Performing Backups with the WBAdmin Utility
The WBAdmin utility provides you with considerably more functionality than NTBackup, you??™ll
find that it??™s actually easier to use in many cases. Part of the ease of use comes from the modes that
WBAdmin supports. You use a particular mode by typing WBAdmin followed by the mode keywords,
such as START BACKUP. However, you??™ll also find that WBAdmin provides considerably
fewer options than NTBackup. For example, you must back up an entire volume or mount point.
The following list describes each of the modes.
START BACKUP Starts the backup process. You??™ll need to provide backup information as
command line arguments.
STOP JOB Ends the current backup or recovery.
GET VERSIONS Displays a list of backups that you can use for recovery purposes.
GET ITEMS Displays a list of items found in a particular backup.
GET STATUS Obtains the status of the current backup or recovery.
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Three of the options are quite simple to use. Simply type the mode name and WBAdmin performs
the required task without any additional input. For example, when you use the STOP JOB
mode, WBAdmin stops the current backup or recovery without asking for any additional information.
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