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Chigrboy
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I need to restore some files but the tapes no longer exist that has the data that I need.
On the volumes that the data is on, I create daily snapshots as added protection and easy recover
using windows shadow copy.
Using backup exec I then backup everything on the server nightly.

The windows snapshots must get backed up, right?

My hope is that since I don't have the tapes of the date that I need restored, that
a shadow copy can be retsored from a tape just after the date that I need and 
from there, restore the files from the correct date from a shadow copy since I usually
have 1-2 weeks worth of shadow copies on most days.

Is this possible?

Thanks!

Chig
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pkh
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Sure you can!  Just create a backup job and select the Shadow Copy Component for the server that you want.

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pkh
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Sure you can!  Just create a backup job and select the Shadow Copy Component for the server that you want.

CraigV
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Hey dude,

Do you need to restore from tape? If so, and those tapes are overwritten, it's: a] not financially possible due to the huge expense to do this; b] not possible at all.
If you have snapshots on a tape after that, and the data in the snapshot wasn't overwritten on the server, then pkh is correct...as long as the data hasn't been overwritten on the server's snapshot.