Hi,
DPM used Windows Server backup for protecting systemstate and BMR. To see what volumes Windows backup is going to include in a BMR backup, Do the following:
1) Set up a network share on a remote machine
\\server\bmrshare
2) From an administrative command prompt on the PS, type:
wbadmin.exe start backup -allcritical -backuptarget:\\server\bmrshare
This should show you the list of volumes included in the BMR backup and ask "Do you want to start the backup operation?. - Type N to exit.
If you want to ADD more volumes to the BMR set. On the protected server,open the C:\Program Files\Microsoft Data Protection Manager\DPM\bin\Bmrbackup.cmd file in notepad.
Modify this line and add an -include: statement to add the drive letter of the additional volumes to be included in the BMR backup.
-Include Specifies the comma-delimited list of items to include in the backup. You can include multiple files, folders, or volumes.
Volume paths can be specified using volume drive letters, volume mount points, or GUID-based volume names. If you use a
GUID-based volume name, it should be terminated with a backslash (\). You can use the wildcard character (*) in the
file name when specifying a path to a file. Should be used only when the -backupTarget parameter is used.
<FROM>
rem Start a wbadmin.exe to create a BMR backup
start /WAIT %SystemRoot%\system32\wbadmin.exe start backup -allcritical -quiet -backuptarget:%1
<TO>
rem Start a wbadmin.exe to create a BMR backup
start /WAIT %SystemRoot%\system32\wbadmin.exe start backup -allcritical -include:D:,E: -quiet -backuptarget:%1
You will need to adjust the replica volume and recovery point volume sizes on the DPM server to account for the additional space required for the extra volume(s) being included in future BMR backups.
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