including shadow copy components in backup

[IT247]

Hello
I'm reading the admin manual and don't quite understand what it is that i am backing up when i include the shadow copy components (service state/system state etc)
Is it required to back these up for recovery purposes?

thanks

 

[steveot]

Yes its the registry and active direcotory on you domain controller

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/240363/

 

[IT247]

thank you
why are those things referred to as "shadow copy components"
i would think the whole snapshot would be a component