Symantec Backup Exec

The following best practices are for true image restores:

• Do not select the option Use the Microsoft Change Journal if available when you create a backup template and select the option Collect additional information for synthetic backup and true image restore if a volume has the following:

  • Many hard links.

  • Single Instance Storage enabled.

  • Junction Points that were created with Linkd.exe.

• Avoid creating numerous incremental backups between full backups.

• Run weekly synthetic full or regular full backups.