System State vs Shadow Copy

[hgraylin]

I'm second guessing myself on this one, so I thought I'd post and get another opinion.

For various reasons, I need to back up several Windows 2012 servers and not use the ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES directive. I've set them up to back up the C:\ drive, but can't remember if I need to chose both System State and Shadow Copy Components.  From what I can find on google, backing up just the Shadow Copy should be sufficient.  I've also checked the Admin Guide, but it doesn't really give me the answer I want.

Any comments would be appreciated.

[PatS729]

You must backup Shadow Copy Components and C: in order to have complete recovery.

[watsons]

Yes, what you found on Google is correct.

Directive  "Shadow Copy Components:\"   includes "System_State:\" . 

This is specified in page 815 (Table 20-51) of NBU 7.7 admin guide : http://www.veritas.com/docs/000004604

[Venkatesh_K]

for 2012 Server C:\ and Shadow Copy Components:\ could suffice for recoverign your system !!!!!,

why dont you wanna backup "ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES" ?? u dont need data backup ??

[nbutech]

Backing up C and Shadow copy Components is fine

However my question is are these physical servers or virtual machines ? If virtual environment then better to backup with VM policy