Guest Okramo Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Hi, I have Win2k3 server operating system with two partitions. I'am planing to make backup of all data which my server contains - there is about 25GB files. My plan is to use MS Backup tool, which stores all data in one *.bkf file. I suppose that tool will make *.bkf file large about 17-20 GB. Is that possible? What is the maximum size of *.bkf file? Thanks
Guest Pegasus \(MVP\) Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: File size limit for bkf file? "Okramo" <okramo@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1184096428.050093.293070@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com... > Hi, > > I have Win2k3 server operating system with two partitions. > > I'am planing to make backup of all data which my server contains - > there is about 25GB files. > > My plan is to use MS Backup tool, which stores all data in one *.bkf > file. > > I suppose that tool will make *.bkf file large about 17-20 GB. Is that > possible? > > What is the maximum size of *.bkf file? > > Thanks > The maximum size is determined by your file system - 4 GBytes for FAT32 drives, much larger for NTFS drives. An even more important question is whether it is wise to make such a huge backup file. There are LOTS of eggs in this single basket, and it is likely to take you a looooooooooooong time to retrieve a single file while your users are breathing down your neck.
Guest thelotus99@gmail.com Posted July 10, 2007 Posted July 10, 2007 Re: File size limit for bkf file? Assuming you are backing up to disk, a good alternative solution for backing up these files would be robocopy.exe, which is a MS Resource Kit Utility that's available for free download from Microsoft's website. It's a very useful tool to get familiar with for backing up, copying, and other common file mgmt tasks. If you are using a tape drive you'll have to use MS Backup Tool (NTBackup) or some other tape backup solution. W2K3 Resource Kit: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=9d467a69-57ff-4ae7-96ee-b18c4790cffd&DisplayLang=en Robocopy GUI add-on: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/technetmag/issues/2006/11/UtilitySpotlight/
Guest Okramo Posted July 12, 2007 Posted July 12, 2007 Re: File size limit for bkf file? Thank you for your help! I made backup file with MS, everything worked okey but I'll check out robocopy utility. thx
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