Objects That Cannot Be Backed Up

LiveVault Online Backup Service does not support back up of the following:

  • Shared network drives and volumes, and any shared directory or folder that is not located on your computer that is running LiveVault Online Backup Service. For example, LiveVault Online Backup Service does not back up distributed file system (Dfs) shares and shared files.

  • The files and directories pointed to by Windows 2000/2003 NTFS directory junctions or volume mount points on your LiveVault Online Backup Service computer.

    However, LiveVault Online Backup Service will back up this data from its original location. To back up these files and directories, create a backup configuration for the computer where the data is physically located, and select those files and directories for backup.

  • Direct File System drives (or the RAW file system).

  • Encrypting File System (EFS) files.

    However, LiveVault Online Backup Service may back up clear text versions of your encrypted files (for example, versions prior to the file being encrypted or temporary files created by an application). If LiveVault Online Backup Service encounters an encrypted file during backup, it logs a message and skips the file.

  • Disk and partition configuration information.

  • Volumes without drive letters.

  • Objects IDs. These are used by Microsoft File Replication Service (FRS) and for Distributed Link Tracking.


Related Information

Automatic and Recommended Backup Exclusions