12-13-2011 05:48 AM
Hi I have a server 2003 with following drives:
C - 25gb - 2gb free
D - 40gb - 23gb free
F - 558gb - 77gb free
G - 70gb - 23gb free
I use Symantec Backup exec to backup this server. The Symantec backup Job summary shows bytes count as "584,940,491,503 bytes" for Shadow?Copy?Components.
I checked each 4 drives and none of them has Shadow Copies enabled.
How am I getting such a huge size for the shadow copy components? Can I purge it?
I will be grateful for your support.
12-13-2011 05:57 AM
Is this a DFSR file server?
DFSR data get backed up under shadow copy components
Expand shadow copy components, in backup and restore jobs and check what exactly taking so much space.
12-13-2011 06:21 AM
You may Refer the following document for better understanding
12-13-2011 06:44 AM
yes this server used to have DFS share but it does not exist anymore.
Under the Shadow Copy components there is a
User Data -- DFS Replication -- DfrsReplicatedFolders -- MyFileShares
Before this server used to have MyFileShares with lots of contents. I have disabled the shares but data still exist on this server. But I havent selected this shares in the backup selection list.
How can I get rid of this being backedup as Shadow Copy Components.
12-13-2011 06:48 AM
Check under "View by details" tab under the selection list to ensure these shares are not selected
12-13-2011 07:05 AM
I have checked the View Selection Details and they are not there; only contents of C & D drive are selected whereas these Shares are in F and G drive.
12-13-2011 07:10 AM
In that case you need to make sure DFSR is been removed gracefully from this server.
As a work aroud, u may uncheck user state data -dfsr, in the existing or new job.
12-13-2011 07:22 AM
On View Selection Details I have noticed some of my servers has:
Shadow Copy Components
+ Service State
My file server has:
Shadow Copy Components
+ Service State
- User Data
- Distributed File System Replication
- DfsrReplicatedFolders
- StaffShares
Whereas the one which has huge shadow components has
Shadow Copy Components
+ Service State
- User Data
- Distributed File System Replication
If I just exclude "Distributed File System Replication" from the selection list; it will remove "Service State" aswell. Is service state same as "System state" which is required when restoring the server.
12-13-2011 07:42 AM
Service state is not same as "System state", however still imp at time of Server DR.
I guess best opt would be to remove DFSR completely from this server and then create a new job in BE.
12-13-2011 07:55 AM
How can I remove DFSR.
this job has quite huge list of servers and the contents that will be backed up.