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Backing up windows systems, Backing up filesystems (logical disk drives), Warnings when backing up system disks – HP B6960-90078 User Manual

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Backup

Backing Up Windows Systems

Chapter 5

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Backing Up Windows Systems

Prerequisites

You have to install a Disk Agent on at least one Windows computer in
the Data Protector cell. This computer then becomes a Disk Agent client.

Files that do not reside on Disk Agent clients can be backed up if they
share their disks with Disk Agent clients. It is better to install a Disk
Agent on every Windows system that you want to back up.

See “Backing Up Windows Shared Disks” on page 185 for details.

See the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Installation and Licensing
Guide
or online Help for instructions on how to install a Disk Agent.

See the HP OpenView Storage Data Protector Software Release Notes for
a complete list of supported system platforms.

Limitations

• Files of up to 128 GB can be backed up on NTFS. Moved files cannot

be detected during an incremental backup.

• To run a VSS filesystem backup, your system must have at least one

NTFS filesystem.

Backing Up Filesystems (Logical Disk Drives)

Selecting Backup
Objects

Select a file, a directory, or a logical disk drive for backup in the Backup
wizard.

See “Example of Creating a Backup Specification” on page 155 and
“Using Backup Options” on page 225 for details.

What Is Backed
Up?

A filesystem backup of a disk drive involves reading the directory
structure and the contents of the files on the selected disk drive. The
following data is also backed up along with the data in the file:

• Full Unicode filenames

• FAT16, FAT32, VFAT, and NTFS attributes

Once a file is backed up, its archive attribute is cleared. You can
change this behavior by setting the

Do not use archive attribute

option among the

Advanced

filesystem backup options in the backup

specification. See online Help for details.