How To Allow System State Backups To Critical Volumes In Windows Server 2008?

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When you try to backup the System State backup on a critical volume on a computer running Windows Server 2008, you will get the error message. This is because of the default behavior of Windows Server 2008. It doesn't allow you to take backup of System State data on a "Critical Volume".

You can change this behavior by hacking the following registry entry:

  • KEY_NAME: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\wbengine\SystemStateBackup
  • ENTRY_NAME: AllowSSBToAnyVolume
  • VALUE:  (0) – Don't Allow, (1) – Allow

 

About The Author

Nirmal Sharma is a MCSEx3, MCITP and was awarded the Microsoft MVP award in Directory Services and Windows Networking. He specializes in Microsoft Azure, Office 365, Directory Services, Failover Clusters, Hyper-V, PowerShell Scripting and System Center products. Nirmal has been involved with Microsoft Technologies since 1994. In his spare time, he likes to help others and share some of his knowledge by writing tips and articles on various sites.

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