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windowsbatch-filebackupwindows-server-2016

WBADMIN is not creating the etl file in C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup


We have a system backup process which will create the backup process of all drives. The command is

WBADMIN START BACKUP -backupTarget:\\%servername%\sysBackup -include:C:,D:,E:,F: -systemState -quiet -vssFULL

In Windows 2008 Server this command is working fine and it is creating the Wbadmin*.etl files in C:\Windows\Logs\WindowsServerBackup.

But when we execute the same command (Both as Administrator) in Windows 2016 Server, the Wbadmin*.etl file is not getting generated in the above folder and the process is failing since the etl is not available.

Can anybody help me out to sort out this issue? Any help will be much appreciated.

Please let me know if the question is not clear or you need any further information.


Solution

  • We got the solution from the Microsoft Support. In Windows 2012 and 2016, the WBAdmin.etl has been replaced by WBEngine.etl. Modified the code accordingly and the process is working fine now.