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How to restart automatically the server after the backup is done
I would like to restart my server once the backup job is done.
I launch the backup job at the commande line using
wbadmin start backup [options]
This command only starts backup and exits. ...
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Tell Wbadmin to never delete backups?
Quote from the article "Backup Version and Space Management in Windows Server Backup" on Microsoft TechNet:
If the backup storage location is full, Windows Server Backup automatically deletes the ...
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wbadmin system state backup fails
When trying to backup the system state to shared drive the backup fails. This share is a samba share. The samba server is not on AD but I mapped a network drive so the credentials would be saved (Can'...
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Windows Server Backup not working on scheduled task but working with the "Backup Once"
I'm trying to create Backup Schedule from my local drive on a network share but Windows Server 2012 won't let me. I get the error "The parameters are incorrect". When I try the "Backup Once" with all ...
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wbadmin doesn't run as scheduled task
Continued from: wbadmin system state backup fails
When I put the following a bat file and run it as scheduled task, I see that the webadmin.exe process starts but it never seems to create backup:
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Windows Server Backup (WSB) on iSCSI Disk - space not freed after Backup deletion
I'm at a loss here and wanted to ask for your help.
I take care of the IT infrastructures and backups of some external companies.
This week, I've already had the same issue of no more space on the ...
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windows backup location could not be found or is not a supported backup storage location
i´m experiencing a very strange problem with the backup of one of my clients. The following command is run every day at 10pm:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:F: -include:D:\Data,D:\Homes,D:\hv -...
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Does "wbengine" of Windows Server 2019 support incremental backups when targeting network shares?
This is a follow up to things I've written down in an answer to another question:
How does Windows Image Backup decide which files to backup?
Windows/NTFS manages change journals on each volume, ...
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Windows 2012 Incremental Backup
I'm running Windows 2012, using the built in Backup to perform backups.
I want the first backup to be full, and then incremental thereafter.
I have the following test scenario set up:
Backup ...
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Wbadmin email alert on failure
Does anyone have a script they use with WBADMIN to send email alerts? I am a scripting newbie and having trouble finding a solution to notify on failed backups. Seems like it would be a useful tool to ...
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wbadmin: Does -allCritical include the system state?
From the Windows IT Pro Center documentation of the wbadmin start backup option -allCritical (italics by me):
Specifies that all critical volumes (volumes that contain operating
system's state) ...
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Windows Server 2008R2 Backup Cannot Be Found (Unable to Restore)
I've got a bit of an issue and need some professional advice. One of our servers ended up crashing and I have a backup of the said server (Windows Server 2008 R2). The backup routinely backed up the ...
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Create and manage backups on Windows Server 2008 R2
I have a Windows Server 2008 R2 server with partition size larger than 2TB that I have to backup.
Since WBAdmin doesn't work on partition size larger than 2TB, do you have any tool, idea or ...
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wbadmin backup all local drives
I'm trying to find a one-size fits all wbadmin script that I can deploy to a variety of Server 2008 R2 servers.
The catch I'm having is that whilst all of the servers have a C:, some have an E:, some ...
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The provided share path is longer than Windows Backup can support
Previously I made a backup
wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:\\ftpback-rbxx-xxx.xxx.net\nsxxxxxxx.ip-xxx-xxx-xx.eu\C\20191210_071757 -allCritical -systemState -quiet
Trying to restore
wbadmin ...
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How to force restart WBADMIN? Command line not responding
Just going through the backups this morning and I've noticed that the backups have failed for days now due to a backup job already running. Upon checking with the wbadmin get status command, the job ...
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Exchange 2010 partially offline during Backup (wbadmin)
We have an Exchange Server 2010 on a physical Dell Server (Power Edge R410, 64bit, 32 GB Ram, Windows Server 2008R2 Standard) and every night we make a full-vss backup with the integrated "Windows ...
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Windows Server 2022 Backup is always doing Full Backup and never doing Incremental Backup on data volume
As in title, my Windows Server 2022 is always doing full backup and not incremental backup.
I've checked this 10 year old question Windows Server Backup, drive is doing full backup instead of ...
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Windows Server 2008 Backup: When does it kick off a full backup?
I was looking into the logs of my server 2008 jobs, and I notice that there are 2-3 days over the last month that WBADMIN has kicked off a full backup, rather than the incremental backups that it is ...
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Why is "wbengine" of Windows Server 2008 R2 always creating new VHD files when targeting network shares?
This is a follow up to things I've written down in an answer to another question:
I'm somewhat sure that wbengine of Windows Server 2008 R2 always creates new VHD files if targeting a network share. ...
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Wbadmin fullbackup to an external HDD
I need to backup a Windows Server 2008 R2 every day. The backup should contain some folders (With subfolders) on an internal HDD and the system state.
WBADMIN START BACKUP -backupTarget:b: -include:...
