Block-Level Backup

The following table lists the features that are supported for block-level backup.

Feature	Sub-Feature	UNIX File System	Comments
Advanced Backup/Archive Options	Data tab - Catalog
	Data tab - Verify Synthetic Full
	Job Retry tab
	Media tab - Allow other Schedule to use Media Set
	Media tab - Mark Media Full on Success
	Media tab - Reserve Resources Before Scan
	Media tab - Start New Media
	Startup tab
	Vault Tracking tab
	Comments
Advanced File System iDataAgent Options	On Demand Data Protection Operation
	Restore Data Using a Map File
	Comments		Only a mount point can be configured as subclient content. Nested mount points are not supported. To back up nested mount points, add each nested mount point to a different subclient. Enable Apple Double Support option is not supported. Wildcards and soft links in the subclient content are not supported. Automatic expansion of subclient content is not supported. Filtering files from a backup is not supported. On Demand Backup Sets are not supported for IntelliSnap backup.
Alerts and Monitoring	Global Alerts
	Job-Based Alerts*
	Comments
Automatic Updates	Automatic Updates
	Comments
Backup/Archive Options	Differential Backup
	Full Backup
	Incremental Backup		Configuring incremental backups using ctime and/or mtime is not supported. Incremental backup job shows changed files if metadata collection is enabled.
	Other Backup Types
	Synthetic Full Backup		The Run Incremental Backup option is not supported. You cannot run an incremental backup before or after a synthetic full backup.
	Comments		View backup items option is supported if metadata collection is enabled. Monitor the progress of the job in the Job Controller. To view details of the backup job, see Viewing Details of a Block-Level Backup Job. Troubleshooting folders such as collect files or job-specific metadata files of a file system are backed up. Driverless block-level backups are supported, see Driverless Block-Level Backups.
Browse	Browse from Copy Precedence
	Browse the Latest Data
	Browse Using Filters		Supported if metadata collection is enabled.
	Exclude Data Before
	Find		Supported if metadata collection is enabled.
	Full Backup Transparent Browse
	Image Browse
	No Image Browse
	Page Size
	Specify Browse Path
	Specify Browse Time
	Subclient Browse
	Use MediaAgent
	View All Versions		Supported if metadata collection is enabled.
	Comments		Live browse is supported from the backup set level. Live browse is supported from a snap job provided that the snapshot is available and is in a mountable state. Live browse and file-level restores are not supported for raw devices. Browse from the backup set level is supported if metadata collection is enabled. Volume-level restore is supported only from the subclient level. The Show Deleted Items option is not supported.
Clustering	Unix Cluster
	Comments		Supported for Linux on Non-Veritas Cluster.
Command Line Interface	Command Line Interface
	Comments		Block-level subclient creation is not supported.
CommCell Migration	CommCell Migration
	Comments		CommCell Migration is not supported with IntelliSnap backup when using Data Replicator storage array. CommCell Migration is supported with Virtualize Me and 1-Touch restores.
Content Indexing	Offline Content Indexing
	Comments
Data Aging	Basic Retention Rules
	Deleting a Job
	Extended Retention Rules
	Retaining a Job
	Unique Data Aging Rules
	Comments
Data Compression	Client Compression
	Hardware Compression
	MediaAgent Compression
	Comments
Data Encryption	Data Encryption Support
	Third-party Command Line Encryption Support
	Comments
Data Multiplexing	Multiplexing
	Comments		Multi-streaming is supported.
Deduplication	MediaAgent Deduplication
	Source Deduplication
	Comments
Delete Backup and Archive Data	Delete Data Using CommCell Console
	Comments
Global Filters	Global Filters
	Comments
Installation	Custom Package
	Decoupled Install
	Remote Install
	Restore Only Agents
	Silent Install
	Comments		Non-root user install is not supported.
Job Restart - Data Protection	Not Restartable
	Restarts from the Beginning
	Restarts from the Beginning of the Database
	Restarts from the Point-of-Failure
	Comments
Job Restart - Data Recovery	Not Restartable
	Restarts from the Beginning
	Restarts from the Beginning of the Database
	Restarts from the Point-of-Failure		Not supported for volume-level restore from snap.
	Comments
List Media	List Media Associated with a Specific Backup Set or Instance
	List Media Associated with Index
	List Media Associated with Specific Files and/or Folders
	List Media Associated with Specific Jobs
	Comments		List Media is not supported irrespective of selecting metadata collection.
Optimized Scan	Optimized Scan		Supported if metadata collection is enabled.
	Comments		System mount points like var, tmp and opt are not monitored. Volume-level restore is not supported if the destination volume is monitored.
Pre/Post Processes	Pre/Post Process with Data Protection and Recovery
	Comments
Restore/Recover/Retrieve Destinations	Cross-Application Restores (Different Application version)
	Cross-Platform Restores - Different Operating System		File-level cross-platform restores to Windows are supported.
	Cross-Platform Restores - Same Operating System - Different Version
	In-place Restore - Same path/ destination - Same Client
	Out-of-place Restore - Different path/ destination
	Out-of-place Restore - Same path/ destination - Different Client
	Restore Data Using a Map File		Not supported for volume-level restore.
	Restore to Network Drive /NFS-Mounted File System
	Comments
Restore/Recover/Retrieve Options	Automatic Detection of Regular Expressions
	Filter Data From Recover Operations
	Rename/ Redirect Files on Restore
	Restore Data Using Wildcard Expressions		Not supported with live browse.
	Restore Data with Pre/Post Processes
	Restore from Copies
	Skip Errors and Continue		Not supported for volume-level restore.
	Use Exact Index
	Use MediaAgent
	Comments		File-level restore is not supported for files with path names longer than 1024 bytes. File system level hard links optimization during restores is not supported. Impersonate user option is not supported for volume-level browse. Monitor the progress of the job in the Job Controller. To view details of the restore job, see Restore Job History.
Restore/Recover/Retrieve Overwrite Options	Overwrite Files
	Overwrite if file on media is newer
	Restore only if target exists
	Unconditional Overwrite
	Unconditionally overwrite only if target is a DataArchiver stub
	Comments
Schedule Policy	Agent Specific Data Protection Schedule Policy
	All Agent Types Schedule Policy
	Comments
Storage Policies	Incremental Storage Policy*
	Standard Storage Policies
	Comments		Snap storage policy is required.
Subclient Policies	Subclient Policy
	Comments		Not supported with block-level backups
Upgrade	Unix/Linux - Local
	Unix/Linux - Silent
	Upgrade from the CommCell Console
	Comments
User Administration and Security	Backup Set/Archive Set
	Instance
	Subclient
	Comments

Block-Level Backup - Support