: is used for daily backups, 100GB, 51.933.102.080 bytes free
Now in total we get only 5 backup versions /shadow copies. One located on drive e: and four located on drive f:
While I can understand the 1/8 rule for drive e:, I can not understand this for drive f:?
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: UNBOUNDED (100%) for both drives.
Why is WSB not using the 51.933.102.080 bytes free space on drive f: to create more shadow copies?
Shadow Copy Storage association
For volume: (F:)\\?\Volume{502f9d83-eee4-11e2-a783-d89d671af684}\
Shadow Copy Storage volume: (F:)\\?\Volume{502f9d83-eee4-11e2-a783-d89d671af684}\
Used Shadow Copy Storage space: 10.984 GB (11%)
Allocated Shadow Copy Storage space: 11.518 GB (11%)
Maximum Shadow Copy Storage space: UNBOUNDED (100%)
Any hints?
Many thanks in advance.
Claus
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Windows Server Backup blank Messages pane
Server 2008R2 Standard SP1
Windows Server Backup has been running with no issues for over a year. Backup nightly to a iSCSI connect NAS, which I can access.
For the last several days, the Messages pane has been empty.
In the Status pane, the Last Backup Status shows dashes,
Next Backup is correct
All Backups show the scheduled backups are running successfully,
Lou H.
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WBADMIN Status: "preparing media to store backups"
I'm using wbadmin on six Windows Server 2008 R2 Std file servers; the data goes to a USB drive attached to each server. At the start of the first scheduled backup after a file server is restarted for any reason (such as WSUS last night) the status of the wbadmin job shows "preparing media to store backups" and moves no data for about 30-35 minutes. The USB drive being used has not been switched out.
All six of my file servers using wbadmin do this, every time they are restarted. They do not show this behavior at any other time.
I'm not as concerned about this occurring on these file servers as I am about the possiblity that this long delay may be causing or contiobuting to some problems I'm having with DPM and Hyper-V vms on a cluster. Which log would show this, if any, since it is a status, not an error event with an ID?
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SBS E 2011 Backup fails with error code '2155348129', also 'SqlServerWriter' VSS error
I have SBS 2011 SP1 Essentials installed on a HP ProLiant ML110 G7 and using an external 1TB drive hard drive connected USB. When I attempt a 'Windows Server backup', the process fails with the following error:
Log Name: Application Source: Microsoft-Windows-Backup Date: 12/7/2011 1:10:13 PM Event ID: 521 Task Category: None Level: Error The backup operation that started at '2011-12-07T21:09:33.960000000Z' 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 '2155348129'. Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.
I ran VSSADMIN LIST WRITERS with only one error listed in the results:
Writer name: 'SqlServerWriter' Writer Id: {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a} Writer Instance Id: {a8bab7d1-be3a-49c2-a167-374de41e6eef} State: [8] Failed Last error: Inconsistent shadow copy.
Also, I do not have SharePoint Foundation is not installed on this server. There are many posts regarding manually running PSCONFIG, and that does not apply here,
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hyper-v exclusions possible for VHD?
Hi,
I am using wbadmin for backing up virtual machines. Since one of the machines was big but contained some data which were not intended to be backed up(like test databases) we decided to attach another VHDX and move this type of data onto it.
The rest is intended for backup. This leads to problem - I cannot find way how to backup Hyper-v guest but exclude one VHD. Is it somehow possible?
Thank you.
Pete
sfs
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Invoke remote diskpart with pipe results in 'C:\windows\system32\diskpart.exe}' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
Hi,
I am trying to invoke commands from powershell, especially the diskpart and do some operations. I am trying to use this:
"C:\Windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\powershell.exe" Invoke-Command -ComputerName "machinename" -ScriptBlock {"select disk 2", "online disk" | diskpart}
but keep getting this:
'diskpart.exe}' is not recognized as an internal or external command...
I also tried with full path to diskpart but I get this:
'C:\windows\system32\diskpart.exe}' is not recognized as an internal or external command...
can you help me with that? I would use powershell directly but the system is Server 2008 R2 where storage modules are not present..
execution policy is set to unrestricted
Thank you.
Pete
sfs
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copy windows 2008 r2 backup file
how can i copy the windows backup file with incremental copies as i try to copy the running backup but it copied only one copy.
regards,
Shujaath Ahmed
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Is it shadow copy of volume "point in time" backup?
hello
Is it shadow copy full "point in time" backup?
Example: I can made 10 shadow copy per day for my d: volume on e: as shadow storage. If I restore any of this shadows to certain time, this will restore entire d: volume to that exact time?
thanks
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