Louise,

Are you using the 'domain all-local nds' statement in you options file. If so 
that gives you your netware directory structure backup, of which you only need 
one for the tree. Of course, if you are referring to the physical directories 
within the netware
volumes then nevermind.



Louis Wiesemann wrote:

> I have just been made aware that I should be backing up the directory 
> structure for my Novell servers separately and I have few questions.  I have 
> reviewed the documentation about the dirmc option.
>
> Is there some way to calculate the size of the storage pool I should use for 
> this management class?  I have no idea how large to make it.  I don't plan to 
> define a next pool because I want it to stay on disk.
>
> Also, how is this affected by previous backups that have been run without the 
> dirmc option?  Will a new incremental backup with the option backup the 
> entire structure to the new storage pool or will some of it still be retained 
> with the previous backups.
>
> Is there somewhere besides the Admin Guide, Admin Reference, and Novell 
> client manuals that I can find more documentation on this?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
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