You always have the default backup tool from Microsoft known as Windows Server Backup (WSB). This comes as a built-in tool, but it is not automatically configured, therefore, you will have to do it ...

There’s some good news for IT managers deploying Windows Server 2008: Backup and Restore has been reworked in this edition to leverage the Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) and block-level transfers ...

To run the backup program on a Server Core system, you can just use WBADMIN as you would (for example) in a script on a full server box, for example: wbadmin.exe start backup -backupTarget:servershare ...

I inherited a role of supporting a server(2008 R2) with one Hyper-V VM. The VM is where the action is, the host just sits there and hosts. The VM contains another 2008 R2 install with the user ...

If I use Windows Server Backup in 2008 R2 (at, say, 195.168.0.x) to back up a directory of files and directories, over a VPN, to a shared volume on another PC, e.g.

How to restore a system image in Windows Server 2012 Your email has been sent John Joyner explains how to use the Windows Server 2012 built-in backup application to restore a system image. The Windows ...

Windows Server Backup is a built-in backup solution that allows administrators to schedule periodic, customized, and on-demand backups. It is a free utility that provides a set of wizards and tools to ...

Last time I wrote about the Windows Server Backup tool in Server 2008 and its use in creating systems state backups. Microsoft made some changes to the backup tool in Server 2008 R2, as it pertains to ...

As someone who writes about a wide variety of technical subjects, I maintain a fairly extensive lab environment so I can experiment with the techniques that I write about. Unfortunately, my lab ...

QNAP has announced the availability of its new NetBak PC Agent, a license-free full system backup solution for Windows. Imagine you’re working on your Windows PC or managing a server, and suddenly, ...