A snapshot provides a space-efficient and time-based archive of the data. It provides the ability to retrieve data from a file or a set of files in the event of accidental deletion of a file. A file system level snapshot provides you information about the files that have been changed and the changes made to the file. It provides you an automated file recovery service and it is more efficient compared to the traditional tape-based backup method. A snapshot on its own does not provide a full disaster recovery solution but it can be used by the third-party backup vendors to copy the changed files (incremental backup) to a different physical location.

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For backup from storage snapshots, Veeam Backup & Replication uses storage snapshots as a source of data for backup. During backup from storage snapshots, Veeam Backup & Replication triggers a storage snapshot...