Dell NetWorker 19.9 Administration Guide

Volume mount points

You can back up and restore data available through a volume mount point (or mount point) on a Windows client.

Assigning a drive letter to a mount point is optional. Many disk volumes can be linked into a single directory tree, with a single drive letter assigned to the root of the host volume.

To include mount points in scheduled backups for a client, specify the host volume and each mount point in the Save set attribute on the General tab of the Client Properties dialog box for the Client resource. For example, to back up a single mount point on drive D:\ and all its data, type D:\mount_point_name in the Save set attribute.

To include nested mount points in scheduled backups, either use the ALL save set or specify the host volume and the full path to each mount point. For example, to back up three nested mount points and their data on drive D:\, type the following values in the Save set attribute:

D:\mount_point_name1
D:\mount_point_name1\mount_point_name2
D:\mount_point_name1\mount_point_name2\ mount_point_name3

To include mount points in a manual backup with the NetWorker User program, select the checkbox next to the mount point name within the host volume entry in the Backup window.

To perform a manual backup of nested mount points and their data, perform a separate backup for each mount point. When you select a mount point in the Backup window, all files, directories, and nested mount points beneath the mount point are selected by default. Before you start the backup, clear the checkboxes next to any nested mount points. Then perform separate backups for the nested mount points.