Questions tagged [wbadmin]
WBAdmin is a Windows command-line utility used to perform backups and restores of operating systems, drive volumes, files, folders, and applications.
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Multiple USB backup targets with Windows Server Backup
I'm trying to add multiple USB external disk targets to a Windows Server 2012 Backup schedule.
Having gone through the steps in the GUI to add an additional target, the process fails with the error ...
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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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Windows Server wbadmin recover with commas
I want to do a recovery of files with commas in their names from the command line, ala:
wbadmin start recovery -version:10/01/2013-12:00 -itemType:File -overwite:Overwrite -quiet "-Items:C:\Path\To\...
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server 2008 r2 - wbadmin systemstatebackup - system writer not found in the backup
I am trying to manually run a systemstatebackup command on my server 2008 r2 box and I am getting an error code '2155347997' when I view the backup event log details. The command line tells me that I ...
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Tidy up old Windows Server Backup snapshots
I'm running wbadmin from a scheduled job, backing up my C: and D: drives to my E: and (I believe!) including the system state:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:e: -include:c:,d: -allCritical -...
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Backup Hyper-V VMs using wbadmin and iSCSI on Windows Server 2012
I am trying to setup a backup system at my work. We have an Windows 2012 environment with some VMs. We have a SAN and I tried do backups on a shared folder but, because of some incompatibilities with ...
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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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wbadmin - Recovering a vhdx file without overwritting the host VM
I need to restore a vhdx file from backup on a Windows 2019 Hyper-V Core server using the command line. This is the command I am using:
wbadmin start recovery -version:10/12/2021-05:00 -itemType:...
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Windows 2016 incremental backup to network share
I`m new to Windows 2016 Server. Is there a way to make an incremental backup to network share using native backup software?
I found only one way to do this - create a virtual hard drive file. Is this ...
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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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VSS DHCP Jet Writer Experiences Errors During Backup with WBADMIN
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My standalone physical server is running Server 2012 R2 Foundation. Two separate backup schedules exist, both using Windows Server Backup. I'm getting VSS errors from the DHCP Jet Writer ...
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Scripting Windows 2008 R2 restore of files using wbadmin
The problem I am running into is the restoration of files using wbadmin; specifically with the -recoverytarget flag set. The line that I am running is :
e:>WBADMIN START RECOVERY -version:09/19/...
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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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How to include "Host Component" of HyperV in backup with wbadmin?
I'm trying to set up a script to run the backups of my Virtual Machines only using WBADMIN, I've got as fas as being able to backup all the VMs using the new -HyperV switch, however I also want to ...
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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 Backup / wbadmin errors | Source: SPP | Event id: 16389 | Increase SPP CreateTimeout?
After a reboot we encounter while the first backup (wbadmin) on a Windows Server 2016 these errors in the eventlog:
Source: SPP
Event ID 16389
Details: The writer's timeout expired between the ...
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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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Why can't I run wbadmin from a Ruby script
I can run wbadmin from the command line like this:
$ c:\windows\system32\wbadmin.exe -?
And it works (I get a proper help message, ellided here). However, when I try it in Ruby (as in this IRB ...
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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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Troubleshooting on Microsoft Hyper-V VSS Writer. The writer experienced a partial failure
We have this issue on our Windows Backup issue (wbadmin) from one of our Hyper-V server. We haven't got any backup issues till we applied one of the Windows updates.
Machine environment:
Windows ...
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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 Backup Catalog corrupted
I am facing this issue multiple times on my Windows 2008R2 Server. It is showing this error when I try to backup using wbadmin.
"Windows backup failed. Global Catalog Corrupted."
I tried restoring ...
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wbadmin.exe: target image is larger than source HDDs
We're creating a bare metal backup of a server with the following command:
C:\Windows\System32\wbadmin.exe start backup -backupTarget:\\192.168.2.212\e\backup_Mo -include:C:,D: -user:<servername&...
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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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Backing up Hyper-V VMs using "wbadmin" failing on Windows Server 2012
I'm trying to backup a single VM using "wbdamin".
I'm using this command-line:
wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:d: -hyperv:VM_Machine_Name -quiet
But the backup have no success. Looking at my ...
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Hyper-V Core full server image with wbadmin
Good morning, I am running 2008 Hyper-V Core with 2 guest VMs inside. I want to create a host server image, this will allow me to restore the host Hyper-V core & guest VMs should the hardware fail....
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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:...
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Wbadmin [startbackup] keeps prompting for password
I am running Wbadmin for backup purposes in a batch file, however the batch execution halts, prompting for a password although the password is provided.
First attempt - include password in command:
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windows server 2012 backup
Our backups on our virtual windows server 2012 R2 which is hosted on Hyper-V server 2012 R2 have been taking at least 3 hours longer than they used to.
We use windows Server Backup for nightly backups ...
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WBadmin script to backup System State into another partition failed?
I tried numerous time but it is still failed like the following script on cmd prompt.
Is there any way to create automated script to backup system state on my Windows Server 2008 using WBAdmin into D ...
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