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Files Skipped During Restore

During restore by Arcserve D2D some files may be skipped intentionally.

The files and folders in the tables below 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 are skipped when being an important component for Windows or Arcserve D2D.

OS	Folder or Location	File or Folder Name	Remark
All	Root folder of each volume	CAVolTrc.dat	Used by the tracking Driver.
		cavoltrcsnapshot.dat	Used by the tracking Driver.
		System Volume Information\*	Used to save files/folders by a Windows system. For example, volume shadow copy files.
		RECYCLER\*	Used only on NTFS partitions. It contains a Recycle Bin for each user who logs on to the computer, sorted by their security identifier (SID).
		$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.
	Any folder contains picture files	Thumbs.db	Stores thumbnail images for Windows Explorer thumbnail view.
	Root folder of volume	PageFile.Sys	Windows virtual memory swap file.
	Root folder of volume	Hiberfil.sys	Hibernate file, used to save the system data when a computer goes into hibernate mode.

The following files and folders are skipped 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	All files/folders (recursively)
	Root folder of quorum_device	MSCS\*	Used for Microsoft Cluster Server.
	%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\	perf?00?.dat	Performance data used by the Windows performance counter.
		perf?00?.bak	Performance data used by the Windows performance counter.
		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.
	%SystemRoot%\inetsrv\	metabase.bin	Metabase binary file of earlier IIS versions before 6.0.
	File or folder specified in value except "SIS Common Store" under HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\FilesNotToBackup	All files/folders (recursively)	Do not back up and restore Files and folders . For more information, see the link.
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).
		NTDETECT.COM	Required for booting an NT-based OS. Detects basic hardware information needed for a successful boot.
Vista and later	Root folder of system volume	boot\*	Boot folder for Windows.
		bootmgr	Windows boot manager file.
		EFI\Microsoft\Boot\*	Used for EFI boot.
	%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\	LogFiles\WMI\RTBackup\*	Stores ETW trace files (extension .etl) for real time event trace sessions.
	%SystemRoot%\SYSTEM32\	config\RegBack\*	Backup of current registry table.
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.
Win8 and later	System volume	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. Which files or directories were skipped can be found in: C:\Program Files\Arcserve\Unified Data Protection\Engine\Logs\Restore-<YYYYMMDD>-<hhmmss>-<Process ID>-<Job ID>.log.