metro305 Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 (edited) So for some months now when creating s snapshot of my DC's C:\ drive the process would take 12 hours. I have watched the backup on execution it stays "stuck/busy" at "creating snapshot" for those 12 hours. I unchecked an option stated below and the execution script and it took less than 10 minutes to run the backup job. Execution -> Catalog File -> Save Source snapshots for restore I know the consequences of turning it off but what could be cause of this issue? Has anyone else had this experience? Bueller, Bueller, anyone, anyone! ;-) Thanks in advance, Edited August 21, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 If you disable snapshots you will no longer have the ability to restore a disk or folder to exactly what it looked like on a specific date/time. Restores will be a nightmare in most cases. What version of Retrospect are you using? What operating system version are you copying? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metro305 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 I am using Windows 2003 Server R2 x64 Retrospect Multiserver 7.6.111 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 What happens if you leave Snapshot Creation turned on but turn off registry backup or the backup of NTFS permissions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metro305 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 First off, Robin, thanks for the prompt help! Previously I had turned off NTFS permissions and still the same results. I will try the registry option now and post back with results. -MJB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metro305 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 OK so here are my results Config 1 (Original) ==================================================== No NTFS permissions, backing up System State, enabled Source Snapshots Duration: 12:24:54 (12:21:49 idle/loading/preparing) Config 2 ==================================================== No NTFS permissions, backing up System State, disabled Source Snapshots Duration: 00:01:46 (00:01:24 idle/loading/preparing) Config 3 ==================================================== No NTFS permissions, NOT backing up System State, enabled Source Snapshots Duration: 00:04:51 (00:01:31 idle/loading/preparing) Config 4 ==================================================== Enabled NTFS permissions via defaults, NOT backing up System State, enabled Source Snapshots Duration: 00:23:02 (00:02:21 idle/loading/preparing) Summary ==================================================== So I can backup with a snapshot and security with reasonable results, see config 4, but loose my System State. So I really would like my System State backed upbut it seems when enabled this triggers and inordinate long snapshot. Any ideas on what I could do or change to reduce that? Thanks in advance! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Retrospect is using a standard Microsoft API to backup the system state. It sounds like Retrospect is having a hard time capturing your registry. How big is the snapshot when registry backup is turned on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metro305 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 (edited) Ahem...10GB according to Retrospect. I ran NTBACKUP and it reports a System State of only 1GB. Thanks so much for you help! Edited August 21, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mayoff Posted August 21, 2008 Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 10GB snapshot is gigantic no wonder it takes 12 hours. I wonder what Retrospect is picking up from your computer that could cause this? Is this a domain controller? How many total files are on the source disk? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metro305 Posted August 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2008 Yes it has some DC roles. The source drive is 50GB with 20GB used by 78,807 files. I am moving the DC roles off tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metro305 Posted August 25, 2008 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2008 It turned out that there were ~7GB of storage reports that what was the culprit. My backups are now working just fine! Thanks for all your help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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