10 Backup / Restore Windows System State

Section 10 - Backup & restore Windows System State

This section describes in details how to backup and restore Windows System State with OBM.

10.2 Requirements and recommendations

For System State backup of Windows XP or 2003 / R2, please ensure that the following requirements or recommendations are met:

OBM is installed on the computer to be backed up.
Sufficient disk spaces are required for the temporary directory (usually of size around 2 GB).
It is recommended that the temporary directory be configured on a local drive.

For System State backup of Windows 2008 / R2 / 2012 or SBS 2011, please ensure that the following requirements or recommendations are met:

OBM version 6.3 or above is installed on the computer to be backed up.
The system volume must be formatted with NTFS.
Sufficient disk spaces are required for the temporary directory (usually of size around 10 GB).
The following Windows Features are installed on the client computer (under Server Manager):

Windows Server Backup
Command line Tool
Windows PowerShell

Limitations on the temporary directory:

Temporary directory must be a local or USB drive.
Temporary directory can be a non-critical or critical drive.
Temporary directory can only be set to the root of a drive.
Shadow Copies storage location of temporary directory must be set to local.

Please refer to the following Help Centre article for details. 1.6 Restriction on the temporary storage location for the Windows system state and system backup?

It is recommended that the temporary directory be configured on a local drive.