If a volume being backed up has a OneDrive folder and the backup destination is in the OneDrive folder, the existing recovery point files are included as a part of the generated recovery point when the backup runs.
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Description
Error Message
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Cause
System Recovery backs up the Shadow Copy volumes that are created by Volume Shadow Copy (VSS). The current VSS does not have a function to exclude the files in OneDrive from the shadow copy volume when VSS creates the shadow copy for the volume that has the OneDrive. As a result, the existing recovery points in OneDrive are included in the backup data when the backup destination is specified in OneDrive folder.
Resolution
This behavior is a VSS limitation. When backing up the volume that has OneDrive, specify the volume that does not have OneDrive as the backup destination.
Affected product version
System Recovery 22 or later
Issue/Introduction
If a volume being backed up has a OneDrive folder and the backup destination is in the OneDrive folder, the existing recovery point files are included as a part of the generated recovery point when the backup runs.For instance, A OneDrive folder is C:\Users\UserName\OneDrive.The backup destination is C:\Users\UserName\OneDrive\backup.When backing up C drive repeatedly, the existing recovery point files are included in the generated recovery point file.
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