huge shadow copy components, Can we purge?

[bickyz]

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.

[Striker_303]

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.

[RahulG]

You may Refer the following document for better understanding

https://www-secure.symantec.com/connect/articles/dfs-and-dfsr-backing-your-distributed-file-system-b...

[bickyz]

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.

[VJware]

Check under "View by details" tab under the selection list to ensure these shares are not selected

[bickyz]

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.

[Striker_303]

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.

[bickyz]

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.

[Striker_303]

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.

[bickyz]

How can I remove DFSR.

this job has quite huge list of servers and the contents that will be backed up.