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Re: [Networker] Backing up C:\Windows\WinSxS

2008-01-22 17:30:08
Subject: Re: [Networker] Backing up C:\Windows\WinSxS
From: Dag Nygren <dag AT NEWTECH DOT FI>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2008 00:26:01 +0200
> We run NetWorker 7.4 under Solaris 10 to backup a number of Windows 2003 
> machines (among others). When attempting a full restore of the C:\ drive 
> from one of those machines following the instructions set forth in the 
> Disaster Recovery Guide, we discovered that a number of key files 
> (mostly .dll and .sys files) in C:\Windows\WinSxS are never picked up by 
> the backup process. The directory structure is the only thing being 
> backed up, but none of the files in that folder.
......
> The question is -- does anyone know why none of these files can ever get 
> backed up by NetWorker? Does anyone know of a workaround?

They will be picked up by the (Microsoft specified) SYSTEM* savesets
and thus automatically skipped during normal file backup.

Best
Dag

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