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richardw2
Level 3
5 years ago

Recommendations for backing up Windows 2012 and newer file servers with deduplicated volumes

I would like recommendations for increasing the speed of file system backups of Windows file servers running Windows 2012 and newer which are using Windows deduplicated volumes.  Currently, we have m...
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Hamza_H
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Besides those 2 previous helpful replies you may also want to be carefull with deduplicated data activated on the OS because, unless mistaken, you may have problems with the restore (it fails..) so please re-verify the compatibility list for the OS and Nbu’s versions
Good luck
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richardw2
Level 3
5 years ago

Hamza_H I do not understand this comment.  What do you mean about deduplicated data activated on the OS?

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    Hamza_H
    Moderator
    5 years ago
    Hello richard,
    Please take a look at supported filesystem (SCL)
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    Regarding the Microsoft Windows Server data deduplication feature:
    - NTFS deduplication volume can be backed up to any type of storage unit which does not further deduplicate the data.
    - Optimized Backup occurs for NTFS deduplication volumes when possible. Per Microsoft design, any restore from Optimized Backup is non-optimized. This means, after restore, files are in non-optimized form until the next optimization is run by the OS schedule. Be sure adequate space is available for restore.
    - By design, TIR is not supported on NTFS deduplication volumes.
    - FlashBackup is not supported with NTFS deduplication volumes.