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Windows Server Backup Scheduling

Windows Server 2008 R2. I know it's possible to schedule a backup, but is it possible to schedule a recovery? I have already backed up my server using the 'Backup Once' feature. Now I'd like to schedule the recovery of this to another drive, either…
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Windows server backup ulitity - cannot restore data

Seems to be a common problem with Windows Server Backup Utility. This is a Server 2008 Standard box. We had a backup that was performed about a year ago that we need to restore. I was able to pull the Windows Server Backup data off of the hard…
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Error when backuping to USB disk over iscsi (0x80042556)

I have two Windows Server. First (a) is a W2012 Essentials. Second (b) is a W2012 R2 Standard running on top of XenServer 7.0. I have attached an external USB disk to server a and created a virtual iSCSI disk on it that is shared to initiator on…
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Windows Server Backup Problems

I've got a bit of a problem here that I have inherited. Currently, I have two Windows 2012 servers running. One server is a production server with 1 Hyper-V VM on it that has SBS 2008 on the guest VM. The other server is a standby server just in…
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Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2 Management Service not starting

We are a small office running Windows Server Essentials 2012R2, and server dashboard stopped working. It's not showing users or devices connected to the server. Server backup also stopped working. This happened before and we resolved it by deleting…
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Windows Server Backup [2012 R2] - Went from 100+ copies available to 1 copy available overnight

I'm using Windows Server Backup on a Windows Server 2012 R2 system that has been in production for half a year or so. The server has around 60GB used, and the backup drive is a 160GB external drive [yes, it's small, but will hopefully swap later]. …
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Windows Server Backup "Reading Data; please wait..."

On windows Server 2008 R2 I have recently added the windows server backup (WSB) feature. Opening WSB I get the message "Reading Data; please wait...". This message fails to go away, even after leaving the server for over 12 hours. I also notice in…
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Windows Backup Server & TrueCrypt Volume

I have a number of USB-powered external hard drives I was going to use for server backups for my Windows 2008 server. I tested Windows Server Backup, and it seemed to back up fine. However, since I'm concerned about security and the possibility of…
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Easy to restore Windows 2008 backup to another server?

I am using the native Windows 2008 backup to do nightly backups. It is using an entire drive as the backup. Can I restore the files on a different machine completely, or does it have to be on the same machine? Does it work the same way in Windows 7…
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Windows Server 2019 Windows Backup Issue with Hyper-V

I am running Windows Server 2019 and have configured Windows Server Backup. The backup is to a dedicated backup disk and consists of the following options: Bare Metal Recovery C: System Reserved System state Hyper-V (several VMs selected) The…
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Windows Server Backup creating absolute backups instead of incremental to network share

I created a daily backup to a network share and as the backup setup specifies, it should be incremental, but it has been transfering the whole disk to the share instead of actually creating incremental backups. This may be a possible duplicate of…
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Returning data from old Server 2008 R2 Windows Server Backup (without Server 2008 R2)

Have just run into an issue where I need to find a file that is on an old Server 2008 R2 backup using Windows Server Backup. Is there any method of viewing that data if we don't have 2008 R2 installed on any hardware now?
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Server 2012 R2 backup and restore

I do not have much experience with backup/restore to windows server images. I have a Windows server 2012r2 with sql and an accounting program. It is/was joined to a domain. I had to do a restore from backup image (I use Novastor backup server). …
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Windows Server 2019 Backup includes Hyper-V checkpoints

I've noticed two issues on Windows Server 2019, when creating backups with the build in Windows Server Backup feature. Apparently my virtual machines are being put into a backup or create checkpoint state: This process often doesn't complete. Which…
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Windows Server 2016 (Backup - opinion)

I'm looking for a simple answer. I have a server here that's identical to our primary server. I want to make this server our backup server. Can someone point me to a resource or mention the services I need? If the primary server fails, I want our…
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