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Backup Process

When backing up a file pool or portions of a file pool, CA VM:Backup:

  1. Identifies the minidisks that make up each user storage group in the file pool
  2. Identifies the file spaces enrolled in the file pool and their associated user storage groups
  3. Prelinks all minidisks that make up a particular user storage group
  4. Backs up the file spaces that make up the user storage group, one file space at a time