You manage a standalone Windows Server 2022 file server that must have nightly System State backups and a weekly Bare Metal Recovery backup to a local disk, using minimal storage. What should you do?

The wbadmin command-line tool provides granular control over backup types and scheduling, making it ideal for this scenario. wbadmin start systemstatebackup specifically backs up the System State, while wbadmin start backup -allCritical performs a Bare Metal Recovery backup by including all critical volumes. Integrating these commands with Task Scheduler allows for separate, distinct schedules (nightly for System State, weekly for Bare Metal Recovery) to be configured precisely as required, ensuring minimal storage use by avoiding unnecessary full backups. Creating two separate schedules in the Windows Server Backup console would result in two full backups, consuming more storage than necessary. The built-in Windows Server Backup policy cannot differentiate between System State and Bare Metal Recovery within a single schedule in the way required. Installing DPM/MABS is an enterprise solution that is overkill for a standalone server and introduces unnecessary complexity and cost.