Server 2008 System State Backups - Solved

Dangerous · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:24

OMG why did MS remove ntbackup? :mad:

So we now have a 2008 DC and I need to backup the system state - Great I have found the command for that

PHP:

wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:e: -quiet

But I only need 1 version of it so how the hell do I clean off the old backup files?

Tried:

PHP:

wbadmin delete systemstatebackup –deleteOldest
wbadmin delete systemstatebackup -backuptarget:e: –deleteOldest

Both fail? What am I doing wrong?

RSR · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:29

Silly Question, have you added in the Windows Server Backup feature in?

Dangerous · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:32

Yeah its backing up I just need to clear off old SS backups

RSR · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:43

Does this help:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc742081(WS.10).aspx

Dangerous · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:45

andyd said:
Does this help:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc742081(WS.10).aspx

Yeah found that now and I think I must have type something in wrong to begind with - Just doing a couple of backups and will test the command again

PHP:

wbadmin delete systemstatebackup -backupTarget:e: -deleteOldest

RSR · 29 Jan 2010 at 16:52

Dangerous said:
Yeah found that now and I think I must have type something in wrong to begind with - Just doing a couple of backups and will test the command again

PHP:

wbadmin delete systemstatebackup -backupTarget:e: -deleteOldest

The only difference i have noticed from the command you wrote and the example listed on the MS site is the colon after the drive letter.

Dangerous · 29 Jan 2010 at 17:17

Sorted:

PHP:

wbadmin delete systemstatebackup -backupTarget:e: -deleteOldest -quiet

rz30 · 30 Jan 2010 at 00:12

http://www.ntbackup.us/Downloads/NTBackup-Installer.exe

Felix · 31 Jan 2010 at 22:52

Hi, have you found out how to schedule several backups of system state?

Dangerous · 1 Feb 2010 at 09:07

Felix said:
Hi, have you found out how to schedule several backups of system state?

Yeah just use the Windows Schedule tasks and use the following command?

Code:

wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:e: -quiet

Dangerous · 1 Feb 2010 at 16:12

http://blog.augustoalvarez.com.ar/2...stem-state-backups-on-your-domain-controller/

That shows you all the steps you need to take to backup the system state on a 2008 server

Dangerous · 1 Feb 2010 at 17:06

Restoring System State

Again this isnt easy, probably as its just different way than we have all used.

PHP:

wbadmin get version -backupTarget:e:

PHP:

wbadmin start systemstatereovery -version:01/01/2009-17:00 -backupTarget:e: