464 questions with Windows Server Backup tags

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Can't find password for restoring backup

I cannot restore a backup. I don't have the correct password for the file I am trying to restore and I am not allowed to reset the password.

Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-04-10T15:13:17.9666667+00:00
Maxine Moul 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-04-10T17:03:38.3833333+00:00
Marcin Policht 16,420 Reputation points MVP
1 answer

MARS agent and system disk recovery

Hello. I've tried backup of System state and Files and folders of C:. Now I want to restore machine to a new empty Windows Server. How should I proceed to restore whole C:\ volume. ? I was copying data from recoevery_disk:\c_col to C:\ but…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,170 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2023-09-14T11:09:24.9066667+00:00
Jan Vávra 256 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-29T07:03:45.6266667+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 40,271 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Can we extend the Expiry time of the backup which is already took from the VM

Hi Team, Can we extend the Expiry time of the backup which is already took from the VM in Azure. I took the VM adhoc backup with 10 days retention. But now I want to extend the retention of that adhoc backup from 10 days to 60 days, so that backup…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,170 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2023-08-23T03:44:19.7533333+00:00
Kishore-Reddy.Byreddy 90 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-28T14:24:59.0966667+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 40,271 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

About 3 days ago Server Backup Started to Fail, Says no Space, but tons of space available.

Hello, since 23.03.2024 Server Backup Fails, with argument "There is not enough space to create the disk volume" I Have eliminated several Old backups, but that is not the issue . Lots of Space Available: Destination Usage Capacity 2272,86 GB…

Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-03-26T15:14:54.1033333+00:00
Alf 550 20 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-27T14:45:46.2833333+00:00
Alf 550 20 Reputation points
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server backup to multiple destination drives not working

I've setup my Win Server 2019 to do a backup to multiple drives (two USB-connected drives, and one internal drive). When it runs it only writes the backup to one of the drives, but not the other two.

Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-03-25T20:39:16.1366667+00:00
Modern Appliance 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-27T08:19:49.4266667+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 32,976 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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ho to fix Error Code UserErrorMigrationFromSecuredVmsToStandardVmNotAllowed

we've created VM name (A) and added it to backup, and backup was working fine. after days, we destroyed the machine (A), and build another machine with the same name (A) but different size and different OS ( both OS are Ms. windows ). after deploying…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,503 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-03-20T07:19:24.7066667+00:00
Ayman 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-25T09:10:11.97+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 32,976 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
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Running Windows Server Backup, Disk X has the same disk identifiers as one or more disks connected to the system.

We have been having an occasional problem on Windows Server 2019 VM running under Hyper-V 2019, during backups. From what I have been able to determine, the backup, running from Hyper-V, triggers the VM to create Shadow Copies of the disks to be backed…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,503 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,607 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-02-10T00:24:47.4666667+00:00
Rick Hogan 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-22T19:03:00.9+00:00
Rick Hogan 0 Reputation points
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How to protect a clustered resource with a secondary DPM server after Primary DPM server is decomissioned

Hi We currently backup an 8 node Hyper-V cluster on a DPM 2019 server which is protected by a secondary DPM server. The primary server is being removed and the secondary server has been relocated. A VM on the cluster has been moved onto a new stand…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,561 questions
Microsoft System Center
Microsoft System Center
A suite of Microsoft systems management products that offer solutions for managing datacenter resources, private clouds, and client devices.
892 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,607 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-03-21T18:55:05.2066667+00:00
Chris48 1 Reputation point
edited an answer 2024-03-22T07:59:23.22+00:00
XinGuo-MSFT 15,706 Reputation points
1 answer

wbackup does not show my seagate one-touch usb-disk when creating a new schedule

wbackup does not show my seagate one-touch usb-disk when creating a new schedule

Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-03-15T09:24:12.6533333+00:00
Thomas Wultsch 0 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-15T10:58:09.26+00:00
Thomas Wultsch 0 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Can Microsoft Azure Backup Server run on a Windows Failover Cluster Node?

I have a Windows cluster with two nodes. I attempted to install Microsoft Azure Backup Server (MABS) on one of the nodes, but encountered the following - error: 'Invalid vault credentials provided. The file is either corrupted or does not have the…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,170 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-03-14T06:10:07.91+00:00
Akash Sharma 20 Reputation points
commented 2024-03-15T10:45:51.8733333+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 40,271 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

windows 2016 server hard drive is filling up every night

My windows 2016 server (essentials) is beginning to fill up the hard drive every night. I feel like there is something running that is causing this. My client backups are backing up to a separate external hard drive. Both hard drive are 1 Tb. What…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,503 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server Storage
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Storage: The hardware and software system used to retain data for subsequent retrieval.
642 questions
asked 2024-03-14T13:58:17.2066667+00:00
TIM BRIDGES 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-14T14:15:03.08+00:00
Michael Taylor 50,506 Reputation points
1 answer

How to perform a full system restore on a windows 2019 server running on a virtual machine (Hyper-V)?

Using the windows server backup (wbadmin), how can I perform a full system restore on this virtual machine. I have backups saved to an external hard drive. So how exactly can I do this? I want the entire system of the virtual machine reverted back to a…

Windows Server 2019
Windows Server 2019
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management updated to data storage.
3,561 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,607 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-03-05T21:40:35.2433333+00:00
Ethan Davani 100 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-07T08:12:39.63+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 32,976 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
1 answer

UserErrorDiskBackupDiskTypeNotSupported

disks backup not able to configure Error Code UserErrorDiskBackupDiskTypeNotSupported Message Unsupported disk type Recommendations Please refer to the support matrix on unsupported scenarios and limitations -…

Azure Backup
Azure Backup
An Azure backup service that provides built-in management at scale.
1,170 questions
Microsoft Graph
Microsoft Graph
A Microsoft programmability model that exposes REST APIs and client libraries to access data on Microsoft 365 services.
11,226 questions
Azure Disk Storage
Azure Disk Storage
A high-performance, durable block storage designed to be used with Azure Virtual Machines and Azure VMware Solution.
590 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,503 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-03-06T09:46:52.05+00:00
Shaikh, Shahid 1 Reputation point
answered 2024-03-06T20:07:20.68+00:00
SadiqhAhmed-MSFT 40,271 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
4 answers

Backup (WSB) mailbox Microsoft Exchange 2016

Hello! Need advice for backing up mailboxes. There are 2 Exchange 2016 (Standart) servers configured in DAG. There is a mailbox with a volume of 900 GB., stored on the disk D with capacity of 3 TB. This disc is almost full, and increase the size of the…

Exchange Server
Exchange Server
A family of Microsoft client/server messaging and collaboration software.
1,162 questions
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,563 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2023-06-09T08:33:02.4333333+00:00
Radek 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-03-01T20:43:07.4833333+00:00
Barry Evanz 235 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Windows Server Backup with application-level on a core edition server

Hello, We deployed new domain controllers on Windows Server 2022 core edition on virtual servers. For the backup, in the past we were using Veeam Backup with the “application-aware” option. With this new implementation we can no longer use Veeam Backup…

Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
4,992 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-02-27T19:53:11.6566667+00:00
Julien Rivoire 20 Reputation points
accepted 2024-02-29T15:04:29.3366667+00:00
Julien Rivoire 20 Reputation points
1 answer

Writers are getting failed with the following event id 12292,13

Backups are getting failed continuously because of VSS writers are not stable. Its generating the following events 12292 and 13

Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-02-27T09:27:23.3766667+00:00
Singaravelu,Vinoth,IN-Coimbatore 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-02-29T06:17:28.7966667+00:00
Ian Xue (Shanghai Wicresoft Co., Ltd.) 32,976 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor
0 answers

How do I get the VSS SQL writer to rebuild needed configuration?

Hello Q & A We have a rather odd situation on our hands. A server 2016 machine was setup years ago to run our Active Directory Sync Service. Back then, the server was a regular machine without a specific role, and the ADSync Service was setup running…

SQL Server
SQL Server
A family of Microsoft relational database management and analysis systems for e-commerce, line-of-business, and data warehousing solutions.
13,181 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-02-27T08:10:16.6066667+00:00
Alexander Lindberg 1 Reputation point
6 answers

External Hard Drive Not Recognized by PC (Windows 11) and Files History Will Not Turn On.

I am unable to back up my files to my external hard drive which is my goal before it goes in for repairs. I cannot turn it on because it is grayed out. It continues to tell me it has already backed up information. The external hard drive device cannot be…

Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
8,757 questions
asked 2022-12-27T01:45:47.67+00:00
SB 6 Reputation points
answered 2024-02-16T18:51:36.0566667+00:00
Ciessau, Matt 0 Reputation points
0 answers

My backup using Acronis fail using VSS. How do i fix the following error with the 'Sqlserverwriter' with Sate [8] Failed Last error: Non-retryable error

Running vssadmin list writers Gave the following: Writer name: 'SqlServerWriter' Writer Id: {a65faa63-5ea8-4ebc-9dbd-a0c4db26912a} Writer Instance Id: {df11f587-5b76-4f12-ba71-f665d4503c5b} State: [8] Failed Last error: Non-retryable error

Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-02-08T20:21:48.37+00:00
Peter Wild 0 Reputation points
2 answers

Facing issue to restore system image "Windows Server 2008 R2" Error 0x800424241

Dear experts, We are facing a issue to restore a windows system image recovery. We have a Dell Server T430 with operating system of Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (RAID1). In order to recover from backup, I inserted the installation CD, launched “repair”,…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,503 questions
Windows Server Setup
Windows Server Setup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Setup: The procedures involved in preparing a software program or application to operate within a computer or mobile device.
245 questions
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server Backup
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Backup: A duplicate copy of a program, a disk, or data, made either for archiving purposes or for safeguarding valuable files from loss should the active copy be damaged or destroyed.
464 questions
asked 2024-01-11T15:16:43.5666667+00:00
Malik Irfan Shahzad 0 Reputation points
answered 2024-02-06T13:04:40.7066667+00:00
Net Runner 600 Reputation points