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I need some advice (about NetWorker!).

Briefly a description of our problem, and the solution our Windows admin has come up with
(which I want to see if anyone has done before and if it caused problems).

The Problem is that we have a 4TB data drive (S:\) which we have defined a lot of save sets to
get it to use multiple streams to back it up. This works, but has the side effect on the
Windows Server 2008 R2 client, that it is causing the system's VSS snapshots for Windows based
recovery to be lost. After several days on the phone with Microsoft, they are blaming
NetWorker (but can't think of any way to gather data that would prove that they are correct).

The Solution that our windows admin has come up with is to schedule a daily VSS snapshot of the
S:\ drive and mount it as X:\, then we change the NetWorker client definition to backup the
X:\<subpath> save sets and ignore the S:\ drive. In quick testing, it at least backed up - I
haven't seen them test a recovery yet.

Has anyone else tried (or actively using) this Solution to a lot of VSS snapshots of a large
data drive and did/do you have any problems with it?

Thanks,

--
Frank Swasey | http://www.uvm.edu/~fcs
Sr Systems Administrator | Always remember: You are UNIQUE,
University of Vermont | just like everyone else.
"I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)


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What is the version of Networker client on Windows Server 2008 R2?

Thanks & Regards

Akshay Bhumkar
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey < at > uvm.edu>wrote:

I need some advice (about NetWorker!).

Briefly a description of our problem, and the solution our Windows admin
has come up with
(which I want to see if anyone has done before and if it caused problems).

The Problem is that we have a 4TB data drive (S:\) which we have defined a
lot of save sets to
get it to use multiple streams to back it up. This works, but has the
side effect on the
Windows Server 2008 R2 client, that it is causing the system's VSS
snapshots for Windows based
recovery to be lost. After several days on the phone with Microsoft, they
are blaming
NetWorker (but can't think of any way to gather data that would prove that
they are correct).

The Solution that our windows admin has come up with is to schedule a
daily VSS snapshot of the
S:\ drive and mount it as X:\, then we change the NetWorker client
definition to backup the
X:\<subpath> save sets and ignore the S:\ drive. In quick testing, it at
least backed up - I
haven't seen them test a recovery yet.

Has anyone else tried (or actively using) this Solution to a lot of VSS
snapshots of a large
data drive and did/do you have any problems with it?

Thanks,

--
Frank Swasey | http://www.uvm.edu/~fcs
Sr Systems Administrator | Always remember: You are UNIQUE,
University of Vermont | just like everyone else.
"I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)


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On 11/30/11 9:24 AM, akshay bhumkar wrote:
What is the version of Networker client on Windows Server 2008 R2?


Oops! I knew I'd forget to include something. The client version is 7.6.2.5

--
Frank Swasey | http://www.uvm.edu/~fcs
Sr Systems Administrator | Always remember: You are UNIQUE,
University of Vermont | just like everyone else.
"I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)


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I guess there may not enough space left for the shadow copies to be created
when Networker backup is performing backup of savesets under S:\ drive.
Now, that you have changed storage location of the VSS snapshots of S:\
drive to X:\ drive, have you checked taking backup of savesets from S:\
drive? I think it will work now.

Thanks & Regards

Akshay Bhumkar
+91-9342420444
* < at > k$h < at > y*



On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey < at > uvm.edu>wrote:

I need some advice (about NetWorker!).

Briefly a description of our problem, and the solution our Windows admin
has come up with
(which I want to see if anyone has done before and if it caused problems).

The Problem is that we have a 4TB data drive (S:\) which we have defined a
lot of save sets to
get it to use multiple streams to back it up. This works, but has the
side effect on the
Windows Server 2008 R2 client, that it is causing the system's VSS
snapshots for Windows based
recovery to be lost. After several days on the phone with Microsoft, they
are blaming
NetWorker (but can't think of any way to gather data that would prove that
they are correct).

The Solution that our windows admin has come up with is to schedule a
daily VSS snapshot of the
S:\ drive and mount it as X:\, then we change the NetWorker client
definition to backup the
X:\<subpath> save sets and ignore the S:\ drive. In quick testing, it at
least backed up - I
haven't seen them test a recovery yet.

Has anyone else tried (or actively using) this Solution to a lot of VSS
snapshots of a large
data drive and did/do you have any problems with it?

Thanks,

--
Frank Swasey | http://www.uvm.edu/~fcs
Sr Systems Administrator | Always remember: You are UNIQUE,
University of Vermont | just like everyone else.
"I am not young enough to know everything." - Oscar Wilde (1854-1900)


type "signoff networker" in the body of the email. Please write to
networker-request < at > listserv.temple.edu if you have any problems with this
list. You can access the archives at
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