[Help] Howto backup windows clients for disaster recovery
Posted: 29 Apr 2025, 14:10
Hi,
I am new to TerraMaster and BBS/CentralizedBackup and are looking for some guidance for Windows workstation backup before starting to evaluate and possibly buy. I would like to do some kind of system image backup, so I would be able to completely restore a Windows system if the computer dies/needs to be replaced (i.e. disaster recovery).
My Windows workstations typically have the following storage setup (GPT):
- one OS partition (C:), formatted as NTFS
- one data partition (D:), formatted as DevDrive (ReFS)
- the typical Windows system partitions for UEFI and WinRE
From the documentation, I've found that CentralizedBackup does not support ReFS volumes, so I am thinking about the following:
- do an image based CentralizedBackup of the C: and system partitions (Bootloader+WinRE)
- do a file-based TPC-Backupper backup of the D: data partition
So my questions are:
- Is this possible at all and also a supported scenario?
- What other options are possible (or what is the best practice here)?
- How is restore handled (how to ensure data consistency, if to seperate backups are used)?
- How about the storage efficiency? Is deduplication/compression possible in the backup store (talking about ~20 workstations)?
Thanks for your guidance!
I am new to TerraMaster and BBS/CentralizedBackup and are looking for some guidance for Windows workstation backup before starting to evaluate and possibly buy. I would like to do some kind of system image backup, so I would be able to completely restore a Windows system if the computer dies/needs to be replaced (i.e. disaster recovery).
My Windows workstations typically have the following storage setup (GPT):
- one OS partition (C:), formatted as NTFS
- one data partition (D:), formatted as DevDrive (ReFS)
- the typical Windows system partitions for UEFI and WinRE
From the documentation, I've found that CentralizedBackup does not support ReFS volumes, so I am thinking about the following:
- do an image based CentralizedBackup of the C: and system partitions (Bootloader+WinRE)
- do a file-based TPC-Backupper backup of the D: data partition
So my questions are:
- Is this possible at all and also a supported scenario?
- What other options are possible (or what is the best practice here)?
- How is restore handled (how to ensure data consistency, if to seperate backups are used)?
- How about the storage efficiency? Is deduplication/compression possible in the backup store (talking about ~20 workstations)?
Thanks for your guidance!