ERROR_FILE_SYSTEM_LIMITATION whilst using Windows deduplication with Veeam
This is a possible scenario that can happen with Veeam and Server 2012 deduplication:
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To fix this unfortunately you need to start a whole new chain on a new volume. When formatting the volume, use format drive: /fs:ntfs /v:volumelabel /Q /L
. The /Q
switch does a quick format, and the /L
switch enables large-size file records.
Unfortunately this switch isn’t very well documented - it’s not even in the format.exe
knowledgebase article. You can however get some information from format /?
in command prompt.
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A Microsoft primer on how NTFS works (Source.aspx)) sheds some light but it doesn’t show you the limit of setting large-size file records.
Reference: Microsoft KB2891967