Backing up and restoring only in C: only
Let's say I do a windows backup of system state, C: and EFI partitionbut I have also D: local driveWhen I restore, I want to keep intact my D:. and at the same time restore C:Is it possible?
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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...
View ArticleWindows 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...
View ArticleCan 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...
View ArticleHow 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...
View ArticleWindows 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...
View ArticleIs it possible to restore Win2008R2 windows server backup to Hyper-V and how...
I would like to take windows server backup of win2008R2 server and restore it as win2012 Hyper-V guest.1Is it possible ?2 How large the size of windows server backup and is it possible to estimate file...
View ArticleSQL 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...
View ArticleRemoving 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...
View ArticleBackup failed with "The version does not support this version of the file...
So I have a batch that I am trying to run but doing so gives me an error.Batch@echo off rem script using WBADMIN.EXE on a Windows Server 2008 R2 Server rem backup share UNC set...
View ArticleRegister 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...
View ArticleWindows 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...
View ArticleRestore 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...
View ArticleMigrating 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...
View ArticleServer 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...
View ArticleHow 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.
View ArticleWin 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...
View ArticleAre 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?
View ArticleI 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...
View Articleolume Shadow Copy Service error: Unexpected error calling routine...
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...
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