The vsp file is what is used to keep track of changes to open files
while you are doing backups.
If you don't use the vsp you cannot backup open files. So the setting
of the vsp (or now vss for 2003 and 2008 servers) is set to either fail
if it cannot get the file, or give up on the open file
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Sent: Monday, March 15, 2010 8:54 AM
To: Jimenez, Daniel; veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] VSP Clarification
The vsp file is what is used to keep track of changes to open files while you
are doing backups.
If you don't use
Assuming you haven't turned off open file backups or switched to volume shadow
copy (not available in Windows 2000) then anytime you run a windows file system
backup it will create a snapshot file on the root of the drive you are backing
up. The cache file is created via a file filter driver
