Wbadmin Enable Backup Action

WBAdmin Enable Backup

Enables a new scheduled daily backup operation or modify the existing daily backup schedule.

This action only applies to Windows Server 2008/Server 2008 R2.

Settings

Add Target

Specify a location for the backup to be stored.

Windows Server 2008

Target must be specified as a disk identifier.

Windows Server 2008 R2

Target must be specified disk identifier, volume or UNC share path.

The drive specified will be formatted before use, this will result in all data being erased.

Remove Target

Specify a storage location to be removed from existing backup schedule.

Include

Specifies a list of items to be included in backup operation.

Windows Vista/Server 2008

List can contain volume drive letters, volume mount points or GUID based volume names.

Windows 7/Server 2008 R2

List can contain files, folders or volumes. Volumes can be specified via volume drive letters, volume mount points, GUID based volume names.

Scheduled Times

Specify times that backup operation should run.

All Critical

Specifies that all critical volumes are included in the backups.

Include/Exclude Items

The options on this page only apply to Windows Server 2008 R2

Non-Recurse Include

Specify a list of non-recursive items to be included in the backup.

Exclude

Specify a list of items to exclude from the backup.

Non-Recurse Exclude

Specify a list of non-recursive items to be excluded from the backup.

Options

The options on this page only apply to Windows Server 2008 R2

VSS Full Backup

Performs a full backup using the Volume Shadow Copy Service. History of each file is updated to indicate that it was backed up.

VSS Copy

Performs a copy backup using the Volume Shadow Copy Service. History of each file is not updated.

System State Backup

Includes System State in the backup operation.

Credentials

Only required when using a UNC path as the backup target. Specifies the credentials of a user who has write access to the share location.

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