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Writer Exclusion During Backups

If you select the whole computer during a backup and there is a Arcserve Backup application-specific agent installed, the corresponding Writer is excluded from the backup. Excluding the Writer from the backup avoids backing up Writer data twice. Currently this applies to the Microsoft Exchange Writer, the Microsoft SQL Server Desktop Engine Writer (MSDE Writer), and the SQL Server Writer for SQL 2005.

• If the Arcserve Backup Agent for Microsoft Exchange is installed, the Microsoft Exchange Writer is excluded.
• If the Arcserve Backup Agent for Microsoft SQL Server is installed, the MSDE Writer and SQL Server Writer are excluded.

The Writers are only excluded from a whole machine backup. You can still select individual Writers for backup if required.