Mounting custom application and file system backups

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You can mount a snapshot backup to see a point-in-time consistent copy of custom application and file system data.

About this task
Restriction: You cannot use Microsoft Management Console (MMC) to mount a backup to a different server. To mount a VSS snapshot to a remote server, enter the mount backup command at the command prompt.

When you submit a mount request, all of the volumes that are contained in the original snapshot set are imported. If the number of volumes that are imported exceed the maximum number of allowable mapped volumes for the environment, the mount operation can fail.

Procedure
  1. Start MMC.
  2. Click Recover Data in the welcome page of MMC.
  3. In the Recover tab, go to the Action pane. Click Mount Backup.
  4. Either type the path to the empty NTFS or ReFS folder where you want to mount the backup or browse to find the path. Click OK.
    On the Recover tab, the backup that you mounted is displayed.
  5. Use the Explore and Unmount Backup options in the Actions pane to complete tasks with the backup that you mounted.