Hi Jason, I've narrowed down this issue to one policy, I'll try some testing with it tomorrow. Btw, looks like DISABLE_READ_FRAG_CHK doesn't work for v6.0. Simon
On the master server create the \NetBackup\db\altnames folder and create a touch file. The file name will be the name of the server you want to restore to (with no extention), inside the file add in the original server name (from the backup).
Yeah you can exclude them. On the client properties add in "Shadow Copy Components:\" to the exclude list. When the backup kicks off (with all_local_drives) a child job will kick off for the Shadow Copy Components, however it won't back up anything...
Yeah, with my experience with ARCServe, it's a crappy product. However you can't really compare ARCServe to NetBackup. Try comparing it with Backup Exec (with Backup Exec a clear winner over ARCServe in my opinion).