I've recently setup backups on our Exchange Server (Exchange 2010 on Windows Server 2008 R2, within a virtual VMWare environment) using the inbuilt Windows Server Backup.
The backup is written to a dedicated drive (X:) on the server, then the contents transferred via a Robocopy Task to 2 separate locations both on and off site.
I've just checked and within the backup<g class="gr_ gr_790 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_disable_anim_appear Punctuation only-ins replaceWithoutSep" data-gr-id="790" id="790">drive</g> the actual backup size is 156GB with 250GB being taken up by System Volume Information. The SVI folder is not being transferred as part of the Robocopy task.
As I'm using VSS backups, am I able to disable the SVI folder from being created on the X: drive without comprising the backups - either locally stored or those externally held? The drive is used purely for backups so no live Exchange data is held here.
I’ve done some research and am getting some slightly contradictory information so wanted to confirm.
TIA!
Ben Hart
