Is it possible to use a FlexVolume formatted with Resilient File System (ReFS) on Windows Server as a backup destination for Veeam Backup v12?
Applies to
- ONTAP
- Veeam Backup & Replication
- Resilient File System (ReFS)
Answer
- When an application accesses ONTAP using NAS protocols, the application is not able to format the volume.
- This is because the file system is managed by the NAS server (ONTAP), so the application is not able to format the volume space.
- ONTAP and other NetApp storage systems (E-Series) do support the scenario when the client OS mounts a LUN using iSCSI or FC, rather than NAS protocols.
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