About backups and restores on ReFS
Microsoft Resilient File System (ReFS) support in NetBackup is automatic and requires no additional configuration.
To restore optimized backups, use the in the Backup, Archive, and Restore interface. You can select individual files for restore.
NetBackup does not support a redirected restore of a Microsoft Resilient File Systems (ReFS) file system.
Table: ReFS backup and restore lists the ReFS-to-NTFS backup and restore combinations and the success of each.
Table: ReFS backup and restore
Between file systems | Backups | Restores |
|---|---|---|
|
ReFS to ReFS |
Successful |
Successful |
|
ReFS to NTFS |
Successful |
Successful |
|
NTFS to ReFS |
Successful |
Limited success For successful restores:
|
Known issue
A known issue exists that includes failures with respect to backups for files having ReFS based snapshot. At present Microsoft does not support backup of files having ReFS based snapshot as the API's are not compatible. Microsoft is working on documenting this behavior and providing support which are tracked with the following issue ID's:
Documentation issue#: 42324557
Backup Read issue#: 42295538