Configures Windows Server Backup for DCs
The goal of this procedure is to configure Bare Metal Backups on the PDC Emulator of every forest in the domain.
This process requires a network storage location with sufficient storage to sustain all the backups and the computers themselves who will be performing the backups need modify permissions to the share created.
- Copy the DCBackupSettings.ps1 file to C:\scripts\Backups on the target DCs. (This is automated already via Copy-DCWSBSettingsFile.ps1).
- Install Windows Server Backup on the target systems (This can be automated via WSBDCInstall.ps1).
- Configure and test Windows Server Backup by running DCBackupSettings.ps1.
- In this file the BackupLocation network path needs to be changed from "\TESTMGMT01.test.contoso.com\DCBACKUPS"
- This defaults to the local machine's credentials (when run automated, Local User if run interactively).
- Configure the Secheduled Task by running DCWSBWeeklyScheduledTask.ps1.
- This script targets the DCBackupSettings.ps1 file and uses it to define the steps done in the scheduled task.
- This backs up on Sunday at 7pm every week.
- Task is run as a SYSTEM meaning it uses the local system's credentials to access the share.
- This is limited to only take up to 2 hours. Any more and it will time out.
- It is named "Weekly Server Backup - BMR".