We have blocked backup of Windows System State for many years, because it could not be successfully restored. Also backing it up became a major part of nightly backup load. BMR has never been one of WDSF->Spectrum Protect's strong points.
Roger Deschner University of Illinois at Chicago ________________________________________ From: Zoltan Forray <zfor...@vcu.edu> Sent: Tuesday, November 6, 2018 09:27 Subject: POLL: Windows SYSTEMSTATE backups We are trying to reduce our ISP storage/footprint and one idea that came up was to stop backing up Windows server SYSTEMSTATE. By quick calculations, this would eliminate 50TB+ of what I consider unnecessary backups. We are not aware of anyone ever restoring a Windows server OS - usually rebuild from scratch or maybe from the daily VMware snapshot. Even for AD servers, from what I understand, they perform their own Windows backups and then backup those flat files. So, we are wondering: Do you backup SYSTEMSTATE on Windows servers? If so, why? If not, what method do you use to prevent the automatic backup of SYSTEMSTATE (CLOPTSET which includes a DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL -SYSTEMSTATE is what I am thinking of pushing down from the ISP servers). Your thoughts? -- *Zoltan Forray* Spectrum Protect (p.k.a. TSM) Software & Hardware Administrator Xymon Monitor Administrator VMware Administrator Virginia Commonwealth University UCC/Office of Technology Services www.ucc.vcu.edu zfor...@vcu.edu - 804-828-4807 Don't be a phishing victim - VCU and other reputable organizations will never use email to request that you reply with your password, social security number or confidential personal information. For more details visit http://phishing.vcu.edu/
