RE: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

[gsweers]

Yep, only a C: Drive.   Customer had their cousin setup the server and
when they got done with the wizards they couldn't figure anything else
out.  He already manually joined about 20 machines to the domain and
imported each of their mailboxes, etc.  Customer will not pay for us to
rebuild the server properly so now its patching it up.  This is the last
part was their offsite backup, which does not support 2008 yet.

 

I also liked the vocabulary...Shook may have to roll to dictionary.com
though to understand it.

 

Greg

 

From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:mich...@theessentialexchange.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 9:41 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

 

Can you elucidate a little bit? You mean that you only have a C:\ ?

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP

My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael

I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php

 

From: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

 

Well those of you running 2008 for sure know that the native backup
tools in 08 have been significantly altered and you can no longer
perform system state to "critical volumes"  This presents a problem for
applications that replicate offsite by creating a systemstate file
locally and sending it off, or for clients that send systemstate volumes
to network locations for backup.

 

My specific question is.. "Does anyone know how to make Server 08
present a network drive or remapped path on an existing volume as a NEW
GUID volume to the OS.  Subst command does not present a GUID for the
volume you map according to a WMI lookup of Win32_volume

 

We are trying to work around this until the software vendors come out
with a workaround or MS provides some kind of interface for doing this
again.

 

Thanks

 

Greg Sweers

 

 

 

 

 

 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

[Michael B. Smith]

Forget my prior email on the topic. :-)

Regards,

Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP
My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael
I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php


-Original Message-
From: Troy Meyer [mailto:troy.me...@monacocoach.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:58 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

Greg,

Thanks for following up with the solution.  I have yet to use the 2008
Backup utility, and this is good to know.

-troy

-Original Message-
From: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

Okay googlefu did not fail me.  Found this and it works, although using the
method it does not utilize the VSS snapshots that the full server backup
program uses, so it creates whole new files each backup.  Not great for
offsite backup solutions, but better than nothing.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944530

 

Greg

 

From: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

 

Well those of you running 2008 for sure know that the native backup tools in
08 have been significantly altered and you can no longer perform system
state to "critical volumes"  This presents a problem for applications that
replicate offsite by creating a systemstate file locally and sending it off,
or for clients that send systemstate volumes to network locations for
backup.

 

My specific question is.. "Does anyone know how to make Server 08 present a
network drive or remapped path on an existing volume as a NEW GUID volume to
the OS.  Subst command does not present a GUID for the volume you map
according to a WMI lookup of Win32_volume

 

We are trying to work around this until the software vendors come out with a
workaround or MS provides some kind of interface for doing this again.

 

Thanks

 

Greg Sweers

 

 

 


 

 


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

[Michael B. Smith]

Can you elucidate a little bit? You mean that you only have a C:\ ?

 

Regards,

 

Michael B. Smith, MCITP:SA,EMA/MCSE/Exchange MVP

My blog: http://TheEssentialExchange.com/blogs/michael

I'll be at TEC'2009! http://www.tec2009.com/vegas/index.php

 

From: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

 

Well those of you running 2008 for sure know that the native backup tools in
08 have been significantly altered and you can no longer perform system
state to "critical volumes"  This presents a problem for applications that
replicate offsite by creating a systemstate file locally and sending it off,
or for clients that send systemstate volumes to network locations for
backup.

 

My specific question is.. "Does anyone know how to make Server 08 present a
network drive or remapped path on an existing volume as a NEW GUID volume to
the OS.  Subst command does not present a GUID for the volume you map
according to a WMI lookup of Win32_volume

 

We are trying to work around this until the software vendors come out with a
workaround or MS provides some kind of interface for doing this again.

 

Thanks

 

Greg Sweers

 

 

 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~

RE: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

[Troy Meyer]

Greg,

Thanks for following up with the solution.  I have yet to use the 2008 Backup 
utility, and this is good to know.

-troy

-Original Message-
From: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 3:53 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

Okay googlefu did not fail me.  Found this and it works, although using the 
method it does not utilize the VSS snapshots that the full server backup 
program uses, so it creates whole new files each backup.  Not great for offsite 
backup solutions, but better than nothing.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944530

 

Greg

 

From: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

 

Well those of you running 2008 for sure know that the native backup tools in 08 
have been significantly altered and you can no longer perform system state to 
"critical volumes"  This presents a problem for applications that replicate 
offsite by creating a systemstate file locally and sending it off, or for 
clients that send systemstate volumes to network locations for backup.

 

My specific question is.. "Does anyone know how to make Server 08 present a 
network drive or remapped path on an existing volume as a NEW GUID volume to 
the OS.  Subst command does not present a GUID for the volume you map according 
to a WMI lookup of Win32_volume

 

We are trying to work around this until the software vendors come out with a 
workaround or MS provides some kind of interface for doing this again.

 

Thanks

 

Greg Sweers

 

 

 


 

 


~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/>  ~

RE: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

[gsweers]

Okay googlefu did not fail me.  Found this and it works, although using
the method it does not utilize the VSS snapshots that the full server
backup program uses, so it creates whole new files each backup.  Not
great for offsite backup solutions, but better than nothing.

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/944530

 

Greg

 

From: gswe...@actsconsulting.net [mailto:gswe...@actsconsulting.net] 
Sent: Wednesday, January 14, 2009 6:20 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Server 2008 GUID for backup devices

 

Well those of you running 2008 for sure know that the native backup
tools in 08 have been significantly altered and you can no longer
perform system state to "critical volumes"  This presents a problem for
applications that replicate offsite by creating a systemstate file
locally and sending it off, or for clients that send systemstate volumes
to network locations for backup.

 

My specific question is.. "Does anyone know how to make Server 08
present a network drive or remapped path on an existing volume as a NEW
GUID volume to the OS.  Subst command does not present a GUID for the
volume you map according to a WMI lookup of Win32_volume

 

We are trying to work around this until the software vendors come out
with a workaround or MS provides some kind of interface for doing this
again.

 

Thanks

 

Greg Sweers

 

 

 

~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~
~   ~