About Exchange Instant Recovery with the Microsoft VSS Provider

A special requirement exists when you want to use Instant Recovery with the Microsoft VSS Provider. Symantec recommends when you create a policy for an Exchange 2010 standalone server that you include only the databases that are on a common volume. For Exchange 2007, include only the storage groups whose databases are on a common volume.

If an IR policy backs up databases on multiple volumes and you restore a subset of those volumes, NetBackup deletes the other snapshots. Otherwise the backup image contains an incomplete snapshot set. A rollback with the Microsoft VSS Provider consumes the snapshot because it does not provide for re-snapping the volume.

If you use Instant Recovery with the Microsoft VSS Provider and you select any items that span multiple volumes, the following occurs:

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