6:35 PM in Windows Scripts by MLK
Description/Problem:
As you know the Windows Server 2008 doesn’t support System State Backup from GUI. Still existing possibility how to create the System State Backup via command line. You can use this backup in case of problem with unstable system (ex. issue after patching or upgrade of drivers, …).
Solution:
- Every day at 21:55 the system checks the latest System State Backup stored on drive D: and remove all related data:
SCHTASKS /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /SC DAILY /ST 21:55:00 /TN "System State Backup (Remove)"
/TR "wbadmin delete systemstatebackup -backuptarget:d: -deleteoldest -quiet" /RL highest
- Every day at 22:00 system create new System State Backup:
SCHTASKS /Create /RU "NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM" /SC DAILY /ST 22:00:00 /TN "System State Backup (Create)"
/TR "wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backuptarget:d: -quiet" /RL highest
Before you apply these commands to server be sure that you have disk D: ready for daily backups and free disk space is about 12 – 16 GB. For servers which are holding some SAP or SQL instances is recommended size for disk D: about 48 – 64 GB.
Tags: backup, system state, windows
11:30 PM in SharePoint Services by MLK
Description/Problem:
Some months ago I published an article SharePoint Site Backup Script which described shortly how to implement an easy backup script for the SharePoint Portal Sites over scheduled tasks. Now would be the right time to present information how to restore SharePoint content backuped via this script.
Solution:
- Identify folder where SharePoint Site Backup Script stored the backups (for example: X:\Backups)
- Execute from command line: “stsadm -o restore -url http://sharepoint.portal.com -filename X:\Backups\sharepoint.portal.com-2009-05-15-08-00-30.dat -overwrite”
Tags: backup, restore, scripts, sharepoint, windows
8:15 PM in Windows Events by MLK
Description/Problem:
This article describes how to solve problem with NT Backup application when backup of System State hangs in phase “Preparing to Backup using Shadow Copy”.
Solution:
KB940032, KB913648, KB891957
Tags: backup, volume shadow copy, windows
6:10 PM in Active Directory by MLK
Description/Problem:
Complex overview about components included in the System State Backup for Windows 2000/2003 Server and also Active Directory Backup and Restore process.
Solution:
TechNET.com
Tags: Active Directory, backup, restore, windows
9:35 AM in Windows Events by MLK
Description/Problem:
This article describe how to solve “error 800423f4 which appears in the backup log file when you back up a volume by using the Volume Shadow Copy service in Windows Server 2003″.
Solution:
KB828481
Tags: backup, windows
9:47 AM in Windows Registry by MLK
Description/Problem:
It’s possible that after disabling Removable Storage Management (RSM) services on MS Windows 2000/2003, the system event viewer log reports Event ID 10005 which is related to the NtmsSvc DCOM errors. The same error is presented in the event viewer log if you are using HP OpenView Storage Data Protector as a backup solution.
Solution:
Support Veritas.com
Tags: backup, dcom, Registry, windows
9:05 PM in SharePoint Services by MLK
Description/Problem:
This article describes shortly how to implement an easy backup script for the SharePoint Portal Sites over scheduled tasks. The advantages of the script is that it works with any version of STSADM, so the script will work for SharePoint Portal Server 2003, MOSS 2007, WSS 2.0 or WSS 3.0.
Solution:
Network World
Tags: backup, sharepoint, windows
12:45 PM in Windows Registry by MLK
Description/Problem:
This article describes how to solve issue with backup. When you try to create a backup by using NTBackup.exe or by using a third-party backup program that uses the NT Backup API, the backup may not be completed successfully. This behavior may occur even if you run the program locally on the server.
Solution:
KB304101
Tags: backup, windows
