Sounds like a pretty good hassle.  Is there a command that would let
one do a dry run just to see what would make up a given system's
DISASTER_RECOVERY:\ set?

On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 12:14 PM, Francis Swasey <Frank.Swasey AT uvm DOT edu> 
wrote:
> 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 for an off support outdated and vulnerable version of Microsoft Visual C++ 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,
>
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