For System backup of Windows 2008 / 2008 R2 / 2012 / 2012 R2 / 2016 / 2019 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:
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/archive/blogs/ranjanajain/virtual-hard-disk-vhd-architecture-explained
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/it-pro/windows-server-2008-R2-and-2008/dd183729(v=ws.10)
Name | The name of the backup set. |
Backup set type | The backup set type, e.g. MS Windows System Backup |
Specify the temporary location for the system backup | The location where the system image will be stored before generating the backup data. |
To create a backup set name: