The Avamar Windows Filesystem plugin is specific to an Avamar client installed on a Windows server.  That is, this plugin is used when a Windows server, running the Avamar client locally, begins a backup or restore.  The Windows VSS plugin is similarly called when a backup can call a Windows snapshot for a backup.

When you create a VMware image backup via an Avamar proxy, Avamar uses the vCenter SDDK to create a snapshot, mount it to the proxy, then run backup against the snapshot volume.  These backups will have the "Windows VMware Image" or "Linux VMware Image" types in the logs.

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Karl

Hi Herndez,

If i understand your question here it goes :

Windows File System -  backups the file system including possibility of bare metal

Regarding Plugins there are a few for example for sql where you can do a backup with log truncate for example, this tipically is installed after the avamar windows client

Image backups use the hypervisor and traditionally use a proxy machine deployed on the hypervisor like for example vmware after that it will generate a snap of the mahine allowing to retrieve a image backup of the entire virtual machine

This is a simple aproach , i sugest you read the documentation for a deep understanding of this concepts, some links bellow :

http://www.emc.com/collateral/TechnicalDocument/docu53936.pdf

http://www.informationlifecyclemanagement.net/collateral/TechnicalDocument/docu48232.pdf

Hope this helps

These are use when setting up your Datasets

you cannot backup a VMimage using a Windows File system plugin.

so you want to backup a windows server that has VSS

your dataset should include one line for Windows File system

and one line for the VSS

If making a dataset to backup a unix server

you have to use the correct plug in when you make your backup selection in the dataset

you cannot backup an AIX server using a Linux plug in.

Read the manual for you need to back up and choose the correct Plugin when making your Dataset

Thank you.

Understood, but please advise as to what does the Windows VSS, Windows vmware image, and Window file system plugins backs up?

Example: Window VSS plugin backs up the window operating system

Example : Windows file system plugin backs up C and D drives

Thanks

All of this should be explained in the manual

the VSS (for windows 2008 > only) backup the system state

the file system backups any local file systems by default does not backup CIFS from other systems

the Windows VMware is for backups virtual windows servers created in VMware

again there are soooooooo many plug ins......

you need to read the manuals to find out what you are needing to backup and use the correct plug in - they all seem self explanatory to me.