That's good news Michael.  Can you elaborate on the "significant
enhancements" and when we can expect the release of NetWorker 8.1?
Thanks,
Chase

On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 11:19 AM, Jones, Michael (BRS) <
michael.jones2 AT emc DOT com> wrote:

> The DISASTER_RECOVERY saveset is taken for a Windows client or a Windows
> Server to enable bare metal recovery. The 'critical volumes' that it backs
> up are determined by Windows and include any volumes which have system or
> boot files on them. In the NetWorker 8.0 release, the 'double backup' of
> user data on these critical volumes was eliminated, so migrating to
> NetWorker 8 (at lease the Windows Client) will have a benefit for you.
>
> There are some significant enhancements in this area coming in the
> NetWorker 8.1 release which will reduce the size and time needed for these
> backups.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] 
> On
> Behalf Of Chase Lab
> Sent: Monday, February 25, 2013 10:21 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 backup 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
>
>