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Identify VBK files created using Fast Clone

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Is there a simple way within Windows to tell if a .vbk was created using the ReFS Fast Clone? I would like to be able to identify those vbk files that were created by clients over Cloud Connect via Active Full and therefore are not deduplicated so I know which are taking up more space. I was hoping for a file attribute or property that can be pulled from the file system using Powershell.

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Re: Identify VBK files created using Fast Clone

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Hello,
and welcome to the forums.

The blockstat tool should be able to do that.

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Re: Identify VBK files created using Fast Clone

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Thanks,

I had seen the blockstat tool, but many have noted that it takes a long time to run. I was hoping for just a quick assessment on whether a file was created with dedup or not. I'll give it a shot and see if it will meet the requirements of my project.

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