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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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Windows 2012 Incremental Backup

I'm running Windows 2012, using the built in Backup to perform backups. I want the first backup to be full, and then incremental thereafter. I have the following test scenario set up: Backup Location is to a mounted VHD disk with no automatic…
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windows backup location could not be found or is not a supported backup storage location

i´m experiencing a very strange problem with the backup of one of my clients. The following command is run every day at 10pm: wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:F: -include:D:\Data,D:\Homes,D:\hv -vssfull -quiet where F: is a iSCSI target connected…
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How to include "Host Component" of HyperV in backup with wbadmin?

I'm trying to set up a script to run the backups of my Virtual Machines only using WBADMIN, I've got as fas as being able to backup all the VMs using the new -HyperV switch, however I also want to backup the HyperV Host Component. Does anyone have…
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Wbadmin email alert on failure

Does anyone have a script they use with WBADMIN to send email alerts? I am a scripting newbie and having trouble finding a solution to notify on failed backups. Seems like it would be a useful tool to have. I am running Server 2008 R2 Foundation and…
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wbadmin doesn't run as scheduled task

Continued from: wbadmin system state backup fails When I put the following a bat file and run it as scheduled task, I see that the webadmin.exe process starts but it never seems to create backup: wbadmin start systemstatebackup…
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wbadmin - Recovering a vhdx file without overwritting the host VM

I need to restore a vhdx file from backup on a Windows 2019 Hyper-V Core server using the command line. This is the command I am using: wbadmin start recovery -version:10/12/2021-05:00 -itemType:hyperV -items:F3D...1E -recoveryTarget:C:\temp The…
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The provided share path is longer than Windows Backup can support

Previously I made a backup wbadmin start backup -backupTarget:\\ftpback-rbxx-xxx.xxx.net\nsxxxxxxx.ip-xxx-xxx-xx.eu\C\20191210_071757 -allCritical -systemState -quiet Trying to restore wbadmin start systemstaterecovery -version:12/10/2019-15:18…
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wbadmin: Does -allCritical include the system state?

From the Windows IT Pro Center documentation of the wbadmin start backup option -allCritical (italics by me): Specifies that all critical volumes (volumes that contain operating system's state) be included in the backups. This parameter is…
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Windows Server Backup Catalog corrupted

I am facing this issue multiple times on my Windows 2008R2 Server. It is showing this error when I try to backup using wbadmin. "Windows backup failed. Global Catalog Corrupted." I tried restoring the catalog from old backups, and run >SFC /scannow…
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wbadmin.exe: target image is larger than source HDDs

We're creating a bare metal backup of a server with the following command: C:\Windows\System32\wbadmin.exe start backup -backupTarget:\\192.168.2.212\e\backup_Mo -include:C:,D: -user:\administrator -password: -allCritical…
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How to force restart WBADMIN? Command line not responding

Just going through the backups this morning and I've noticed that the backups have failed for days now due to a backup job already running. Upon checking with the wbadmin get status command, the job looks to be stuck at 70% I've ran the wbadmin stop…
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Exchange 2010 partially offline during Backup (wbadmin)

We have an Exchange Server 2010 on a physical Dell Server (Power Edge R410, 64bit, 32 GB Ram, Windows Server 2008R2 Standard) and every night we make a full-vss backup with the integrated "Windows Server Backup" (wbadmin). The backup takes 5-6 hours…
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Why can't I run wbadmin from a Ruby script

I can run wbadmin from the command line like this: $ c:\windows\system32\wbadmin.exe -? And it works (I get a proper help message, ellided here). However, when I try it in Ruby (as in this IRB session:) irb(main):001:0>…
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Windows Server 2008R2 Backup Cannot Be Found (Unable to Restore)

I've got a bit of an issue and need some professional advice. One of our servers ended up crashing and I have a backup of the said server (Windows Server 2008 R2). The backup routinely backed up the OS onto an external HDD that sat on a separate…
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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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