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John_Santana
Level 6
10 years ago

Backing up files in a drive with VSS enabled.

Hi, I'm having problem with Backup Exec 2012 SP4 in backing up some files to the tape drive because it is regarded as successful by BE job report but the size is always 720 bytes. Upon looking ...
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  • VJware's avatar
    VJware
    10 years ago

    The "schedule" will have no impact unless Shadow Copies is "Enabled" for the volume. If you look at the first screenshot, it is Disabled for all volumes.

    W.r.t to BE, if you are enabling Shadow Copies, do ensure the timing does not conflict with the BE backup jobs and secondly, it will be better to keep the limit as "no limit".

VJware's avatar
VJware
Level 6
10 years ago

The "schedule" will have no impact unless Shadow Copies is "Enabled" for the volume. If you look at the first screenshot, it is Disabled for all volumes.

W.r.t to BE, if you are enabling Shadow Copies, do ensure the timing does not conflict with the BE backup jobs and secondly, it will be better to keep the limit as "no limit".