I have  following query regarding Tape Loader integrated with Windows server.

I have windows 2008 server and Dell Powervolt TL2000.

• Is it possible to take windows server 2008 backup from backup and restore feature of windows to Dell Powervolt TL2000   tape Library.
• Windows 2008 server support backup directly to  Tape Library (Without any 3^rd party software) .

Hello,

I implemented my first 2016 server a few weeks ago. I've been having intermittant problems with back ups, and the cause seems to be that the log file is locked so a new back up doesn't start.

Here is my script run with a scheduled task (ip changed)

It's the backuplogs.txt that is staying locked after backups. Then when the next run of the backup happens, it can't open the file so the backup doesn't run.

It can go 1 to many days just fine, then one day it stays locked and no more backups work (with task or manually run) until I restart the server(which unlocks the file), then they the work fine again.

Can anyone please tell me why this file is staying locked sometimes? Backing up to a synology disk station that is up to date.  The VM on this same server never fails (but no system state on that backup). Server 2012 backing up to same device has no problems either.

The backup file is very useful so I'd like to keep it. I could append the date I guess to the file name but I'd rather it just work.  

We have Server 2012 standard Domain controllers. The PDC is being backed up daily using windows backup utility. We keep 7 last backups. The backup selection is full backup including system State and all drives. Back target location is Drive letter V which is a LUN mounted as Disk. 

We are trying to test restore to an isolated Lab build on HyperV. The Hyper V host is connected to production network but in a work group. We created "Internal Virtual Switch" in Hyper V so that guest machines can only communicate between and hyperV host but not to the production network. 

I started by copying the "WindowsInageBackup" folder from V drive of production domain controller backup location to C drive of HyperV host and shared it. I then build a vanilla windows 2012 server as guest on hyperV host. I booted the guest VM  with OS CD and pressed F8 to chose Repair computer> Troubleshoot>System Recovery >  System Image Recovery> System attempt to find recovery files, I then "Select an image" >Advanced>Search System Image on network> enter UNC path as \\<HyperV-Host-IPAddress\ShareName. I get prompted to login, but after login no restore files found. 

I tried several combination of share and tried to share upstream downstream folders. When I use command line in recovery mode, I can ping host machine, I can map share, see share files and folders in command line. 

When I use wbadmin get version XXXXX I get error about Time Zone is -8GMT no backup files found. 

So for some reason, the image files are not being detected. 

I even tried to take a system state backup of guest machine using target location as Host Machine. Still I dont find restore files when recovering.. 

I am not sure where its going wrong... 

Any clue will be greatly appreciated as I have spent lot of time figuring out the fix. 

Thanks a lot

SA

NSW DECC

Windows Server 2019 has good integration with Linux systems, and OS can be run on Windows. How does it optimize better? How do the costs lower?

Any detailed explanation would be really helpful. 

Thanks
Elisha

Hi Folks,

I'm trying to run a backup on one of my 2012 DC's using wbadmin's -allcritical switch. The backup is being directed to a network share on a Netapp. The machine is a VM running on VMWare, however, other physical 2012 servers are able to backup to this Netapp successfully. The syntax being used is:

wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:"\\fileserver\VM Backup\MYDC\1st" -include:c: -allcritical -vssfull -quiet > "c:\scripts\Server Backup.log"

Strangely, the 350 MB 'System Reserved' partition auto-created during the Windows install seems to back up and copy fine, but the C: drive will not. I have tried directing the backup to a different network share with the same result. I have wbadmin running sucessfully on 5 other 2008\R2 servers (also VM's running from the same VMWare server) against the same network share.

Any ideas on this? I'm not really finding much on it I'm afraid. Thanks for any help,

ianc

Below is the output from the log: 

Retrieving volume information...
This will back up System Reserved (350.00 MB),MYDC(C:) to \\fileserver\VM Backup\MYDC\1st.
The backup operation to \\fileserver\VM Backup\MYDC\1st is starting.
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a shadow copy of the volumes specified for backup...
Creating a backup of volume System Reserved (350.00 MB), copied (56%).
The backup of volume System Reserved (350.00 MB) completed successfully.
Creating a backup of volume MYDC(C:), copied (0%).
Creating a backup of volume MYDC(C:), copied (0%).
Creating a backup of volume MYDC(C:), copied (0%).
Creating a backup of volume MYDC(C:), copied (0%).
Creating a backup of volume MYDC(C:), copied (0%).
Creating a backup of volume MYDC(C:), copied (0%).
Creating a backup of volume MYDC(C:), copied (0%).
Creating a backup of volume MYDC(C:), copied (0%).
Creating a backup of volume MYDC(C:), copied (0%).
Creating a backup of volume MYDC(C:), copied (0%).
Creating a backup of volume MYDC(C:), copied (0%).
Creating a backup of volume MYDC(C:), copied (0%).
The backup of volume MYDC(C:) could not be completed. Error: The mounted backup volume is inaccessible. Please retry the operation.
Summary of the backup operation:
------------------

The backup operation stopped before completing.
The backup operation stopped before completing.
Detailed error: The mounted backup volume is inaccessible. Please retry the operation.
Log of files successfully backed up:
C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup-02-01-2013_21-17-33.log

Log of files for which backup failed:
C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup\Backup_Error-02-01-2013_21-17-33.log

There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one of the volumes in the backup set.
The mounted backup volume is inaccessible. Please retry the operation.

I've got a server running Server 2012 R2 Standard with a 21TB volume that I need to backup. Unfortunately it appears that WSB isn't capable of backing up a volume of this size. I've searched and have not been able to find any definite volume limit in the documentation.

Has anyone else run into this?

Thanks,

Dewayne

Hi,

I am trying to do a backup on my AD server (Server 2012 R2 with latest patch) using Windows Server Backup, however, I encountered error when doing a full backup.  It stated "system writer is not found in the backup".  

In Event Viewer, error ID 513 is logged as well.  

CAPI2 Event Properties 513

Cryptographic Services Failed while processing the OnIdentity() call in the System Writer Object. 

Details:

AddCoreCsiFiles: RtlConvertNtFilePathToWin32Path() failed. 

System Error: 0xC0000039 (unresolvable)

The backup Operation that started at ‘2019-09-24T00:55:27.911302400Z has failed with following error code ‘0x80780102’. (The system writer is not found in the backup.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved. 

System writer is indeed not shown when I executed "VSSadmin list writers" in command prompt.  

I have found some solution online but I am uncomfortable with the instructions, such as, amending file permissions.  I have two ADs running and both encountered the same.  I am not able to do backup prior to changes, hence, I need to be very careful not to destroy my ADs with the steps.  From the past logs, it seems that this problem happened since day one.  

Would anyone be able to share more with me?  Appreciate lots in advance.  

Hi,

I am trying to do a backup on my AD server (Server 2012 R2 with latest patch) using Windows Server Backup, however, I encountered error when doing a full backup.  It stated "system writer is not found in the backup".  

In Event Viewer, error ID 513 is logged as well.  

CAPI2 Event Properties 513

Cryptographic Services Failed while processing the OnIdentity() call in the System Writer Object. 

Details:

AddCoreCsiFiles: RtlConvertNtFilePathToWin32Path() failed. 

System Error: 0xC0000039 (unresolvable)

The backup Operation that started at ‘2019-09-24T00:55:27.911302400Z has failed with following error code ‘0x80780102’. (The system writer is not found in the backup.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved. 

System writer is indeed not shown when I executed "VSSadmin list writers" in command prompt.  

I have found some solution online but I am uncomfortable with the instructions, such as, amending file permissions.  I have two ADs running and both encountered the same.  I am not able to do backup prior to changes, hence, I need to be very careful not to destroy my ADs with the steps.  From the past logs, it seems that this problem happened since day one.  

Would anyone be able to share more with me?  Appreciate lots in advance.  

Hi,

We have just installed a Windows 2016 Hyper-V server and I wanted to check if this version of Windows Server Backup can protect Hyper-V VMs running Windows 2008 R2 and later.  I also wondered if it could back up a VM running Windows 2008, although this may not be necessary yet.

Thanks

Chris

Hello All ,

I have CISCO Blade physical server. I have taken baremetal and data drive backup of the server.

While restoring it from the network I am getting this error.
"System image restore failed with error: 0x807800B8"

When I try to do restore from another disk within the same Server, it work fine.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks

We have Windows Server 2012 software running on an HP Proliant server that lost the system disk over the weekend. I saw some disk errors on Friday and ordered a replacement drive to be delivered on Monday. I checked in Windows Server Backup and noticed that there were numerous backups of the system. I thought that I had stopped the scheduled backups. So I left for the weekend planning on replacing and restoring the system disk on Monday.

Monday morning the server was down because the system disk had completely failed and won't mount. So I booted from the distribution DVD and looked at the available backups. Nothing was displayed on the System Image recovery.

I moved the drive over to another Windows 2012 server and looked with backup. There were only 2 backups, both over the weekend with the C: drive not having a backup (because of drive errors?). None of the previous backups were on the drive.

The system disk only contains the OS and applications. All application data is kept on a storage space array on the same machine. The storage array is working fine and I don't wish to mess with it.

So I went to a drive with older backups. I attempted to restore using the booted distribution. I excluded the storage array and got a message saying that I had excluded a critical disk so the restore would not proceed. I forced the storage array offline with diskpart and got the same restore message. Then I physically removed all of the storage array disks and got a message about "failed to find enough suitable disks".

I went to another Windows server and mounted the backup disk. The most recent backup has only AD, FRS, Registry, System Reserved, System State. The older backup has AD, Bare Metal, Development (the storage array), Exchange, FRS, Local disk (C:), Registry, System Reserved, System State.

I tried restoring the "Local disk (C:)" item to an empty disk, but I could not get the disk to boot. I used bootrec to set up the boot information, but the HP red screened on power-up indicating it can't find a bootable drive. What did I do wrong?

My thought was to restore the C: drive, bring the AD up to date with DSRM, and add the software updates. I don't seem to be able to accomplish this. Does anybody have any ideas on how to get this machine back running?

I'm Using Windows Server backup.

I think there's a bug in the bare-metal restore  (Re-Image) Process in server2016TP5

I have created a Bare-Metal backup from Windows server 2016tp5, into a network shared folder.

The restore (Re-Image) process is loading the installation media, choose repair, and restore the image from the network.

what I did: Loading the Server2016TP5 ISO (Bootable USB), and trying to connect to the shared folder, It failed to connect to the server with the following error: "A specified logon session does not exist. It may already have been terminated (0x80070520)"

I get the same error for Hyper-V Virtual computer, and a Bare Metal (Physical) Server.

Why I think it is a bug ?

I tried to Bare-Metal restore the 2016TP5 with ISO of 2012R2, with exactly the same process (Same network account), it finds the backup files, but I get different error because it can restore Windows 2012R2 only (That error indicate that the backup data is accessible to the 2012R2 Re-Image process

I Also Try to bare-metal backup an restore 2012R2, on the same shared folder (Same account), It worked great on virtual, and Physical system.

can anyone confirm ?

did I do something wrong here ?

Hi, 

Since some time now i have not been able to use the Windows server backup tool anymore.

I cant really tell since when this started, but for all i know the windows server backup service worked fine.

I even created a backup schedule and it made some backups. 

I am running this windows server 2012 Standard at home with just a couple of basic applications.

The server is used to host several websites with IIS, it manages my local DHCP and is used for locally shared storage.

There are no other security applications installed yet, because i am trieing to get rid of this error first. (so no symantec or whatever)

Since some time i am having trouble opening the windows backup snap-in. 

When ever i trie to open the Windows server backup snap-in i get the following error:

A fatal error occurred during a Windows Server Backup snap-in (Wbadmin.msc) operation.

Error details: The Windows Server Backup service has stopped. 

Close Wbadmin.msc and then restart it.

Whenever this error occures the folowing error is show in the windows logbook:

I tried to find simmilar cases over the internet but i cant seem to find a solution for the problem. 

I already tried to remove and reinstall the Windows server backup feature, this did not help. 

Is there anyone here that can help me find a solution for this problem ?

Thank you !

Best Regards Maikel

I have a backup that is failing to backup the System State on a 2016 server, we have identified that the System Writer is missing by running VSSADMIN LIST WRITERS. We have been through the articles that reregister the writers, set permissions on various folders:

First

cd /d %windir%\system32
net stop vss
net stop swprv
regsvr32 /s ole32.dll
regsvr32 /s oleaut32.dll
regsvr32 /s vss_ps.dll
vssvc /register
regsvr32 /s /i swprv.dll
regsvr32 /s /i eventcls.dll
regsvr32 /s es.dll
regsvr32 /s stdprov.dll
regsvr32 /s vssui.dll
regsvr32 /s msxml.dll
regsvr32 /s msxml3.dll
regsvr32 /s msxml4.dll
vssvc /register
net start swprv
net start vss

Second

Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /a
icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /grant "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(RX)"
icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /grant "NT Service\trustedinstaller:(F)"
icacls %windir%\winsxs\temp\PendingRenames /grant BUILTIN\Users:(RX)
Takeown /f %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\* /a
icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.* /grant "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:(RX)"
icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.* /grant "NT Service\trustedinstaller:(F)"
icacls %windir%\winsxs\filemaps\*.* /grant BUILTIN\Users:(RX)

net stop cryptsvc
net start cryptsvc

Using procmon I believe that we have narrowed it down to rights on the folder "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files" as Procmon shows "Accessed Denied on "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files\active". I have given "Network Service" full permissions on "C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework64\v4.0.30319\Temporary ASP.NET Files" but still I get the access denied. Can anyone offer any suggestions on how to resolve this?

Hello, What can a person do with a backup made within Windows 2012 essentials R2?

I have someone from who is the USB disk with a full backup of a server is stolen.
Can this person who has the USB disk access files on the disk (admin password is not known by this person)?

How serious is this when a disk is lost/stolen?
I know that he (owner of server) can enable bitlocker on the server.
And I know that I can use other software like Acronis or SolarwindsMSP to create encrypted backups.

Regards Marc

as my title. my first time

Hi guys,

I recently installed 2 Windows 2016 servers on a Hyper-V 2012 cluster. I'm backing up to a brand new QNAP NAS with *plenty* of storage space (just checked, 11TB available). Verified the access credentials, all good. The 2012 server guests are backing up fine, but the 2016 servers initially failed with the event id 513 CAPI2 error:

Cryptographic Services failed while processing the OnIdentity() call in the System Writer Object.
Details:
AddLegacyDriverFiles: Unable to back up image of binary Microsoft Link-Layer Discovery Protocol.
System Error:
Access is denied.

I followed the steps mentioned in https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-hardware/cryptographic-services-failed-while-processing-the/c4274af3-79fb-4412-8ca5-cee721bda112?auth=1 , but to no avail (rebooted the server too).

The backups keep failing with event id 517:

The backup operation that started at '‎2017‎-‎09‎-‎19T01:51:23.118823700Z' has failed with following error code '0x807800C5' (There was a failure in preparing the backup image of one of the volumes in the backup set.). Please review the event details for a solution, and then rerun the backup operation once the issue is resolved.

I tried changing the backup selection as well, no success...

I have read about hotfixes for earlier releases of Windows Server. Would there be one for 2016 as well?

Any help will be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

=== Quick update: I just configured and ran the backup on our 2016 domain controller, which is on physical hardware. Same result.



Followed by event ID 513 CAPI2, event id 517 error code 0x807800C5 and event id 1001 

Thanks!