How To Use Windows Backup Tool
Janet Denzel
Yes i try once this software, but i prefer to look at open-source software, because commercial software if have free version its doesnt mean that developers in one day make it only paid system, and in this case if you used to this software you need or buy it or look for another software.
Windows Backup from what I recall only keeps 1 image level backup in the target folder. But if you set up a Duplicati backup job specifically to protect that target folder, you can set your own retention options in order to keep multiple versions and for longer periods of time.
Well, i will try soon find open-source solutions for my requirement. I can use wbadmin ofcourse, but its not user-friendly, cmd format, so need use batch files with task scheduler. If duplicati cant use own instruments to make system image backup, maybe developers should use module in duplicati, that module can run builtin windows tool wbadmin?
I use a combination of Windows Back-up and Duplicati. WB gives me the windows image and Duplicati handles the rest (dedupe, upload, scheduling, etc.). If you feed the WB images from similar systems (i.e. same OS) to Duplicati, it will give you a very good dedupe rate.
I run once the Microsoft
Create System Image
to get a point in time backup of the os. Restic is used to on a regular basis to backup user data. I dump the Registry to a file before the Restic backup. I assume that if the System Image can restore to a bootable system then the Windows updates will be available through the regular Windows update. This method would not be acceptable when a short restore time is required because downloading all of the updates from Microsoft would take a lot of time.
By not doing backup on some of the os or windows directories says a lot of time when doing backups of regular files. There is a lot of junk that microsoft puts into directories even if you do not use that products.
There are commercial products which can do a full backup. I am satisfied with Acronis True Image. I use two completely separate backup procedures using separate software because the disk will fail, it is only a matter of time.
Thank you everyone for the considerations. I also found this PS script to backup Windows using Restic, I asked the author if he thinks it can be used for my purpose but the reply is the same of the one of you all: no.
The only solution I could think of was to transfer my data from the drive and format it then transfer it back, but it seems like a very long way of solving a simple problem. How can I either find that service that is making Windows think my D: drive is a system drive or another way to get Windows just to back up the C: drive.
UPDATE:I took the advice of some of the comments and disconnect the D: drive (see picture above. - The non-Windows drive) When I went to boot back up, nothing. The computer will not boot into windows unless the D: (storage drive) is connected. I found that the boot manager is on the D: drive instead of the C: Drive:
I have always used the D drive when possible when I installed software. Since I switched to a SSD using D drive became more important (120GB SSD). I found 3 services that pointed to my D drive. I switched two of the programs from the D to the C drive. The third, which is photo editing software, I had already marked as disabled. I deleted the service in the registry in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\
I then tired to use diskpart while in Windows to clean the drive but it wouldn't allow me too. So I booted into Windows repair section with a Win7 recovery disk (similiary to what @justakid suggested) but instead of doing the automatic fix I opened cmd in recovery mode. Oncein cmd I used diskpart to clean the D: drive of boot files by:
Had the same problem and the solution is in Windows disk management you need to temporarily set your D: drive or others to offline. Then you can configure Windows Backup for C: system image without other drives. Now backup works as expected and you can set your offline drives to online again.
Remember, a disaster recovery plan is only as good as your last successful end-to-end test so test the restore operation on a VM. Further to that, if you make the backup target a VHDX that iss accessible to the host you can just snap it in to the virtual recovery environment.
In this situation if budget is zero and there is no other software available to you, I would create a scheduled SQL script to backup the database in full weekly and a script for a differential backup daily, there should be loads of script samples for this online then use windows server backup for the OS weekly.
If that is a physical server, virtualize it first using Microsoft Disk2VHD Disk2vhd - Sysinternals Microsoft Learn or free V2V Converter V2V Converter / P2V Converter - Converting VM Formats on top of Hyper-V. After that part is done (it should not take more than an hour or two, actually), use free Veeam B&R Free Backup Software For Windows, VMware, & More - Veeam to back up the whole server as a virtual machine with application awareness enabled. It will perfectly take care of your SQL server without any additional hassle.
In theory with good SQL database backups you could get away with not backup up the Server OS as a rebuild of OS, install of SQL and restore of databases may be faster than restore of whole server from backup.
I have used Veeam backup for both Server 2012 and 2016 with Sql database on them. I restored both to similar and dissimilar hardware. Never had an issue. I can open Database after restore and it is all good. Only thing is backups happen at night when nobody is connected to database.
Kenny, I know. It might seem complicated and even impossible initially but results in a very straightforward and simplified experience when implemented. Many people keep running physical servers just because they are used to such an approach and not because there are some technical reasons or requirements to do so.
M2134, I would not recommend you using Windows Backup in any way, to be honest. There are lots of better and free backup options recommended along this thread. Make sure not to keep full server backups and SQL backups in the same place -2-1-backup-rule-data-will-always-survive/ .
I'm using Bit Defender Antivirus Pro 2011. Installed it a few days ago, and since that time the Windows backup tool doesn't work, always reports that it can't perform the backup because there is no space in the disk (error code: 0x81000019). The disk has plenty of free space.
Please try to disable AVC from Antivirus -> Advanced Settings button having BitDefender in Expert View (can be changed from the Options button) and let me know if the issue persist. Also post a screenshot of the error you receive and mention exactly what steps you take when trying to backup Windows.
Disabled AVC and even the realtime shield. Still error. Changed the options of windows backup copy by deselecting the box "include shadow copy of C: and reserved system" and the backup was finished. What could be the problem?
Glad you got the issue fixed...the "exclusions" option works fine for me on both a W7 Pro 64bit and W7 Pro 32bit machines...if I don't include the Windows backup exe sdclt.exe in the "exclusions"auto list as recommended in SevenForums...neither machine will complete it's weekly scheduled auto backup.
Both machines will run a complete manual backup however without the backup exe file in the "exclusions" section of BD AV screen...but will not complete the scheduled auto backup on Sunday nights without the sdclt.exe file in the "exclusions" option ?
You can have the rule for sdclt.exe added regardless as it can not harm your PC nor its security. There are known issues with the System restore / backup and different security solutions, as the MS engineers posted on their forums.
I have been monitoring this thread and three months have passed. Any solution yet? I performed what is suggested in post #8 and it will now allow a system image to be created. Other security products have not caused this problem on my computer. I only had 38% free and now have 79% free. I would really like to know if you guys and gals are making any progress on this. My girlfriend's computer has the same problem (Win 7 64bit).
With the new 2011 version of BitDefender, extra security features were added to the BitDefender product and the way it protects its own files. Unfortunately, this update creates a conflict with the System Restore feature. The issue that you have reported has been acknowledged by our team and is currently being worked on for a fix.
As a workaround you will need to restart the computer in Safe Mode and then you will be able to use the System Restore feature. Please follow the Microsoft article bellow which will detail the entire procedure:
I just spent hours searching the internet trying to find a reasonably cost effective (100.00 or under) program to Completely Backup and Restore my sytem. I do have a recovery CD from HP that restores my orig operating system. But I must still redownload all the upgdates to windows, explorer etc. then install my windows 2nd ed. along with all the other software that I use. Is there not away to back up and restore the entire system. Registry, partition info, etc and all programs, etc.
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