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Supergoof
Level 4
13 years ago

Backup size of Windows Server 2008 R2

Hello, I'm not writing about a problem as such but about a curiosity. I have several Windows Server 2008 R2 clients in my NetBackup domain and recently I noticed that the backup footprint of the ...
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  • Mark_Solutions's avatar
    Mark_Solutions
    13 years ago

    Windows 2008 has a far bigger System State - or Shadow Copy Components as it is called now - and therin lies the clue.

    2008 usually has Shadow Copies set up by default - so the System Volume Information folder holds shadow copies of the system, restore points etc. etc. etc.

    Right click on your C drive and select Properties - go to the Shadow Copies tab and it will show you how much is being used and how many Shadow Copies it has

    Hope this helps

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Supergoof
Level 4
13 years ago

The policy looks like this for the windows servers:

Policy Type:         MS-Windows
Include:  ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES

Type:                Full Backup
Frequency:           every 7 days
Retention Level:     1 (2 weeks)

Type:                Differential Incremental Backup
Frequency:           every 1 day
Retention Level:     0 (1 week)

So they have 2 full and 6 daily images each.

I'm just wondering if this is normal for windows server 2008 to be so large compared to earlier versions.

Regards

Bo