Section 10 - Backup & restore Windows System State

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

10.5.2 For Windows 2008 / R2, SBS 2011

Refer to the following instructions to restore Windows System State on Windows Server 2008 / R2, SBS 2011:




• Install the OBM on the machine to be restored to.
• Login to the backup application's user interface.




• Select the [Restore] button and the corresponding backup set.




• Select the System State file to be restored and its restore destination.




• To view the backup version identifier, run the following command in the command prompt as administrator.

>wbadmin get versions

eg:




• To restore system state, run the following command in command prompt as administrator.

>wbadmin start systemstaterecovery -version:<VersionIdentifier> -backupTarget:<BackupDestinationVolume>

eg:

>wbadmin start systemstaterecovery -version:09/24/2013-09:16 -backupTarget:G:

eg:





• Press "Y" to confirm the operations. After that, you need to wait for the restore, it may take several minutes to hours.



eg:





• After the recovery is completed, Click "Y" to reboot the computer.



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