Hi Everyone,
I have been reading a lot of forum discussions and documents to understand the behaviour of Netbackup for shadow copy components.
We are using shadow copy components for our DFS and file servers. Backups runs for hours to get completed.
As per my understanding, shadow copy components backs up system files, registry and all other system related data and puts in system state in BAR.
All user data, ADAM and other relative data is structured within user data.
There are different types of creating shadow copy using VSS.
1. VSS full clone
2. VSS copy on write (Differential copy)
3. Redirect on write
Does Netbackup use VSS full clone for shadow copy component?
A regular shadow copy from windows is completed within few minutes.
However, same data backup takes hours to get completed using NB. File backup gets completed soon.
Kindly help.