That is probably true, I don't recall the version that failed
Thanks, Tim -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Rick Harderwijk Sent: Wednesday, 25 July, 2012 9:37 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Do you perform Windows SYSTEMSTATE backups? Tim, I have seen issues with system state backups with certain versions of the BAClient. You might want to check the version you use, using a newer version of the BA client solved our issue, and we did not have to resort to extra backups. Cheers, Rick On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 3:07 PM, Tim Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > We actually do both a TSM system state and a Windows ntbackup for 2003 > servers and wbadmin for 2008 to have 2 versions. We experienced an > issue awhile ago where the TSM system state restore failed but the > Ntbackup worked. > > Just insurance! > > Thanks, > > Tim > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Rick Harderwijk > Sent: Wednesday, 25 July, 2012 8:59 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Do you perform Windows SYSTEMSTATE backups? > > Hi, > > We always make systemstate backups, as we need the systemstate backups to > do be able to do a full restore of a machine. System states have become > very large with Windows Server 2008 R2, though can probably be tweaked with > later versions of TSM clients (6.x.x), which we don't use. > > We have restored system states once in a while when we lost a VM and test > all system state restores in our annual DR training. > > We have not yet seen any issues with the system state backups yet with the > latest Windows Updates installed on our servers. > > Cheers, > > Rick > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Zoltan Forray <[email protected]> wrote: > > > We are constantly seeing problems with Windows VSS and systemstate > > backups. The recent "black Tuesday" updates has causes numerous Windows > > servers to start having backup problem where they previously worked just > > fine. > > > > In most cases they require the VSS hotfixes/fixpacks, etc. The quickest > > fix is to simply stop systemstate backups since VSS patches usually > require > > reboots. > > > > I bought up the issue of "have we ever restored the systemstate or any > > objects within" and the response was "No, Never". > > > > So I am wondering, how many folks here who backup Windows servers, > include > > SYSTEMSTATE backups and why? > > > > -- > > *Zoltan Forray* > > TSM Software & Hardware Administrator > > Virginia Commonwealth University > > UCC/Office of Technology Services > > [email protected] - 804-828-4807 > > Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will > > never use email to request that you reply with your password, social > > security number or confidential personal information. For more details > > visit http://infosecurity.vcu.edu/phishing.html > > >
