Windows 2012 Dedupe and Netbackup
- 10 years ago
Extract from NBU 7.x OS CL: http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH76648 under File System Compatibility
Regarding the Microsoft Windows 2012 NTFS data deduplication feature:
- NTFS deduplication volumes may be backed up to BasicDisk storage units only.
- In NetBackup 7.5.0.6, the files on an NTFS deduplication volume will be backed up in
full and not in optimized form.
- In NetBackup 7.6 and later, 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.