Backing up a Windows Mount Point using Flashbackup-Windows

[rudif]

Hi,

I'm wondering about the following:

\\.\E:\mounted_volume\

Does mounted_volume refer to the volume name as it appears in Disk Management or does it refer to the folder name?

Thanks,

RudiF

[Marianne]

Specify the folder name where the volume is mounted:

\\.\E:\mounted_volume

 is a Windows disk volume without a drive letter mounted on a directory under drive letter E.

[pikachu]

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH127074 - page 83

11 On the Backup Selections tab, specify the drive letter or mounted volume

(Windows) or the raw disk partition (UNIX) containing the files to back up.

Windows examples:

\\.\E:

\\.\E:\mounted_volume\

where:

■ \\.\E: is a Windows disk volume mounted on a drive letter.

■ \\.\E:\mounted_volume\ (note the trailing backslash) is a Windows disk

volume without a drive letter mounted on a directory (Windows reparse

point).

The drive must be designated exactly as shown (E:\ is not correct). Backing

up the drive containing the Windows system files (usually the C drive) is

not supported.

[Mark_Solutions]

it will still work:

\\.\C:\mountpoint\

you can even do multiple data streams:

NEW_STREAM

\\.\C:\mountpoint\folder1

NEW_STREAM

\\.\C:\mountpoint\folder2

NEW_STREAM

\\.\C:\mountpoint\folder3

[rudif]

Thanks for the reply.

My question is:  What does "mountpoint" refer to?  Is it the name of the folder in c: or is it the name of the mount point in disk management?

Rudi

[pikachu · Accepted solution]

mountpoint is the name of folder to which you have the volume mapped to.

for example under disk managment you say i want 'home' on the c: drive mapped to a different volume.

SO: c:\home is the pointpoint 

If you want to backup `home` as a raw device, you have to put under the backup selection \\.\c:\home