How can i take windows server 2008 sp2 backup as image backup
Hi All,we have windows server 2008 sp2 server in that we have installed SQL server. now due to hardware issues on existing server, we want to take complete system backup along with applications...
View ArticleMy c:\windows\winsxs\filemaps folder is missing gone/deleted
When attempting to backup my system I was unable to as it said the VSS writer is missing.After researching found that the reason it will not run is the Filemaps folder is missing from the winsxs...
View Articlerstrui.exe Create a system restore point on windows server 8 standard
Hi,Before making system changes, I need to create a system restore point on windows server 2008 Standard with SP2 installed., I found where to accomplish that via the UI, but the file isn't found when...
View ArticleWindows 2012 backup with group policy
Hi there,Need some advice about running Windows 2K8R2 and 2012 servers backup with group policy. I have 20 2K8R2 and 2012 servers needed to backup. I will use built-in Windows Server Backup to run the...
View ArticleEvent ID 127 Error on Backups
I have a Windows 2012 server backing up with NovaBackup to a Buffalo NAS.Every time a Backup goes off I get this errorLog Name: System Source: Ntfs Date: 4/3/2015 9:00:57 AM Event...
View ArticleVSS Writer errors backing up VM guests on Server 2012 R2
Hello,I'm trying to setup backup on newly setup 2012 R2 server. I have Linux and Windows guests. Windows guest back up fine, sometime I do get errors though. With Linux guests (CentOS7, latest build) -...
View ArticleQuestions related to windows server backup/restore
Hi All,I have few questions related to Windows server system state backup. My first question is "I have taken a system state backup using Windows server backup manager", My server crashed and replaced...
View ArticleUgh: Error [0x800700a1] The specified path is invalid.
I'm having the following problem. Our backups are failing with the following error:In the backup logs, I find:Error in backup of D:\ during write: Error [0x800700a1] The specified path is invalid....
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Unable to backup System State on a 2008 R2 Server
Have a 2008 R2 SP1 Server, patched to the current state, and we can not perform a system state / BMR backup. The backup starts, VSS creation always succeeds, but between 30 and 80% (it's never at the...
View ArticleSystem State/BMR Backup with DPM 2012 R2 fails on our domain controllers.
Hi,We use System Center DPM 2012 R2 (running on server 2008 r2 sp1) to backup the system state/bmr of our domain controllers (running Server 2012 R2). Since the end of March the backups fail with the...
View ArticleWindows 7 / Server 2008 R2 Bare Metal Restore 0x0000007B Stop Error
Hi, I am tring to restore a Server 2008 R2 Standard Ed (full installation) RTM to a virtual machine, from a full Windows Server Backup image taken of a physical machine (Dell PE 2970). All restores...
View ArticleVista Backup Failed with Error 0x81000006
Configuration: Doing a Vista Backup from a Vista Home Premium PC/laptop to a drive, which is connected to another Vista Home Premium PC/desktop.Problem: The Vista Backup starts running OK and...
View ArticleApplication error event id - 20 & Custom log error event id -4004
Hi,I am new to windows systems. Kindly help me to resolve below issues. OS : Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition Service Pack2 Application error event id - 20:Service encounter error <OCS...
View ArticleEvent 51 and 27 during Windows Server Backup
Hello Everybody,I have a server running Windows Server 2008 R2 and it has 3 Hyper-V VMs running constantly. Whenever Windows Server Backup starts I get the following errors (51 and 27) in the event...
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On 2.4.15 all emails to Inbox for that day went to Deleted folder, when I have not put them there. Others have also found their way there. How?A definition of Third party for Terms & C?
View ArticleWeirdness with Shadow Copies and Previous versions not showing up
Hello,We have a 2012 R2 server that is acting as our backup server. I have Shadow Copies configured on the drive where the backups are located. That drive is shared out so that I can mount place...
View ArticleWindows back up failure with error code 2155348081?
I am running windows back up on a hyper-v windows 2008r2 machine and it failed this weekend. The destination NAS drive had a physical failure and we replaced it. I believe that will fix the issue, my...
View ArticleServer 2012 R2 Failing to backup after RAID array rebuilt from failed disk
Event 517, BackupThe backup operation that started at '2015-03-12T16:02:47.502634500Z' has failed with following error code '0x807800C5' (There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one...
View ArticleHelp needed with robocopy
Hello all,Iam having a strange issue with robocopy and need some help to understand whats causing it.Iam using robocopy to copy some files to my backup server. Problem is that my backup server doesn't...
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