Files Skipped During Restore
While performing a restore by Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows) some files may be skipped intentionally.
The files and folders in the following table are skipped during a restore if the following two conditions exist:
- Files are skipped when such files exist before the restore and the conflict option is "skip existing files".
- Files and folders listed in the following table are skipped because they are not an important component for Windows or Arcserve UDP Agent (Windows).
OS |
Folder or Location |
File or Folder Name |
Remarks |
All |
Root folder of each volume |
CAVolTrc.dat |
Used by the Arcserve UDP tracking Driver. |
cavoltrcsnapshot.dat |
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System Volume Information\* |
Used to save files/folders by a Windows system, for example, volume shadow copy files. |
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RECYCLER\* |
Used only on NTFS partitions. It contains a Recycle Bin for each user that logs on to the computer, sorted by their security identifier (SID). |
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$Recycle.Bin\* |
When you delete a file in Windows NT Explorer or My Computer, the file is stored in the Recycle Bin until you empty the Recycle Bin or restore the file. |
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Any folder contain picture files |
Thumbs.db |
Stores thumbnail images for Windows Explorer thumbnail view. |
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Root folder of volume |
PageFile.Sys |
Windows virtual memory swap file. |
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Hiberfil.sys |
Hibernate file, used to save the system data when a computer goes into hibernate mode. |
The following files and folders are skipped only when you restore to the original or alternate location:
OS |
Folder or Location |
File or Folder Name |
Remark |
All |
Folder specified in value record under: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\WinLogon\SfcDllCache |
All files/folders(recursively) |
Folder contains a cached dll file which is used for System File Checker (SFC) and contents of the system dll cache directory are rebuilt by using SFC. |
%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\dllCache |
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Root folder of quorum_device |
MSCS\* |
Used for Microsoft Cluster Server. |
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%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\ |
perf?00?.dat |
Performance data used by the Windows performance counter. |
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perf?00?.bak |
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CATROOT\* |
Used for Windows File Protection (WFP) records digital signatures of the operating system installs (such as DLL, EXE, SYS, OCX, and so on) to protect them from deletion or from replacement by older versions. |
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%SystemRoot%\inetsrv\ |
metabase.bin |
Metabase binary file of earlier IIS versions before 6.0. |
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File or folder specified in value except "SIS Common Store" under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\FilesNotToBackup |
All files/folders(recursively) |
Files and folders should not be backed up and restored. For more information, see link. |
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XP W2003 |
System volume |
NTLDR |
The main boot loader. |
BOOT.INI |
Contains boot configuration (if missing, NTLDR will default to \Windows on the first partition of the first hard drive). |
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NTDETECT.COM |
Required for booting an NT-based OS. Detects basic hardware information needed for a successful boot. |
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Vista and later |
Root folder of system volume |
boot\* |
Boot folder for Windows. |
bootmgr |
Windows boot manager file. |
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EFI\Microsoft\Boot\* |
Used for EFI boot. |
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%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\ |
LogFiles\WMI\RTBackup\* |
Stores ETW trace files (extension .etl) for real time event trace sessions. |
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config\RegBack\* |
Backup of current registry table. |
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Win8 and later |
System volume |
swapfile.sys |
System controller file, normally around 256 MB. It is used by Metro style applications that do not fit the traditional paging characteristics (such as usage pattern, growth, space reservation) of pagefile.sys. |
BOOTNXT |
Used to boot from OS, other than Windows 8. Created when enabling the startup options, and updated by Windows. |
The Activity log provides the following information:
- Date Time Information: jobxxxx System Files skipped. You can use Bare-Metal Recovery Option (BMR) to restore them.
- Date Time Information: jobxxxx Files or Directories skipped. Skipped files or directories are available at: C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\Logs\Restore-<YYYYMMDD>-<hhmmss>-<Process ID>-<Job ID>.log.