Windows operating systems

Retrieve sparse files

When retrieving sparse files to a non-NTFS or non-ReFS file system, set the server communication time-out value (IDLETIMEOUT) to the maximum value of 255 to avoid client session timeout.

The following issues apply if more data is restored than the Microsoft disk quota allows:

  • If the user who is performing the retrieve has a disk quota (for example, the user belongs to the Backup Operator Group), the backup-archive client does not retrieve any data that exceeds the disk quota of the retrieve user and displays a "Disk Full" message.
  • If the user who is performing the retrieve does not have a disk quota (for example, the user belongs to the Administrator Group), the backup-archive client retrieves all data and transfers ownership of the files that exceed the disk quota of the original owner to the user who is performing the retrieve (in this case, the Administrator).