2011 (Windows)

Table 6-9
Advanced options for drive-based backups (continued)
DescriptionOption
Copies used and unused hard-disk sectors.
This option increases process time and
usually results in a larger recovery point.
SmartSector technology speeds up the
copying process by copying only the
hard-disk sectors that contain data.
However, in some cases, you might want to
copy all sectors in their original layout,
whether or not they contain data.
Disable SmartSector™ Copying
Runs a backup even if there are bad sectors
on the hard disk. Although most drives do
not have bad sectors, the potential for
problems increases during the lifetime of
the hard disk.
Ignore bad sectors during copy
Lets you perform a full backup on the VSS
storage and send a request for VSS to review
its own transaction log. This option is used
for VSS applications, such as Microsoft
Exchange Server 2003 or Microsoft SQL.
VSS determines what transactions are
already committed to the database and then
truncates those transactions. Among other
things, truncated transaction logs help keep
the file size manageable and limits the
amount of hard drive space that the file uses.
If you do not select this option, backups still
occur on the VSS storage. However, VSS does
not automatically truncate the transaction
logs following a backup.
Note: This option does not appear if you
create a recovery point using the Back Up
My Computer wizard feature in Symantec
System Recovery Disk.
Perform full VSS backup
87Backing up entire drives
Defining a drive-based backup