In addition to the limitations inherent in the NTFS volume mountpoint feature of Windows, SnapManager does not allow you either to store files or to back up databases on an NTFS volume that has mountpoints.
You cannot put databases on a mountpoint root volume. However, transaction logs can reside on such a volume. Consider the following points:
- The SnapManager Configuration wizard does not allow you to place Exchange databases on an NTFS volume that has mountpoints.
- SnapManager Backup does not allow you to back up a database on an NTFS volume that has mountpoints.
Note: If databases reside on a LUN, do not add mountpoints to that LUN, even after you finish a backup operation. A subsequent LUN-level restore operation removes those volume mountpoints. This disrupts access to the data on the mounted volumes, to which the volume mountpoints refer.
