LAN-free data movement (Legacy and VSS)

Running Data Protection for SQL Server in a LAN-free environment means that data can be directly sent to storage devices.

When you implement a LAN-free environment, data bypasses potential network congestion. However, you must be properly equipped to operate in a LAN-free environment. For more information about setting up a LAN-free environment, see LAN-free client-data backup: Scenario .

In addition to specific LAN-free requirements, you must specify the following options.

For legacy backups, specify enablelanfree yes in the Data Protection for SQL Server options file.
For VSS backups, specify enablelanfree yes in the DSMAGENT (VSS Requestor) dsm.opt file only.

For more information about these options, see Installing and configuring the client ).