> A friend of a friend of a friend tells me that this is a 'feature' of
> BackupExec.  Rather than attempting to backup an open file over and over
> again, you may set an option to 'skip' the open file.  BackupExec then
> copies a 'stub' to tape, allowing for it to skip the file.  Apparently,
most
> of the time when you restore the file, it's either a null file or a
partial
> copy of the original, either way being useless.
>
>
>
> Dave Twiggs
> x8636
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Kelly J. Lipp [SMTP:lipp AT storsol DOT com]
>         Sent:   Thursday, November 30, 2000 10:23 AM
>         To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>         Subject:        Re: ANE4007E - Access is denied
>
>         How in the world does Veritas do this?  And if they can back the
> darn things
>         up can they actually restore them?
>
>         I believe this occurs because the application takes an exclusive
> lock on the
>         file.  This must mean that Veritas does not check the lock before
> opening
>         the file.
>
>         Perhaps the client coders can tell us how this works and speculate
> on what
>         Veritas is doing.
>
>         Kelly J. Lipp
>         Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
>         PO Box 51313
>         Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
>         (719) 531-5926
>         Fax: (719) 260-5991
>         Email: lipp AT storsol DOT com
>         www.storsol.com
>         www.storserver.com
>
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU]On
Behalf
> Of
>         Nathan Himmel
>         Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 9:14 AM
>         To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>         Subject: ANE4007E - Access is denied
>
>
>         Hi SM*
>
>         A customer is in process of migration from Backup Exec (Veritas)
to
> ADSM.
>         Customer complains about many NT files which he get (on ADSM)
> 'ANE4007E ....
>         access to the object is denied'. Those files could not be copied
> with
>         Explorer as well,  because they are being used. On the other hand,
> with
>         Backup Exec( Veritas) , there were no problems.
>         ADSM client on NT is still 3.1.
>         Any idea? Any solution?
>
>         Nathan
>