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12 Deploying Symantec Backup Exec 2014 with Dell PS Series Arrays | TR1057
Local hardware-based VSS snapshots: The backup application requests that the storage hardware create
and store the snapshot of a backup client volume. Then, the backup client mounts the snapshot, and the
backup server backs up the snapshot.
Local snapshot operations typically work as shown in Figure 3.
Figure 3 Local snapshot operations.
1. The backup application either creates and stores a snapshot of the backup client volume, or it
requests that the storage hardware (PS Series group) creates and stores the snapshot.
2. The backup client mounts the snapshot and the backup server backs up the snapshot.
3. The snapshot may be deleted after the backup is complete.