{"id":4250,"date":"2013-12-13T11:31:17","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T19:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/stage\/?p=4250"},"modified":"2017-07-22T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2017-07-22T22:22:06","slug":"missing-windows-server-2012-r2-backup-snap-in-module","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/missing-windows-server-2012-r2-backup-snap-in-module\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Restore the Missing Windows Server 2012 R2 Backup Console"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I installed the Windows Server Backup feature on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain Controller so I can backup not only the System State but also perform a full backup of the Domain Controller. The Windows Server Backup feature installed successfully but when I tried to access the tool, it was missing in the Tools menu. I removed the feature and then reinstalled it again but got the same results. I figured I will try the Windows backup administration console (<strong>wbadmin.msc<\/strong>) directly but that didn&#8217;t work. Even though the feature kept on assuring me that the tool was being installed successfully, it wasn&#8217;t. So now what?<\/p>\n<p>After wasting about half an hour on Microsoft TechNet site and Microsoft blogs, I found no solution. In fact, Microsoft&#8217;s search engine on Microsoft&#8217;s TechNet site offered me only one URL related to backup but it had to do with Microsoft marketing. It had nothing to do with Windows Server 2012 backup information that I was looking for. I then used Google to search for Windows Server 2012 backup and was offered <a href=\"http:\/\/serverfault.com\/questions\/422978\/windows-server-backup-snap-in-module-is-never-installed\">this<\/a> link on page 2 of the search results, which I found helpful. The documented solution recommended installing Network Load Balancing (NLB), along with Windows Server Backup. Here&#8217;s what I did.<\/p>\n<p>I removed the successfully installed Windows Server Backup feature and then reinstalled it along with the Network Load Balancing feature, which also installs the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WindowsServerBackupFeature.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4251\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WindowsServerBackupFeature-300x210.png\" alt=\"WindowsServerBackupFeature\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WindowsServerBackupFeature-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WindowsServerBackupFeature.png 672w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NLBFeature.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4252\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NLBFeature-300x211.png\" alt=\"NLBFeature\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NLBFeature-300x211.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NLBFeature.png 673w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After my installation was successful, there was no need to reboot the server.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NLBAndBackupFeatures.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4253\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NLBAndBackupFeatures-300x210.png\" alt=\"NLBAndBackupFeatures\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NLBAndBackupFeatures-300x210.png 300w, https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/NLBAndBackupFeatures.png 674w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I was now able to see the Windows Server Backup tool in the Tools menu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WindowsServerBackupTool.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/WindowsServerBackupTool-140x300.png\" alt=\"WindowsServerBackupTool\" width=\"140\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Talking about Window Server backups, you might be interested in my article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zubairalexander.com\/blog\/how-to-backup-active-directory-domain-services-on-windows-server-2012-r2\/\">How to Backup Active Directory Domain Services on Windows Server 2012 R2<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: xx-small; font-family: Verdana;\">Copyright \u00a92013 Zubair Alexander. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I installed the Windows Server Backup feature on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Domain Controller so I can backup not only the System State but also perform a full backup of the Domain Controller. 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