Microsoft Windows Vista, Windows 7 (Business, Enterprise, and Ultimate editions), and Windows Server 2008 include a built-in backup tool called wbadmin that allows bare-metal PC backup to CTERA appliances.
wbadmin bare-metal backups are incremental, meaning only changed blocks since the last backup are added. In addition, CTERA’s advanced deduplication identifies shared blocks between bare-metal backups of different PCs and eliminates the need to backup similar blocks again to the cloud.
If you are backing up Windows Server 2008 running Exchange 2007, please verify that you have installed Exchange 2007 Service Pack 2.
In order to perform a backup, open an elevated command prompt (run as administrator) and enter the following commands:
wbadmin start backup -backuptarget:\\MYDEVICE\SHARE -allcritical -user:USER –password:PASSWORD
Where MYDEVICE designates the IP address or host name of the CTERA Cloud Attached Storage device, SHARE designates a share with write permissions, USER designates a user account on the CTERA appliance with write permission to the destination share, and PASSWORD designates the password for that user.
To schedule automatic bare-metal backups, prepare a batch file with the above commands and use the Windows Task Scheduler to schedule automatic execution.
To perform bare-metal recovery, boot your PC using the original Windows DVD, enter the Windows Recovery Environment, click on the Command Prompt option, and enter the following commands:
startnet
net use z: \\MYDEVICE\SHARE /user:USER PASSWORD
wbadmin get versions -backuptarget:\\MYDEVICE\SHARE
The last command will display the existing backup versions. Choose the relevant backup set, and enter the following command:
wbadmin start sysrecovery -version:MM/DD/YYYY-HH:MM -backuptarget:\\MYDEVICE\SHARE
Where MM/DD/YYYY-HH:MM is the backup set's date.
If you have multiple machine backups in the share, you may need to add the -machine:xxxxx parameter, where xxxxx is the name of the machine you are recovering.
If you are recovering to a volume other than the original, you may need to add the -recreateDisks parameter.
Additional Resources
LOGIN
Search
