Enables you to back up and restore your operating system, volumes, files, folders, and applications from a command prompt.
To configure a backup schedule, you must be a member of the Administrators group. To perform all other tasks with this command, you must be a member of the Backup Operators or the Administrators group, or you must have been delegated the appropriate permissions.
You must run wbadmin from an elevated command prompt. (To open an elevated command prompt, click Start, right-click Command Prompt, and then click Run as administrator.)
Subcommands
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Configures and enables a daily backup schedule. This subcommand applies only to Windows Server 2008. |
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Disables your daily backups. This subcommand applies only to Windows Server 2008. |
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Runs a one-time backup. If used with no parameters, uses the settings from the daily backup schedule. |
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Stops the currently running backup or recovery operation. |
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Lists details of backups recoverable from the local computer or, if another location is specified, from another computer. |
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Lists the items included in a specific backup. |
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Runs a recovery of the volumes, applications, files, or folders specified. This subcommand applies only to Windows Server 2008. |
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Shows the status of the currently running backup or recovery operation. |
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Lists disks that are currently online. This subcommand applies only to Windows Server 2008. |
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Runs a system state recovery. This subcommand applies only to Windows Server 2008. |
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Runs a system state backup. This subcommand applies only to Windows Server 2008. |
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Deletes one or more system state backups. This subcommand applies only to Windows Server 2008. |
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Runs a recovery of the full system (at least all the volumes that contain the operating system's state). This subcommand applies only to Windows Server 2008, and it is only available if you are using the Windows Recovery Environment. |
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Recovers a backup catalog from a specified storage location in the case where the backup catalog on the local computer has been corrupted. This subcommand applies only to Windows Server 2008. |
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Deletes the backup catalog on the local computer. Use this subcommand only if the backup catalog on this computer is corrupted and you have no backups stored at another location that you can use to restore the catalog. This subcommand applies only to Windows Server 2008. |
Remarks
The wbadmin command replaces the ntbackup command that was released with previous versions of Windows. You cannot recover backups that you created with ntbackup by using wbadmin. However, a version of ntbackup is available as a download for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista users who want to recover backups that they created using ntbackup. This downloadable version of ntbackup enables you to perform recoveries only of legacy backups, and it cannot be used on computers running Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista to create new backups. To download this version of ntbackup, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=82917.