ntbackup use of '/SNAP' option? Open Files?

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Bryce Stenberg

Hi All,

I'm just trying to find out if the /SNAP option of the ntbackup utility is
what I need.

Ntbackup.exe is actually running on a Server 2003 machine (but XP seems to
have same options so asking here) which has volume shadow copy configured
and turned on.

The help for ntbackup says:
Switch: /SNAP:{on | off}
Description: Specifies whether the backup must use a volume shadow copy.

If I use the 'on' option does this mean the backup should be able to get all
open files?

For instance, at the moment, most files under %windir%\system32\config are
not getting backed up! This is all the registry files and I imagine are
fairly important if trying to recover the machine.

Can someone please advise me on this?

Thanks,
Bryce Stenberg
(Harness Racing New Zealand computer dept.)
 
Just found another list maybe more appropriate for this so going to post it
there = microsoft.public.server.general.

Feel free to answer here if you can help however.
 
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