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System Drive Backups are creating/editing System Restore files

dmcmillen
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Auto or manual,  incremental or full backups of my system drive (C:) (has system protection turned on) is creating and editing the system restore files in the C:\System Volume Information directory.  No restore points show as available restore points and this activity is chewing up disk space.  Why is this being done and how do I turn it off?

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‎4/22,/2015 ‏‎12:51 PM = Creation of "1st point after deleting all" restore point

4/22/2015 ‏‎5:00:50 PM = Auto Incremental  of C: drive

4/‎24/2015 ‏‎9:46 PM  = Manual Incremental of C: drive

‎4/23/2015 ‏‎5:00:58 PM = Auto Incremental of C: drive

So you can see where SSR is creating and editing the system restore files.  It is chewing up unnecessary disk space and I cannot see how this would be useful for any kind of SSR image restore???  I would like to disable this "feature".

Thanks for your help -- David

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dmcmillen
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This problem was solved via escalated support. Thanks for the help!

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Markus_Koestler
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But you see the recovery points in the SSR console?

dmcmillen
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Yes.  SSR recovery points are created. No problem there.  Everything as normal.  Only everytime a recovery point (incremental or full) is created on the system drive for which windows protections is turned on, SSR is editing/creating the windows sytem protection/restore files in the System Volume Information directory.  This is chewing up disk space quickly.  There is no windows restore point created that I can use for windows system restoration. 

It is definitely SSR that is creating this activity (probably VSS thru SSR).  Why is SSR doing this and how do I turn this off. 

Markus_Koestler
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Have used the option full VSS backup in the backup job?

dmcmillen
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Perform Full VSS Backup is NOT checked.

Markus_Koestler
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Let my escalate this to support for you.

dmcmillen
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What's the status on this?  Haven't heard anything.

Markus_Koestler
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Didn't support contact you? Sorry for that. Can you file a case for this?

dmcmillen
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I'll take it from here.

Markus_Koestler
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Any updates here?

dmcmillen
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This problem was solved via escalated support. Thanks for the help!