You have to unmount the filesystem before doing image backups. That makes it
not as great a tool ...
For the millions-of-small-files problem on NT, the new journalled backups
feature in 4.2 should help
(has anybody used it in a MM-small-files situation?)

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On Behalf Of
> Gerald Wichmann
> Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 6:52 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Image Backups
>
>
> In regards to the earlier question regarding backing up millions of small
> files, one option brought up was doing an image backup.
>
> What platforms support an image backup? Looks to me like windows
> doesn t (so
> for an NT box this isn t a viable option).
>
> What happens to files that are in use by applications on that filesystem
> that you backup with an image backup? Does it lock out the applications or
> how do you get a proper image  snapshot  when the filesystem is in use?
>