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 system state during a full restore. anyone done this can confirm it works > 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" <subscript...@kkeane.com> 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 points, which bacula doesn't handle well. > > > > I'm using Windows backup to an iSCSI drive, and then use bacula to > > back up a snapshot of that iSCSI volume. > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Michael Da Cova [mailto:mdac...@equiinet.com] > >> Sent: Monday, May 10, 2010 9:47 AM > >> To: bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> Subject: [Bacula-users] Windows 2008/2008r2 Server backup > >> > >> Hi > >> > >> anyone have any tips recommendation on how to backup and restore > >> windows > >> 2008 system state, do you need to if using VSS > >> > >> Michael > >> > >> > >> > >> --- > >> --- > >> --- > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Bacula-users mailing list > >> Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > > > --- > > --- > > --- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Bacula-users mailing list > > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users