Section 11 - Backup / Restore Windows System (WBAdmin)

This section describes in details how to backup and restore Windows System with OBM (MS Windows System backup Module).

11.5.3 Recover volumes with command

Refer to the following instruction to perform a volume recovery with command:




• Open command prompt.
• Enter the following command, according to the backup data source, target:

>Wbadmin start recovery 
-version: 
-itemType:Volume 
-items: 
-backupTarget: 
-recoveryTarget:




Parameter	Description
-version	Specifies the version identifier of the backup to recover in the following format: MM/DD/YYYY-hh:mm Type in the following to list version identifier: >Wbadmin get versions
-itemTypes	Specifies type of items to recover, in this case Volume.
-items	Specifies a comma delimited list of volumes to be recovered.
-backupTarget	Specifies the volume containing the backup data to be recovered.
-recoveryTarget	Specifies the volume drive letter of the alternate volume to restore to.





Example:
To restore volume D, from backup version March 31, 2011, 9:00 to volume F (restored data are stored in volume E).

>Wbadmin start recovery -VersionIdentifiers:03/31/2011-09:00 -itemType:Volume -items:D: -backupTarget:E: -recoveryTarget:F:




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