Recovery point file gets generated with an invalid size when backing up C drive with a cluster size of 8KB or 16KB.

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Description

Error Message

Error E0060002: Invalid buffer size

Figure 1

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Resolution


Workaround:
Please re-configure C drive that has the default cluster size of 4KB.

Generally a volume that has cluster size of 8KB or 16KB  is created when the volume size is more than 16TB.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/140365/default-cluster-size-for-ntfs-fat-and-exfat

Backup Exec recommends that the system volumes for backup and restore should be less than 16 TB. For details, please refer to README. This is a link to README for System Recovery 21.



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Issue/Introduction

A recovery point file may be generated with an invalid size when backing up C drive, that has cluster size of 8KB or 16KB on 4K native disk. Recovery point browser fails to mount the recovery point file. (See Figure 1)

Additional Information

ETrack: 3940996