If the snapshot is visible from the explorer (which on newer releases only
happens if you set the 'cifs.show_snapshot' option), then yes, you will
back up the live filesystem plus all snapshots.
The normal procedure is to create a share on a temporary snapshot you
create just for the backup. Then when you backup that share you don't get
the '~snapshot' in the path.
If you want to backup all the snapshots only you can create a share on the
~snapshot directory itself. In that case you will get a copy of all data in
all the snapshots, although the paths will start with the snapshot name, so
you'll have to be aware of that if you do a restore.
Paul Benn has a white paper on all this. Is is on line yet, Paul?
Mark Muhlestein -- mmm(a)netapp.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Mike Ball <mball(a)rtp.opensystems.com>
To: toasters@mathworks. com <toasters(a)mathworks.com>
Date: Friday, March 19, 1999 8:54 AM
Subject: NT backups and snapshots on a F760
>Running NT 4.0
>
>Backup programs: Backup Exec, Arcserve IT or NT Backup
>
>If I am backing up a F760 filer which only has one qtree with NTFS
security
>and the root volume is setup for NTFS security. If I map the filer C$ from
a
>NT server and backup the filer from this mapped drive where I can see the
>~snapshot directory, will snapshot be backed up by the NT backup programs
I
>have listed above? If so how much data will the backups contain (-ex- The
>active file systems plus the snapshgots)?
>
>
>