We have just wasted a day trying to convince NetWorker 7.6.2.5 NOT to backup 
the S:\ drive on a
Windows 2008R2 system as part of the DISASTER RECOVERY:\ save set.

When we started, we discovered that the S:\ drive had become a critical system 
drive because
NetWorker stupidly installed a dll there when it blasted well should not have 
(FYI, the dll is
for an off support outdated and vulnerable version of Microsoft Visual C++ 
runtime
redistributable) just because the S:\ drive had the largest amount of free 
space.

We followed Microsoft's directions to replace the dll with a non-vulnerable 
version on the C:\
disk where it belongs and WSB now says that the S:\ drive is NOT critical, 
NetWorker on the
other hand says that this 4TB drive is part of the Disaster Recovery set and 
must be backed up
- HOG WASH!

So, I read the admin guide and tried the two VSS flags specified on page 640
(VSS:SAVE_NONCRITICAL_DYNAMIC_DISKS=off and 
VSS:SAVE_NONCRITICAL_MNTPARENT_DISKS=off) without
any relief.  Finally settled on the VSS flag to disable the DISASTER RECOVERY:\ 
save set
(VSS:DISASTER_RECOVERY=off) entirely and the older VSS savesets do not insist 
on backing up the
S:\ drive as part of what they do (Thankfully!).

Has anyone else tripped over this behaviour and found a way to get around it 
that does not
involve having to use WSB to generate a disaster recovery set?  If not, I'll 
open the SR with
EMC...

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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