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 (which is why you have to reboot Windows 2000 after installing the client.) The file is hidden so you can't see it in Windows Explorer by default and occasionally a failed backup with the 5.1 client will forget to remove this file after the backup fails. (They can be quite large). You can change the default behavior of this file, how big it is and which drive is used to create the cache. in the client properties. You don't actually see the virtual drive, or at least I have never seen the virtual drive. -Jonathan
________________________________ From: veritas-bu-boun...@mailman.eng.auburn.edu on behalf of Jimenez, Daniel Sent: Fri 3/12/2010 8:20 PM To: veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu Subject: [Veritas-bu] VSP Clarification Hey guys I was reading the VSP overview for Netbackup 6.5 and was a little confused on the virtual drive creation and the VSP cache file creation. Where is the virtual drive created? And what exactly is inside the VSP cache file. I read through the documentation but still unclear on these things so anyone that can put this piece of the documentation into layman's terms I would appreciate it, thanks. VSP overview NetBackup uses VSP to back up open and active files on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003 (32- and 64-bit) clients. For VSP to back up open and active files, VSP first captures a snapshot of each volume to be backed up. A virtual drive is created that represents a static copy of the volume at a point-in-time. A corresponding VSP cache file is also created. NetBackup backs up files using the virtual drive instead of the actual drive. For each volume snapshot, a VSP cache file is created to maintain the integrity of the snapshot. The cache file stores the original data that reflects the changes that occurred during the backup. The cache file is created along with the volume snapshot. Daniel Jimenez Data Protection _______________________________________________ Veritas-bu maillist - Veritas-bu@mailman.eng.auburn.edu http://mailman.eng.auburn.edu/mailman/listinfo/veritas-bu
