MS-Windows policy and VSS question
Hi everyone,
Just a quick question regarding an MS-Windows policy and VSS. Does the policy backup from the VSS snapshot or does it only use VSS for open files?
If the backup takes 7 hours, is there a chance of backing up changes files during that 7 hours? Or will the backup only run from the VSS snapshot taken when the backup starts?
We need to backup a file/folder structure at a specific time on a physical machine.
Any advise would be much appreciated! Thanks in advance!
Without the open-file backup option, NetBackup doesn't use a snapshot on an MS-Windows backup unless you tell it to do so. You can easily do so by selecting the snapshot option.
When you use a snapshot, the backup is from the snapshot. It does not reflect file creations, changes, or deletions that occur after the snapshot is taken. You wouldn't want it to do that, because then you would have a fuzzy recovery point.
You state in your question that you need to back up a file or folder at a specific time. If you have unselected the open-file backup option (it's on by default), then I recommend that you select the snapshot option.
