> From: scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com [mailto:scott.kendall AT abbott DOT com]
> Sent: Monday 08 October, 2001 17:19

> No, a partial backup is not done on the System State. That's not a
> NetBackup thing... that's a Microsoft thing.  According to MS, System
> State contains items (system files, protected files, dlls, Registry, etc.)
> that must be backed up together and restored together because of
> dependencies.  Any backup of the System State is a backup of the entire
> System State.
> Since things in the System State, such as the Event Viewer, are always
> changing, the System State is always getting a full backup whenever it's
> in the file list, whether the clients backup is a full or an incremental.

 Exact.
 http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q242/8/81.ASP

> Looking at the System State backup, you can see that there is
> probably more there than really needs to be.  I would like to see
> someone explain why calc.exe or notepad.exe are considered "protected".

 you can get the WFP lists with the following tool :

 http://www.themandelbrotset.com/General/ForDevelopers.asp
 "§ Windows File Protection"
 --> http://www.themandelbrotset.com/General/Downloads/wfp103.zip

> You could change the list of protected files... I believe this is configured
> somewhere in the Registry.

 No, afaik, it's not possible. Only Microsoft decides what is "protected"
and what is not. Don't have time to check if things has changed right
now.

> The other option is to exclude System_State:\ from incrementals.

 But be aware that you won't be abble do restore the machine itself,
(i mean the system/Windows part) as several critical Windows pieces
won't be in your backups.

 hth && amicalement, fx.

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