Hi Chase,

One option you might have is to create 2 client definitions (a pain I know) but 
run your daily's with an ALL-NTFS saveset, this will backup all of the NTFS 
filesystems, and then perhaps a weekly backup with the VSS SYSTEM STATE stuff 
...


Mat


-----Original Message-----
From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On 
Behalf Of Chase Lab
Sent: Tuesday, 26 February 2013 4:21 PM
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Subject: [Networker] Windows backups.

I am looking at upgrading to NW 8.* and was hoping there might have been some 
advancements to the Windows backups.  Reading the documents, it seems to have 
gotten even more convoluted.  There is a BMR option now with the 
DISASTER_RECOVERY:\ save set but there are caveats.  There are a lot of "be 
careful" - if that, then this or mixing this with that and so on.  The 
DISASTER_RECOVERY:\ save set has it's own caveat of a huge double backup when 
doing a full backup if critical data is deemed to be on a volume.  You can turn 
off the DISASTER_RECOVERY:\ save set but than you are back to the 10 to 14 GB 
full backups per night of the VSS SYSTEM STATE stuff.  I backup upwards of 300 
Windows clients and this adds up in a hurry.  I am interested in how others are 
handling this issue?  I know deduplication is an option but it is an expensive 
solution and adds another layer of complexity.  Are there other backup 
software/solutions other than NetWorker available?  I assume all the other b!
 ackup software has the same problems because as far as I can tell this is a 
Microsoft "enhancement".  Although, this would be nice to confirm?

Cheers,
Chase
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