|-----Original Message----- |From: Henrik Johansen [mailto:hen...@scannet.dk] |Sent: 11 May 2010 9:11 AM |To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net |Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup | |On 05/11/10 10:04 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: |> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 09:51:52AM +1000, James Harper wrote: |>> With full VSS support, VSS defines the files that make up the system |>> state backup - it's a flag on the writer. Bacula handles junction |>> points perfectly. |> |> So, to get a backup with Windows 2008 that includes the system state, you |need |> to set a flag on the writer. |> Do you know how to set that flag? | |wbadmin can do system state backups - you do not need to set any VSS |flags for that : | |"wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:C: -quiet" | |If you are storing your system state backup on C you'll need to apply |the reg fix as pointed out in http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944530 first. | |Simply put, Windows programs can register as 'VSS writers' and then get |informed whenever a VSS snapshot is requested and act on that. [MDC] Thanks for the above very useful, just need to confirm that Bacula cannot do a system state backup just using VSS | | |>> Sent from my iPhone |>> |>> On 11/05/2010, at 4:13, "Kevin Keane"<subscript...@kkeane.com> wrote: |>> |>>> There is no such thing as "system state backup" any more in Windows |>>> 2008. It's always the whole C: drive. I'm not sure how well bacula |>>> handles it in the end. There also is the issue that Windows 2008 |>>> relies heavily on junction points, which bacula doesn't handle well. |>>> |>>> I'm using Windows backup to an iSCSI drive, and then use bacula to |>>> back up a snapshot of that iSCSI volume. |>>> |>>>> -----Original Message----- |>>>> From: Michael Da Cova [mailto:mdac...@equiinet.com] |>>>> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:47 AM |>>>> To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net |>>>> Subject: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup |>>>> |>>>> Hi |>>>> |>>>> anyone have any tips recommendation on how to backup and restore |>>>> windows |>>>> 2008 system state, do you need to if using VSS |>>>> |>>>> Michael |>>>> | |-- |Med venlig hilsen / Best Regards | |Henrik Johansen |hen...@scannet.dk |Tlf. 75 53 35 00 | |ScanNet Group |A/S ScanNet | |--------------------------------------------------------------------------- |--- | |_______________________________________________ |Bacula-users mailing list |Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net |https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
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