Behavior when OS stops in the midst of backup process

Summary

When OS stops or restarts in the midst of online backup process, ActiveImage Protector behaves as follows.

Volume Backup
As OS is detected to be stopped, the task is canceled (Exit Code -1) so that no backup image file is created.

File Backup
As OS is not detected to be stopped, the result of the task is recorded as Succeeded.
As a result, when OS stops or restarts in the midst of file backup process, no data are included in the file backup or the data may be corrupt.

Target Product

- ActiveImage Protector 2022