About open files and the Remote Media Agent for Linux
The Remote Media Agent for Linux uses advanced open file and image technologies that are designed to alleviate issues that are sometimes encountered during backup operations, such as backing up open files.
After you make file and folder selections and the job is submitted for backup, the Remote Media Agent for Linux automatically makes a snapshot of the volume or volumes. Making a snapshot of a volume provides a point-in-time record of the data. When the Remote Media Agent for Linux creates a snapshot, it uses snapshot technologies to momentarily suspend write activity to a volume so that a snapshot of the volume can be created. During the backup, files can be open and data can be changed.
Remote Media Agent for Linux supports Simple, Logical Volume Manager (LVM), and RAID volume configurations.
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