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WBAdmin is a Windows command-line utility used to perform backups and restores of operating systems, drive volumes, files, folders, and applications.

WBAdmin is a command-line utility built into Windows since Windows Vista / Server 2008. The command is used to perform backups and restores of operating systems, drive volumes, files, folders, and applications from a command-line interface.

WBAdmin replaces the previous Microsoft Windows Backup command-line utility, NTBackup, which came built into Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows XP and Windows Server 2003. It is the command-line version of Backup and Restore.

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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 recommendation to do so? What do you use if you have ran…
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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 an E: and an F: and some have just an F:. The…
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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 supposed to do. What criteria is WBADMIN looking…
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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 incremental but there was nothing that can help…
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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. Here's what some docs and other people say to that…
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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:d:\Company,d:\Profiles,d:\Users -systemState…
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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: cmd /c "C:\Windows\system32\wbadmin.exe" start…
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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 which backs up to a local volume. We also use a…
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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 Events, I get the following information: Source:…
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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 drive inside a directory ? any help would be…
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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. I have tried BackupAssist but their support does…
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