>Only if the Database/Application is shadow copy or open file backup aware.
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>Not only does the Parent table in a database have to send edits to temporary storage, but so do all child tables and dependencies which then update the main storage tables after the snapshot complete command is issued.
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Most backup software that has true open file backup capability has it only for file type that it has a specific client for - the client AFAIK is used to read the data record for record from the supported file type.