For System backup of Windows 2008/ 2008 R2/ 2012/ 2012 R2/ 2016 or SBS 2011, please ensure that the following requirements or recommendations are met:
The following Windows Features are installed on the client computer:
Windows Server Backup Features
Limitations on the temporary directory:
For System backup of Windows 7, Windows 2008/ 2008 R2/ SBS 2011 and Windows Home Server 2011, the current virtual hard disk specification limits the size of a virtual hard disk to be 2040 GB (2 TB), which can fit a volume of size 2040 GB minus 2 MB.
For details, please refer to:
http://blogs.technet.com/b/ranjanajain/archive/2010/03/23/virtual-hard-disk-vhd-architecture-explained.aspx
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd183729%28v=ws.10%29.aspx
Name | This is the name of the backup set. You can create a meaningful name for it. |
Backup Type | Enter the correct backup type from the drop down box. |
To create a backup set name: