That method is supported by the NetWorker DR support but will not help you. You
can list specific files in the 'FilesNotToBackup' registry setting, but not
entire volumes. In addition, once directories/files are listed in that registry
setting, they will never be backed up for any type of backup.
Options:
1. Talk to Lotus to see how the system file(s) Lotus put on E:\ can be moved to
a true system volume
2. Wait for the next release of NetWorker which will be able to leverage the
Windows DR backup for filesystem recoveries, eliminating the double backup of
the E:\ volume
-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On
Behalf Of Michael Leone
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 7:44 AM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: Re: [Networker] NW 7.6.2 and the DISASTER_RECOVERY: saveset
Haven't had time to test it, but I got this email from another list member.
Its "FilesNotToBackup" and is described here by Microsoft:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb891959(v=vs.85).aspx
With this registry key, you can list part of E: drive that should not be backed
up in the DR saveset.
This sounds like what you are describing/requesting below.
--
Michael Leone
Network Administrator, ISM
Philadelphia Housing Authority
2500 Jackson St
Philadelphia, PA 19145
Tel: 215-684-4180
Cell: 215-252-0143
<mailto:michael.leone AT pha.phila DOT gov>
EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU> wrote on
08/23/2011 06:13:33 AM:
> From: Thierry Faidherbe <thierry.faidherbe AT FOREM DOT BE>
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Date: 08/23/2011 06:14 AM
> Subject: Re: [Networker] NW 7.6.2 and the DISASTER_RECOVERY: saveset
> Sent by: EMC NetWorker discussion <NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU>
>
> Hi Michael,
>
> What should also be nice you to give a look is the possibility
> to overwrite/adapt the "critical volumes list". For sample,
> the use of a directive like
>
> << 'OSSR_E:\' >>
> +skip: *.*
>
> or
>
> << '/' >>
> skip: OSSR_E
>
> parsed by savegrp/save to not fork save session could be
> an easy way to decrease DR backup size.
>
> Cheers
>
> Th
>
> Kind regards - Bien cordialement - Vriendelijke groeten,
>
> Thierry FAIDHERBE
> Backup/Storage & System Management
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> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> De
la
> part de michael.jones2 AT EMC DOT COM
> Envoyé : vendredi 19 août 2011 17:35
> À : NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Objet : Re: [Networker] NW 7.6.2 and the DISASTER_RECOVERY: saveset
>
> Understand the challenges.
>
> One thing we are working on in the next release is the ability for file
> level recoveries from DR backups and the ability to perform incremental
> backups on top of those DR backups. This would solve your issues as
while
> E:\ is considered a critical volume for DR purposes, the DR backup would
> support standard filesystem recoveries from this backup, avoiding the
issue
> of having to backup the user data on E:\ drive twice.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU]
> On
> Behalf Of Michael Leone
> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2011 8:27 AM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: Re: [Networker] NW 7.6.2 and the DISASTER_RECOVERY: saveset
>
> > You could move the Lotus Domino service off of E:\ to solve your
> > problem.
>
> Doubt it. I never set E:\Lotus\Domino as a VSS system file; it must have
> done that when it installed. If so, then moving the data store will
simply
> change the entry in the system files (probably).
>
> > If this drive and the Lotus service(s) were not protected, then there
> > is no way to complete a BMR recovery of the server, there would be
> > issues with Lotus.
>
> I could re-install Windows, re-install Domino/Notes to same drive; do a
> standard recovery of the E: drive. Domino doesn't make a whole lot of
use
> out of the registry; everything is in their own self-contained files.
> Pretty much the old fashioned way (i.e., the way it used to be with NW
> 7.5.2), and I'd still be able to do my FULL backups and AFTD storage
without
> needing multiple TBs of free space. This was never an issue with 7.5.2;
it
> only started with 7.6.2. So it's the way the DISASTER_RECOVERY:
> saveset works, since the VSS SYSTEM WRITER never used to save 300+G when
I
> was running 7.5.2.
>
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