Replay Manager Version 7.7 Administrator’s Guide

VSS for Local Volumes

Using the Local Volumes option, an administrator can use VSS to create backups of applications without using a Replay Manager application-specific extension; however, it is up to the administrator to determine which volumes are needed for a complete backup set.

For example, the complete backup set for an Exchange Server with separate database volumes and log volumes for a storage group requires the manual selection of all volumes and logs for the storage group. Therefore, the administrator must know the exact layout and location of all storage group components to create a usable backup set.

The Local Volumes option is primarily intended for backing up and restoring volume file and print environments where the files are flat—that is, the files are not in a transactional database-like environment. Servers that contain shared files or home directories can leverage the Local Volumes backups because the restore points for local volumes can be easily exposed, allowing an administrator to recover files.