Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-12 Thread Koldo Santisteban
Yes that´s true. For that reason, i think, It is very interesting that people share their experience about Windows 2008. I have mixed systems, linux centos, RedHat, Debian, windows 2000, Windows 2003 and now , of course, windows 2008. I think that this is the situation of many people and is very in

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-12 Thread Gavin McCullagh
Hi, On Wed, 12 May 2010, Kevin Keane wrote: > Because Windows Backup goes down to the sector or block level, it can > back up basically anything that is on your hard disk - Exchange, SQL > Server, virtual machines, registries, active directory, junction points, > case-sensitive files, files with

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-12 Thread Kevin Keane
> -Original Message- > From: Foo [mailto:bfo...@yahoo.co.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, May 12, 2010 3:21 AM > To: Kevin Keane; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup > > On Wed, 12 May 2010 06:51:42 +0200, K

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-12 Thread Foo
On Wed, 12 May 2010 06:51:42 +0200, Kevin Keane wrote: > The "system state" in Windows 2008 is really the whole C: drive plus a > little extra information (I assume, boot sectors or the like). Do you know if they have a replacement for ntbackup or a similar tool that does the same thing? I

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Kevin Keane
> -Original Message- > From: Henrik Johansen [mailto:hen...@scannet.dk] > Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2010 1:11 AM > To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup > > On 05/11/10 10:04 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: >

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Kevin Keane
> -Original Message- > > I'm using Windows backup to an iSCSI drive, and then use bacula to > > back up a snapshot of that iSCSI volume. > > Is the result of that a monolothic blob like W2K3's ntbackup .bkf or single > files? If it's a monolithic blob, Bacula can't do incrementals anymore.

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Koldo Santisteban
Yes, that´s true. But it makes very complicate to maintain backups with Windows 2008 and Bacula. Wih windows 2003 a system state backup and a bacula backup a full restore was possible. Foo, could you explain wich product is "ADS"?? is open source? On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Martin Simmons

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Foo
On Tue, 11 May 2010 14:30:09 +0200, Martin Simmons wrote: > You might want to consider having two backups, for different purposes. > Use a Windows full backup for disaster recovery and Full+Incremental > Bacula backups for per-file recovery. We already have ADS for disaster recovery for W

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread James Harper
> > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 01:58:07PM +0200, Koldo Santisteban wrote: > > No, > > As you can see in my last mail, you need to run scripts before bacula > > backup. In Windows 2003 too. > > So what is the flag that James Harper was talking about? > > "With full VSS support, VSS defines the files

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Koldo Santisteban
> > > > > > > -------------- > > > > > > *From:* Koldo Santisteban [mailto:ksantiste...@gmail.com] > > > *Sent:* 11 May 2010 11:50 AM > > > *To:* James Harper > > > *Cc:* mdac...@equiinet.com; bacula-users@lists

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Graham Keeling
antiste...@gmail.com] > > *Sent:* 11 May 2010 11:50 AM > > *To:* James Harper > > *Cc:* mdac...@equiinet.com; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > > > *Subject:* Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup > > > > > > > > Hello >

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Martin Simmons
> On Tue, 11 May 2010 11:15:28 +0200, Foo said: > > On Mon, 10 May 2010 19:51:33 +0200, Kevin Keane > wrote: > > > There is no such thing as "system state backup" any more in Windows > > 2008. It's always the whole C: drive. I'm not sure how well bacula > > handles it in the end. Ther

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Koldo Santisteban
; *To:* James Harper > *Cc:* mdac...@equiinet.com; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > *Subject:* Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup > > > > Hello > > I use this little script on weekly basis before bacula backup > > wbadmin delete systemstatebackup -backupTarget

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Michael Da Cova
1 May 2010 11:50 AM To: James Harper Cc: mdac...@equiinet.com; bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup Hello I use this little script on weekly basis before bacula backup wbadmin delete systemstatebackup -backupTarget:e: -keepVersions:0 -

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Koldo Santisteban
Hello I use this little script on weekly basis before bacula backup wbadmin delete systemstatebackup -backupTarget:e: -keepVersions:0 -quiet wbadmin start systemstatebackup -backupTarget:e: -quiet Wbadmin saves several system states, and in my case with the last one is engouh (Bacula store severa

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread James Harper
> Regarding the junction points, i have hundred of warnings each time i make a > backup with bacula, i don´t know how to avoid this and ,like Michael, i am > very interesting in how to solve it... > What are the warnings? Is it the one about 'different filesystem'? James ---

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Michael Da Cova
|-Original Message- |From: Henrik Johansen [mailto:hen...@scannet.dk] |Sent: 11 May 2010 9:11 AM |To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net |Subject: Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup | |On 05/11/10 10:04 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: |> On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 09:51:5

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Foo
On Tue, 11 May 2010 01:51:52 +0200, James Harper wrote: > With full VSS support, VSS defines the files that make up the system > state backup - it's a flag on the writer. Bacula handles junction > points perfectly. Does this also go for W2K3 now, i.e. is this a feature of Bacula 5.x, or of W2K8?

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Foo
On Mon, 10 May 2010 19:51:33 +0200, Kevin Keane wrote: > There is no such thing as "system state backup" any more in Windows > 2008. It's always the whole C: drive. I'm not sure how well bacula > handles it in the end. There also is the issue that Windows 2008 relies > heavily on junction

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Henrik Johansen
On 05/11/10 10:04 AM, Graham Keeling wrote: > On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 09:51:52AM +1000, James Harper wrote: >> With full VSS support, VSS defines the files that make up the system >> state backup - it's a flag on the writer. Bacula handles junction >> points perfectly. > > So, to get a backup with

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-11 Thread Graham Keeling
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 09:51:52AM +1000, James Harper wrote: > With full VSS support, VSS defines the files that make up the system > state backup - it's a flag on the writer. Bacula handles junction > points perfectly. So, to get a backup with Windows 2008 that includes the system state, you

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-10 Thread Koldo Santisteban
I am doing a Windows 2008 backup with vss support enabled. The system state is backed up using wbadmin utility and then saved to bacula. Regarding the junction points, i have hundred of warnings each time i make a backup with bacula, i don´t know how to avoid this and ,like Michael, i am very inter

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-10 Thread Michael Da Cova
On Tue, 2010-05-11 at 09:51 +1000, James Harper wrote: > With full VSS support, VSS defines the files that make up the system > state backup - So are we saying with VSS support in bacula switched on you can backup windows 2008 including the system state, and more importantly can you restore the

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-10 Thread James Harper
With full VSS support, VSS defines the files that make up the system state backup - it's a flag on the writer. Bacula handles junction points perfectly. Sent from my iPhone On 11/05/2010, at 4:13, "Kevin Keane" wrote: > There is no such thing as "system state backup" any more in Windows >

Re: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup

2010-05-10 Thread Kevin Keane
There is no such thing as "system state backup" any more in Windows 2008. It's always the whole C: drive. I'm not sure how well bacula handles it in the end. There also is the issue that Windows 2008 relies heavily on junction points, which bacula doesn't handle well. I'm using Windows backup t