Paul, a possible explanation for the backup of the files that you think
haven't been changed is:
could your original backups have expired and therefore ADSM essentialy
recreates a "new" full/incremental backup???

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> From: Paul Zarnowski <VKM AT CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL DOT EDU>
> From: Paul Zarnowski <VKM AT CORNELLC.CIT.CORNELL DOT EDU>
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Strange behavior on NetWare
> Date: Monday, February 10, 1997 7:36 PM
>
> Question for you NetWare gurus:
>
> Environment: NetWare 4.10, ADSM 2.1.0.3
>
> Question:  Does ADSM update the timestamps on directories when it backs
>            up files from those directories?
>
>            One of our NetWare users reports that this is the case, and
has
>            some pretty strong evidence to support it.  The timestamps in
>            the dsmsched.log file match the timestamps on the directories.
>
>            However, we see one other inexplicable behaviour.  An ADSM
>            incremental is backing up all the files in some directories
>            (perhaps all), even though the timestamps on those files
indicate
>            that they have not not changed recently.  This seems to only
have
>            happened on one particular day.  We cannot explain why - no
one
>            has access to this volume, other than the sysadmin, and he
"did
>            not make any changes that day".
>
> Question:  On NetWare, what does ADSM look at (besides the timestamp) on
a
>            file to determine whether it has changed or not?
>
> Thanks for any ideas.
> ..Paul
>
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