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Server backup to a disk problem

Hello I bought a new disk to backup our server. But now when I try to make a Backup Schedule, I get an error message: The disk is formatted to NTFS. Best regards Kari

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 2021-02-05T11:36:24.263+00:00
Makarios 86 Reputation points
answered 2021-02-18T13:50:17.087+00:00
Makarios 86 Reputation points
3 answers

Windows Server Backup Options: Full vs Bare metal restore

Hello! This question is in regards to the scenario where my domain controller has crashed completely. It cannot be turned back on, and I must restore it to different hardware or a different system. Within Windows Server Backup I see two backup options…

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 2021-02-11T15:51:12.93+00:00
ITAdmin55 21 Reputation points
answered 2021-02-11T18:51:43.293+00:00
Michal Barták 231 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Difference between Baremetal backup and full backup in 2012 and 2016 OS

Hi I am planning to perform a bare metal backup for my Active Directory infrastructure. In case my entire AD DC are compromised I need to overcome from the situation. Using bare metal backup I heard that from MS article we can restore the backup to…

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 2020-07-16T07:36:23.447+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,896 Reputation points
commented 2021-02-11T18:11:56.013+00:00
ITAdmin55 21 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Domain Controller Restore: System State vs Full

Can a Domain Controller system state backup be used to restore in the following scenarios: (1) Restoring to the same server after completely re-imaging the machine and re-installing the OS from scratch. (2) Restoring to a different server If not, will a…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,149 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 2021-01-26T15:30:38.543+00:00
ITAdmin55 21 Reputation points
accepted 2021-02-11T15:54:10.863+00:00
ITAdmin55 21 Reputation points
1 answer

how to include empty folders?

I want to include empty folders with usmt but without success, i try to change the miguser.xml to comment out the ignoreirrelevant links, i got error 29 xml error. how to change the xml to include empty folders? thanks.

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 2021-02-07T20:02:52.61+00:00
ארז שורץ 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-02-08T05:57:11.177+00:00
Mico Mi 1,921 Reputation points
2 answers

- WBADMIN start backup - auto backed up in EFT into a NTFS external Drive

" WBADMIN start backup " cmd - auto backed up in EFT mode into a NTFS external Drive which is using to recovery the System, would it again well recover the system safely ? Both modes using the one FAT.bootable ? …

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 2021-01-06T00:05:01.84+00:00
BleuOisou-3552 156 Reputation points
answered 2021-02-06T11:44:09.827+00:00
BleuOisou-3552 156 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

what is G: drive doing , from ?

The G : \ drive a few weeks unable to find where it is from and doing what from the PC quick access ? Partition Manager unable to detect this Volume neither , how to remove it ? Sincerely

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 2021-01-11T00:42:00.987+00:00
BleuOisou-3552 156 Reputation points
accepted 2021-02-06T11:40:04.4+00:00
BleuOisou-3552 156 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Backup plan for FFL/DFL raise

Hi, We have 80 DCs in our domain in different sites. Recently we upgraded from 2012r2 to 2019 server OS. Now we need to raise the FFL/DFL. As we cannot roll back the change, So we are looking for a backup plan? After researching we found that the…

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 2021-02-02T06:08:34.807+00:00
Biswajeet Kumar 116 Reputation points
commented 2021-02-04T06:55:50.123+00:00
Biswajeet Kumar 116 Reputation points
1 answer

DPM "Agent Incompatible"

So we have a "master" DPM server that backs up remote site DPM's. Been working great - until we lost internet for about 2 hours the other day. Now the majority of the remote protection groups are showing "Agent Incompatible". A google…

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 2021-01-31T16:31:15.557+00:00
Erik Cominolli 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-02-01T07:44:33.37+00:00
Xiaowei He 9,876 Reputation points
2 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Data Back up and security

One of my clients uses Microsoft 365 for its data needs, and cloud storage, my question is do you back the data up in the event of data loss? Also where can I find key security features that we can share with our clients to reassure them of our data…

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 2021-01-27T05:04:35.393+00:00
Andy Bigham 96 Reputation points
commented 2021-02-01T06:22:40.977+00:00
Gloria Gu 3,896 Reputation points
6 answers

Block Level Engine Service stopped

I have just installed Windows Server Backup on 2008 R2 server and when loading it for the first time it fails with a fatal error. Looking at events , i can see the "Block Level Engine Service" Stopped. I have removed and reinstalled WSB…

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 2021-01-27T13:56:15.477+00:00
Vijay Bagga 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-02-01T03:00:03.343+00:00
Mico Mi 1,921 Reputation points
2 answers

Data Protection Manager Active Directory Best Practices

Hi all, I have just setup DPM 2016 on my environment and I have some questions regarding backup for Active Directory. May I know is it okay for me to backup my 2 ADs in the same protection group? Any impact or should I backup them separately? Thank…

Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
6,149 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 2021-01-29T07:32:55.657+00:00
MS Lee 61 Reputation points
answered 2021-02-01T01:05:41.833+00:00
MS Lee 61 Reputation points
4 answers

Windows Server Backup Restore Destination Volume Selection--Limited

Hello, i need to know why i can only see a particular volume on Windows Server 2012 R2 ie (new Volume D:) and not get an additional option for my C:? When selecting a Local disk (C:) Volume i see Source Volume Local disk C: 197.72GB New Volume D:…

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 2021-01-26T09:11:46.377+00:00
Vijay Bagga 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-01-28T09:36:50.433+00:00
Mico Mi 1,921 Reputation points
3 answers

Multiple Errors after update from DPM 2012 to 2019 and SQL 2012 to 2016

Hi, I'm using DPM to make a Backup on the local Disk of 2 Servers. (Server 1 (AD) & Server 2) DPM runs on Server 3. I recently updated from 2012 to 2019 as well as SQL 2012 to 2016. I uninstalled the previous version and reinstalled…

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 2021-01-25T07:25:04.233+00:00
LRSL-Admin 1 Reputation point
commented 2021-01-27T01:19:43.303+00:00
Mico Mi 1,921 Reputation points
3 answers One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Export all VM's config (vCPU, RAM, Disk, VLAN/Switch)

Hi all. Is it not possible to run a export of all configured VM's? I'm thinking of how to ensure a backup scenario. So that an run stat of all VM's could be exported everyday. This export shall be used to recreate all VM's config at a new…

Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
12,516 questions
Hyper-V
Hyper-V
A Windows technology providing a hypervisor-based virtualization solution enabling customers to consolidate workloads onto a single server.
2,610 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 2021-01-21T16:22:52.357+00:00
Allan Ellegaard 191 Reputation points
accepted 2021-01-25T21:54:36.917+00:00
Allan Ellegaard 191 Reputation points
1 answer

wbadmin Error code “0x80070057”

Problem: wbadmin Error code “0x80070057” when backing up files using the Windows backup tool OS: Windows Server 2016 App: wbadmin.exe Local Backup Microsoft Corporation (c) Version: 1.0 SSD: 800 GB New installed 12/23/2017 I tried these…

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 2021-01-23T07:50:56.26+00:00
Robin Glass 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-01-25T03:01:41.05+00:00
Mico Mi 1,921 Reputation points
1 answer

Rbocopy Job Error

Hi, What does this error message mean for Robocopy batch job run? ERROR: You do not have the Backup and Restore Files user rights. ***** You need these to perform Backup copies (/B or /ZB). Simple Usage :: ROBOCOPY source destination /MIR …

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 2021-01-15T17:46:14.89+00:00
Nirvignaben Patel 1 Reputation point
answered 2021-01-18T01:59:13.857+00:00
Mico Mi 1,921 Reputation points
1 answer

Share Folder access issue

I have recently restore one shared folder and afterwards no other user is able to modify any files(only read ) and folder under it other than me. It prompt message that "you Don't have permission and contact administrator to obtain permission. or…

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 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,818 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 2021-01-12T22:38:55.27+00:00
RawatP 61 Reputation points
commented 2021-01-18T01:34:09.93+00:00
Mico Mi 1,921 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

How to get the ISO image for installation from the Evaluation Center of Micro Soft sites

Hello, We want to use windows backup tool to do our four windows 2016 servers' backup which are on cloud. We need to prepare a boot image,then we can use media image file to start the server and do the restore. We want to use the ISO image for…

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 2021-01-12T08:49:24.543+00:00
Xue Mei Xu 21 Reputation points
accepted 2021-01-13T02:37:18.653+00:00
Xue Mei Xu 21 Reputation points
4 answers

Guest OS VSS State - Virtual Machine

Hi We are facing issue with Veeam backup job failed with below error: 12/24/2020 12:42:36 PM :: Guest processing skipped (check guest OS VSS state and hypervisor integration components version) 12/24/2020 12:42:36 PM :: Failed to create snapshot…

Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2012
A Microsoft server operating system that supports enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
1,564 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 2020-12-24T11:11:13.187+00:00
Mohammed Nadeem 151 Reputation points
answered 2020-12-31T08:28:10.913+00:00
Xiaowei He 9,876 Reputation points