In Windows Server 2008 R2, you can use the Backup Schedule Wizard, the Backup Once Wizard, the Wbadmin start systemstatebackup command, the Wbadmin enable backup command, or the Windows PowerShell cmdlets for Windows Server Backup to create a backup of the system state for a server. A backup of the system state can be saved to a locally attached disk (either internal or external) or a remote shared folder. It cannot be saved to a DVD, optical media, or other removable storage media. In addition, when you create a system state backup, you can also add other files, folders, and volumes for recovery.
This topic covers using Wbadmin start systemstatebackup to create a one-time backup or the system state and Wbadmin enable backup to create a scheduled backup of the system state. For information about other methods, see the following:
- For instructions for using the Backup
Schedule Wizard, see Configuring Automatic
Backups.
- For instructions for using the Backup Once
Wizard, see Performing a Manual
Backup.
- For more information about the Windows
PowerShell cmdlets for Windows Server Backup, see Using Windows Server
Backup Cmdlets.
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To create a system state backup by using Wbadmin start systemstatebackup |
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To open a command prompt with elevated privileges, click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
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At the prompt, type:
wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backupTarget:<VolumeName> [-quiet]
For example, to create a system state backup with no prompts to the user and save it to volume F, type:
wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backupTarget:F: -quiet
To view the complete syntax for this command, at a command prompt, type:
Wbadmin start systemstatebackup /?
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To create a scheduled system state backup by using Wbadmin enable backup |
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To open a command prompt with elevated privileges, click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.
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At the prompt, type:
wbadmin enable backup [-addtarget:<BackupTarget>] [-removetarget:<BackupTarget>] [-schedule:<TimeToRunBackup>] [-include:<ItemsToInclude> [-nonRecurseInclude:<ItemsToInclude>] [-exclude:<ItemsToExclude>] [-nonRecurseExclude:<ItemsToExclude>] [-allCritical] [-systemState] [-vssFull | -vssCopy] [-user:<UserName>] [-password:<Password>] [-quiet]
For example, to create a system state backup, daily at 9 A.M., with no prompts to the user, and save it to volume F, type:
wbadmin enable backup -addtarget:F: -schedule:09:00 -systemState -quiet
To view the complete syntax for this command, at a command prompt, type:
Wbadmin enable backup /?
Additional considerations
- To create a system state backup using
features of Windows Server Backup, you must be a member of the
Backup Operators or Administrators group, or you must have been
delegated the appropriate authority.
- If you want to create a system state backup
but also add other items to the backup, you can use the Wbadmin
start backup command with the -systemState,
-include, and -nonRecurseInclude parameters. To view
the complete syntax for this command, at a command prompt,
type:
Wbadmin start backup /?