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July 21st, 2020 15:00
WINDOWS AND RAW PARTITION
Hi everyone , I have networker 9.1 and wserver 2012 with two raw partitions(4 TB each one) for a video surveillance system.
I tried to configure the client according the Administration Guide page 328 but the workflow was aborted for timeout everytime.¿Any idea? Thanks in advance
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bingo.1
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July 21st, 2020 22:00
You have used the command you would need to run from the command line as backup command for the client resource. This is not correct. However, for the client resource,
1. Activate the "diagnostic view". Otherwise you will not see all parameters.
2. Define your raw disk in the save set list, for example "\\.\D:" or "\\.\Physicaldrive1"
3. Then switch off VSS by adding "VSS:*=off" in the "Save operations" edit field (Apps & Modules tab)
4. Leave the backup command empty.
If possible, may I suggest that you add a small raw disk for test purposes before you start a 4TB backup?
bingo.1
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July 23rd, 2020 06:00
No - as it obviously impossible to to split a raw partition. And I just hope that you backup to disk.
Dsantibanez
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July 23rd, 2020 06:00
@bingo.1 Hey bingo, thanks a millon for your quick answer, your indications do the job.
I tried on a 1GB partition from a testserver and it works!!!
Any advice as best practices for biggest partitions like 4TB (RAW)?
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July 23rd, 2020 08:00
Hi, well yes is going to be to disk but monthy to tape (enterprise policie). Thats is a problem cuz there is more than one server .
Thanks again.
bingo.1
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July 24th, 2020 07:00
Just want to mention the alternative that you can have all backups on disk and just clone the monthly ones to tape.