> > "I can't test that during the week (it is a production server), but 
> > the DISASTER_RECOVERY: backs up everything listed as a SYSTEM WRITER, 
> right? "
> > 
> > There's no need to test - just look at the save set list of your 
> backups.
> 
> Well, obviously I can't. :-) We don't do DISASTER_RECOVERY: savesets, 
not 
> on this server (well, we usually just use saveset ALL). When we did, it 
> was as I explained - E: was included as a system files, because that's 
how 
> it's configured. (Lotus Domino - the back end for Notes - registers 
itself 
> as SYSTEM FILES, during installation).

Let me explain again - if I was to use saveset ALL, I would get (as part 
of the SYSTEM FILESET, I believe - it's been 2 years since we tried ut), 
it would be 700G, because it would include all of E:\Lotus\Domino, which 
is included in the SYSTEM FILES writers, as evidenced by the "diskshadow", 
"List Writers" commands. That is the behavior we saw with NW 7.6.2.

If I *just* specify:

VSS BOOT:
VSS SYSTEM SERVICES:
VSS SYSTEM FILESET:

These are *not* 700G sized datasets. So using ALL, which also includes 
DISASTER_RECOVERY:, results in much larger savesets. So the difference 
must be the inclusion of that DISASTER_RECOVERY: saveset, which seems to 
be saving more than when you just explicitly list the 3 VSS savesets 
above.

I may be using the wrong terms, but the main point is that files are 
duplicated when using ALL, and not duplicated when explicitly listing 
those 3 VSS savesets. This is only on Win 2008.