Re: [bareos-users] Windows system backup/restore methodology

2023-12-18 Thread Seth Galitzer
The thing about Windows is it is A) fragile, and b) uses (largely) a monolithic binary configuration database (registry). Both of these mean you can't treat it like you would a Linux host, for example. In enterprise shops, configuration of Windows machines is done with a combination of Group

Re: [bareos-users] Windows system backup/restore methodology

2023-12-17 Thread Spadajspadaj
Ahhh. No. As you might have noticed (true, I didn't write it explicitly) - I mentioned LVM snapshots - it's a windows machine on linux hypervisor. MK On 17.12.2023 17:29, Frank Kohler wrote: Not sure I have all details. If your win deployment is as .vhd why not checkpoint/snapshot and

Re: [bareos-users] Windows system backup/restore methodology

2023-12-17 Thread Frank Kohler
Not sure I have all details. If your win deployment is as .vhd why not checkpoint/snapshot and backup? On 12/17/23 17:12, Spadajspadaj wrote: Hi there. I've been pondering the windows quirks and challenges related to this particular system. For many years I used the approach of "do a Windows

[bareos-users] Windows system backup/restore methodology

2023-12-17 Thread Spadajspadaj
Hi there. I've been pondering the windows quirks and challenges related to this particular system. For many years I used the approach of "do a Windows Backup job and let bareos pick the results". That worked... reasonably well although windows backup image was always backed up as full which