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Auto-suggest helps you quickly narrow down your search results by suggesting possible matches as you type. Showing results for. Search instead for. Did you mean:. Sign In. What exactly does AOFO do? I am new to Veritas Backup Exec. I'm wondering what exactly the Advanced Open File Option does if it does not backup open files.

I am running Microsoft Small Business Server I will often be doing backups when people are in the office and working and so am looking for the best solution to backup files even if they are open. It seems the only way to get around these errors is to turn off AOFO, which seems like something I don't want to do. Any help would be appreciated. Labels: Labels: All forum topics Previous Topic Next Topic.

Hi, It is usually recommended that the databases like "SQL" and "exchange" not be backed up using the AOFO and that they be backed up using the agents instead. I tried the directions in the link you sent.

I excluded certain exchange files. VSP is capable of creating snapshot of File system only. Whereas, VSS provides ability to applications to create writers for snapshot backups, VSP does not provide any such ability.

Although Backup Exec Agents for SQL and Exchange are capable of doing online backups without the help of VSS writers, but snapshot is a better way of handling the backup as VSS writers take care of quiescing the database while the backup runs, assuring consistency. Also, using VSS writers for performing backups enhances the performance of backups.

But, there were some limitations with use of VSS writers for backup and restore, following tech note talks about some of them:. In SQL , Microsoft introduced a new writer, which is present as a service and can be started, in order to be used by Backup Exec to do a database backup using SQL writer.

Same has happened with Windows also. Labels: CraigV Level 6. Partner VIP Accredited. Nice article! Chickcorea Level 3. Thanks for a clarification and regards, Patrick. VSS just gives you some advantages like faster backup. You can refer to Microsoft Documentation for the same. This is true for Exchange backups.

For Exchange onwards VSS has become compulsary. I hope that explains. Alright, thanks! Regards, Patrick. Partner Accredited. However i get the error message " An unexpected error occurred when cleaning up snapshot volumes. Confirm that all snapped volumes are correctly resynchronized with the original volumes.

Where do i find this folder? I really need help with this.