It should look like this:
HoboCopy (c) 2006 Wangdera Corporation. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Calling CoInitialize
Starting a full copy from C:\Users\Michael\Documents\My Virtual
Machines\Windows Server 2008 to c:\temp\hobotest
Calling CreateVssBackupComponents
Calling InitializeForBackup
Calling GatherWriterMetadata
Waiting for writer metadata
Calling QueryStatus for GatherWriterMetadata
Calling GetWriterMetadataCount
Calling GetWriterMetadata
Writer 0 named System Writer
Writer has 1 components
Component 0 is named System Files, has a path of (null), and is not
selectable for backup. 10141 files, 0 databases, 0 log files.
...
<systemstate listing deleted>
...
Component 0 has name System Files, path , is not selectable for backup, and
has parent (no parent)
Calling GetWriterMetadata
Writer 1 named SqlServerWriter
Writer has 12 components
...
<listing of my databases deleted>
...
Calling GetWriterMetadata
Writer 2 named ASR Writer
Writer has 5 components
Component 0 is named ASR, has a path of ASR, and is not selectable for
backup. 0 files, 0 databases, 0 log files.
Component 1 is named Volume{ae29596a-5609-11dc-b362-806e6f6e6963}, has a
path of Volumes, and is not selectable for backup. 0 files, 0 databases, 0
log files.
Component 2 is named Volume{ae295969-5609-11dc-b362-806e6f6e6963}, has a
path of Volumes, and is not selectable for backup. 0 files, 0 databases, 0
log files.
Component 3 is named BCD, has a path of BCD, and is not selectable for
backup. 1 files, 0 databases, 0 log files.
File 0 has path \\?\Volume{ae29596a-5609-11dc-b362-806e6f6e6963}\Boot\*.*
Component 4 is named harddisk0, has a path of Disks, and is selectable for
backup. 0 files, 0 databases, 0 log files.
Component 0 has name ASR, path ASR, is not selectable for backup, and has
parent (no parent)
Component 1 has name Volume{ae29596a-5609-11dc-b362-806e6f6e6963}, path
Volumes, is not selectable for backup, and has parent (no parent)
Component 2 has name Volume{ae295969-5609-11dc-b362-806e6f6e6963}, path
Volumes, is not selectable for backup, and has parent (no parent)
Component 3 has name BCD, path BCD, is not selectable for backup, and has
parent (no parent)
Component 4 has name harddisk0, path Disks, is selectable for backup, and
has parent (no parent)
Calling GetWriterMetadata
Writer 3 named IIS Config Writer
Writer has 1 components
Component 0 is named IISCONFIG, has a path of (null), and is not selectable
for backup. 1 files, 0 databases, 0 log files.
File 0 has path %windir%\system32\inetsrv\config\*
Component 0 has name IISCONFIG, path , is not selectable for backup, and has
parent (no parent)
Calling GetWriterMetadata
...
etc. etc. etc. through all the registered VSS writers
...
Calling StartSnapshotSet
Calling GetVolumePathName
Calling AddToSnapshotSet
...
<all writer components added to snap shot set>
...
Calling SetBackupState
Calling PrepareForBackup
Calling DoSnapshotSet
Calling GetSnapshotProperties
Calling CalculateSourcePath
Recursively creating destination directory c:\temp\hobotest.
Calling CopyRecursive
Copied file
\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy7\Users\Michael\Documents\My
Virtual Machines\Windows Server 2008\Windows Server 2008 Hard Disk.vhd to
\\?\c:\temp\hobotest\Windows Server 2008 Hard Disk.vhd
Copied file
\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy7\Users\Michael\Documents\My
Virtual Machines\Windows Server 2008\Windows Server 2008.vmc to
\\?\c:\temp\hobotest\Windows Server 2008.vmc
Copied directory
Calling BackupComplete
Backup successfully completed.
Backup started at 2008-01-16 16:21:49, completed at 2008-01-16 16:31:44.
2 files (5.83 GB, 1 directories) copied, 0 files skipped
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 4:08 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup MS Virtual machines
I thought of that also so I ran it from the server and get the same results.
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From: Klint Price - ArizonaITPro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:17 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: Re: Backup MS Virtual machines
Tom,
I am not familiar with the product, however, I would think it would have to
be run from the source server so it can implement the necessary hooks to
vss. If there is no agent in use, how would the application know how to
differentiate between vss and a normal network share?
Klint
Tom Strader wrote:
The VMC and VHD files are located in the directory specified. The "V" drive
is a mapped drive on another server where the files are located. I've tried
it this way and on the server itself. Says its starting a backup but nothing
happens.
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From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:23 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup MS Virtual machines
You have the directory name specified incorrectly.
hobocopy.exe /verbosity=5 /r "C:\Users\Michael\Documents\My Virtual
Machines\Win2008-Exch-CAS" c:\temp\hobotest
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
From: Tom Strader [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 1:12 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup MS Virtual machines
Michael what did you type on the command prompt to get it to work?
I tried:
hobocopy /verbosity=0 /full /recursive /y v:\directoryname\*.*
v:\backup\directoryname
Just jumps down to the prompt as if nothing was entered.
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From: Michael B. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 12:51 PM
To: NT System Admin Issues
Subject: RE: Backup MS Virtual machines
That's a good white paper.
Basically it documents that any VSS-aware backup system should work with VS
2005 sp1 (page 9) - which was my experience with the free tool. J
Regards,
Michael B. Smith
MCSE/Exchange MVP
http://TheEssentialExchange.com
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