To back up the System State Backup using the Graphical User Interface (GUI), perform the following steps:
1. Log on to the domain controller with an account that is a member of the Domain Admins group and OpenServer Manager from the Taskbar.
2. In the Server Manager, click the Tools Menu and select Windows Server Backup.
3. In the Wbadmin (Windows Server Backup) Local console, Click Backup Once in the Actions pane.
4. On the Backup Once Wizard page, click the Different Options, and then click Next.
5. On the Select Backup Configuration page, click the Custom button, and then click Next.
6. On the Select Items for Backup page, click the Add Items button. In the Select Items Windows, checkSystem state check box, and then click OK.
7. Back on the Select Items for Backup page, click Advanced Settings, and then click VSS Settings and select VSS full backup click Next.
8. On the Specify Destination Type page, select either the Local drives or Remote shared folder button and click Next.
9. On the Select Backup Destination page, select the backup destination and then click Next.
10. On the Confirmation page review the Backup items, and then click Backup to continue..
11. On the Backup Progress page, System state backup status is completed and then clicks Close.
To back up System State through the Wbadmin.exe:
1. Open Command Prompt (Admin).
2. In the Administrator: Command Prompt, type wbadmin.exe Start SystemStateBackup
–backuptarget:E:
This will back up the System State from volume(s) from Local Disk (C:) to E:.
Do you want to start the backup operation?
Type Y for Yes and Press Enter.
Next, Wbadmin.exe creates the shadow copy of the C drive. After it does this it identifies the system state files to back up. Once it has completed its search for system state files, it begins the back up.
Figure shows that back up of system state completed successfully.
Once the backup is complete, wbadmin.exe creates a log with a naming convention of System State Backup-14-08-2014_07-52-55.log.
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