OK thank you. So it sounds like there is NO way at all to safely backup Growing Images while they are mounted. Even if you use a proper backup software on the Starwind storage server which invokes VSS to copy the .ibv,.ibvd,.ibvm files, the client side using those three files as a virtual hard drive...

Hello I need some information please.I want to use a growing image device. A growing image has three files .ibv .ibvd and .ibvm. 1.) Is it safe to copy these files to another location using windows explorer while the volume is in use? I tried and it works so I don't get any file in use errors but do...