Open file support
If open file support has been configured, Tivoli® Storage Manager performs a snapshot backup or archive of files that are locked (or "in use") by other applications.
Use VSS as the snapshot provider; set snapshotproviderimage or snapshotproviderfs to VSS.
Note:
- You can use the include.fs option to set snapshot options on a per file system basis.
- Open file support is only available for local fixed volumes (mounted to either drive letters or volume mount points) formatted with NTFS file systems. This support includes SAN-attached volumes that meet these requirements.
- If the client is unable to create a snapshot, failover to non-OFS backup occurs; the same backup support that would be done if the OFS feature was not configured.
- To enable open file support in a cluster environment all systems in the cluster should have the OFS feature configured.