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What is the difference between VSS full backup and VSS copy backup?

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What is the difference between VSS full backup and VSS copy backup?

Kindly help me to with simple explanation which is easy to understand, instead of sharing reference web link.

If anyone can tel each points one by one.

Not savvy

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Since my external drive died I will be using the cloud and in the past I always used the clone back up because when restored there is nothing to think about. Win7 is getting wonky and I was thinking of doing another clone back up, restoring Win7 to factory then restoring the clone. Will clone just give me back the wonkiness and negate the fresh Win7. Any adice is appreciated.

Windows SErver 2008 R2 Wbadmin question

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good morning to all,

here is what i am trying to accomplish: I have one server (server1) that i would like to backup on another server (server2). i am already running a windows server backup and excluded some folders because of the 2tb size limit, so i want to backup those excluded files onto another server. this is what i am typing in:

wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:e: -include:\\server1\sharedfiles\photos

this should backup server1 to server 2 e drive. i see retrieving volume information... ERROR-the file "\\server1\sharedfiles\photos" is invalid

i have tried 'before the\\ and after photos, i have tried to enter the volume name of server 1 as

wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:e: -include:\\server1\Volume{b9e7a2d0-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}sharedfiles\photos

i still get the the specified file name in the file spec is invalid

any ideas?

black screen with mouse pointer From windows server R2 2008

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Dear All 

good Day 

we issue From windows server standard R2 2008

black screen with mouse pointer  when logging into windows server 2008 r2  

the user profile service failed the logon windows

i tested several command from Dos And safe mode ; Not solved The issue

i have a original copy with serial windows server standrd 2012 can i upgrade from windows server 2008 to windows server 2012 

i have image  backup before 2 years can i restore without remove any new  files and  configuration role

please help


LTO 7 Support

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Hi,

I only have a short question:

Does Server 2008 R2 or older support LTO 7?

I got an IBM Streamer but can't find driver for it.

Thanks for help.

Does running "Wbadmin delete backup -deleteoldest" delete BOTH backup and systemstate of combined backups?

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I am running windows server 2012 as a Domain controller and wanting to trim the backups as the disk is getting full.

I would like to know if running "Wbadmin delete backup -deleteoldest" deletes BOTH backup and systemstate of combined backups?

I run a daily backup job of the main drive and system state and I seem to have the impression I needed to delete both the backup and systemstate elements separately?

The issue is that when I run the delete process for the system state it states that "ERROR - No system state backups were found."

I have read that you need to run the two seperate deleations if your running the backup and system state elements seperatly which I am not.

Can you clarify this for me?

Secondly, Do the backups automatically trim themselves when the drive gets full?

Many thanks

Don


Server 2012 R2 - WindowsImageBackup Folder does_not_work once copied or if server writes it to a backup share

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I have a number of Windows 2012 R2 server domain controllers backing up to network shares at their locations.
In testing I have never been able to get the restore environment to see/recognize and work with any of my backups. 
I get the error: Windows cannot find a system image on this computer with any attempt to restore when I try to use a copy from the network share back to a USB thumb drive or USB hard drive or locally connected hard disk.  

I also have been unable to restore directly from the network share. \\servername\sharename 
Where the original WindowsImageBackup folder resides.  

Everything appears to work fine when backing up to the share no errors and get a success message. But I have been unable to use my backups they are not recognized in the restore environment after being copied to a hard drive from the network share or directly on the network.  

All files on the copy appear to be fully intact not corrupt the correct size and in the correct expected place on the root of the drive I am copying to.  

Also a further note is that it works fine if I backup to a locally connected drive (sata or usb)
The recovery environment does recognize this locally made backup. 

However if I take the WORKING WindowsImageBackup hard drive and hook it to my laptop
And simply copy the WindowsImageBackup directory to a USB thumb drive (on my laptop) 
the recovery environment does NOT recognize my backup on that thumb drive or on any other drive I copy it to even though the files were copied directly from the working drive (I bypassed the network and backup to share).

Recovery environment in all cases sees the drive itself and all my backup files as I can browse the drive just fine with command prompt or "browse for driver" function. 
But it will not see/recognize my image backup once copied to another drive or if I backup to a network share and copy that to a drive.  

Incredibly frustrating and confusing.  

I am on day 4 trying to figure this out and have been all over Google have not found an answer.  

I also have a lot of servers in the field backing up to NAS systems that may be completely useless for restore other than good VHDX files where I could mount them for files. 
But I need to be able to restore these servers from my backups. 










Could not take windows server 2012 datacenter edition backup(TOP URGENT!!!)

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I am trying to take a windows server 2012 datacenter edition backup. But the backup is failing by showing " The windows server backup service has stopped" message. I have tried thewbadmin delete catalog, reinstallation of the backup feature and restarting of the server.Nothing is working. 

Dawit Tesfaye



Windows 10 RemoteFX Support

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Hi,

does Windows 10 Enterprise (10.0.10240) installed as a VM in HyperV on a 2012R2 Standard support RemoteFX?

I always get a black screen after booting in the VM.

Thanks for help.

How to delete very old version in WSB - Shows as offline in restore wizard

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I am using 2012 R2 WSB. All of my backups are within the last 30 days. However, the oldest copy is January 2016. It indicates in on a volume I think no longer exist. When I launch the recovery wizard and go to the backup in question, it says the status is offline.

How can I correct this?

Thank you

Server 2008 Backup - Remove a backup target disk error

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I am trying to remove a disk from from a set of four target backup disk drives.  I tried the GUI and the command line and I get the same error right at the end.  Here is what I did on the comman line:

 C:\Users\administrator.MMC>wbadmin get disks
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.

Disk name: PERC  LD  0 PERCRAID SCSI Disk Device
Disk number: 0
Disk identifier: {bfa5bfa5-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Total space: 341.21 GB
Used space : 184.81 GB
Volumes: C:[(no volume label)],D:[Data]

Disk name: WD Elements 1023 USB Device
Disk number: 1
Disk identifier: {556fcc9e-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Total space: 931.51 GB
Used space : 931.49 GB
Volumes: <not mounted>[NEMO2 2011_07_28 13:32 Disk_04]

Disk name: Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex USB Device
Disk number: 2
Disk identifier: {5bdadb70-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Total space: 931.51 GB
Used space : 931.49 GB
Volumes: <not mounted>[NEMO2 2011_07_21 12:12 DISK_02]


C:\Users\administrator.MMC>wbadmin enable backup -removetarget:{5bdadb70-0000-0
00-0000-000000000000}
wbadmin 1.0 - Backup command-line tool
(C) Copyright 2004 Microsoft Corp.

The scheduled backup settings:

Bare metal recovery : Included
System state backup: Included
Volumes in backup: Local Disk(C:),Data(D:)
Files excluded: None
Advanced settings: VSS Backup Option (FULL)
Location to store backup: NEMO2 2011_07_21 12:12 DISK_01,NEMO2 2011_07_21 12:12
DISK_03,WD Elements 1023 USB Device
Times of day to run backup: 21:00

Do you want to enable scheduled backups with the above settings?
[Y] Yes [N] No Y

The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect.

Event id 517 - backup failing

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Event ID 517

No specific error only the above. Also try windows event id 517 but nothing happening.

Windows server 2008 r2 with SP1. Failing while taking backup by third party tool or windows backup utility.

Checked VSS writers are fine.

Able to take volume snapshot.

Error code '2147942487' (One or more arguments are invalid). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.

How the hell do i delete backup destenation in 2008 R2 SP1 GUI

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Hi

Really, there is a bug that you cant modify the scudule task in GUI, OK-- you will need all disks

I have damaged disk, therefore i want to add a new disk and delete the older one from rotation

the funney thing is that even the work aroung in the command line doesnt work, i was running

wbadmin enable backup -removetarget:\\?\Volume{3cea1437-0c2e-11e0-a2bc-001b215d8f9d}

Pressed twice YES

and the program crash.

 

is there any anyway to this basic abilty to remove the disk without destroying the whole backup ?

I cant connect the disk because it was damaged!

Faulting application name: wbadmin.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc4ee

Faulting module name: wbadmin.exe, version: 6.1.7600.16385, time stamp: 0x4a5bc4ee

Exception code: 0xc0000005

Fault offset: 0x000000000001595d

Faulting process id: 0x28d8

Faulting application start time: 0x01cbea3c3107663b

Faulting application path: C:\Windows\system32\wbadmin.exe

Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\wbadmin.exe

Report Id: 74b8305b-562f-11e0-b31d-001b215d8f9d

Multipoint 2012 Hardware compatibility

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Hi,

maybe you can help me:

I want to build a new Multipointserver 2012 with max. performance.

Where can I find the hardware specification so which max. graphic card, CPU, RAM, Mainboard I can use?

Thanks for help.

Multipoint 2012 with Beamer

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Hi,

how can I mirror my multipoint server 2012 screen to a beamer?

I always get another station displayed if I want to use the beamer.

Thanks for help.


Compatibility b/w System Center 2012 R2 DPM to backup Hyper-V Failover Cluster on Windows Server 2012

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Hi,

I'm planning to backup VMs hosted on CSV with System Center 2012 R2 DPM.

My hosts OS is Windows Server 2012 DC while System Center 2012 R2 DPM will be installed as VM in another server (not included in the failover cluster) using Win Server 2012 R2 as the OS, the reason to use R2 because in R2 DPM can be installed as VM thus I can conserve hardware resources.

I want to ask whether there will be any compabitility issues if I using different OS between the hosts and DPM server?

Thanks in advance,

Johanes.L

Unable to schedule a wbadmin backup to NAS

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Hello,

I have written a small batch script to make a Windows 2012 VM backup to NAS :

net use F: \\NAS-BACKUP-01\FullBackup Password /user:username /p:yes
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:"F:\SRV-NAV-01\Quotidien" -hyperv:SRV-NAV-01 -quiet -vssCopy >> C:\backuplogs_NAV.txt
net use F: /DELETE

This script work fine when launched directly (using an admin account).

However, I receive an error when this script is started via the Scheduler :

This will back up HyperV\SRV-NAV-01 to F:\SRV-NAV-01\Quotidien.
ERROR - The specified backup location could not be found or is not a supported backup storage location.

Remarks: 

- Same result if the script is scheduled using an admin or the System account
- The script is always run with the highest privileges
- Admin and system account are allow to Log on as batch job
- Same result if the target is the network share (instead of F:)
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:"\NAS-BACKUP-01\FullBackup\SRV-NAV-01\Quotidien" -hyperv:SRV-NAV-01 -quiet -vssCopy >> C:\backuplogs_NAV.txt

Do you have any idea to have this script running via the Scheduler ?

Thanks in advance for your help.




Migration protected DPM machines to Microsoft Azure Backup Server

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Hello,

here is a scenario:

We have DPM server in our domain which is protecting dozen of machines. Now we are about to implement Microsoft Azure Backup Server but when I try to add server to protect in MABS Im getting an error saying that dpm agent can only point to one dpm server.

Now Im wondering if there will be any damage if I just make unistall from dpm,remove the agent and install it on MABS.

Did anyone have similar scenario, and how did you manage it? 

VSS NTDS Writer Failed

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On one of my AD 2008 domain controllers the NTDS writer is in failed state.

Writer name: 'NTDS'
   Writer Id: {b2014c9e-8711-4c5c-a5a9-3cf384484757}
   Writer Instance Id: {a0b40cc8-ded5-4497-b6dd-50f56de2dbe2}
   State: [11] Failed
   Last error: Non-retryable error

This is Windows server 2008 STD 64 bit

I'm trying to find out if there is a way to fix this WITHOUT rebooting my DC.  I tried restarting the VSS service.

The cause of the failure was this.

lsass (636) An attempt to write to the file "\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy9\Windows\NTDS\edb.log" at offset 6029824 (0x00000000005c0200) for 512 (0x00000200) bytes failed after 0 seconds with system error 19 (0x00000013): "The media is write protected. ".  The write operation will fail with error -1032 (0xfffffbf8).  If this error persists then the file may be damaged and may need to be restored from a previous backup.

lsass (636) Unable to write to logfile \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy9\Windows\NTDS\edb.log. Error -1032 (0xfffffbf8).

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Bare metal/system state backup: Can it restore programs and applications?

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All,

Am very new to backups in general and specifically Windows Server backups, I am interested in backing up a Windows 2012 R2 and Windows 2008 R2 terminal server.

These servers have a bunch of applications and programs like Adobe InDesign, Photoshop, Microsoft Office, and various other programs.

I am wondering if worst case scenario, I have to rebuild the server, that if I have a bare metal backup with system state, system reserved, and local disk all backed up, that I can restore those programs and settings just to how they were before. Is it like taking an image of a computer? Or what can I expect from this.

Can I test out the restore on to a virtual machine to see for myself? Is the restore hardware specific? these servers are both physical.

Thanks much.


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