Shadow Copy Components and System State

[Christopher_Hay]

I thought I read in the Backup Exec 10d documentation that either the System State (for Windows 2000) or Shadow Copy Components (for Windows 2003 Server) need to be backed up. I tried to locate that information in the 11d documentation, but I can't find it.

If I only back up the Shadow Copy Components for a Windows 2003 Server, can I still do a full restore? Or should I be backing up the System State as well?

Thanks in advance,

Chris

[Amruta_Bhide]

Hello Christopher,

It is always recommended to backup both system state and shadow copy components along with the drives to get the full system back in case of a system crash.

Hope that helps
Thanks
Regards

[Richard_Berry]

I found this in another thread about 11d and this issue:

Sandy Sandifer
Symantec Employee
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Registered: 01-24-2005

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Hi Joel,

Shadow Copy Components works the same as System State and it will in reality do a full backup. You need to just select the last time of backup, which in this case is the incremental.