The Linux 4.2.1 client now does this as well.



Quoting Jeff Connor <connorj AT NIAGARAMOHAWK DOT COM>:

> Not sure how much of an issue this will be for some of you but I
> thought
> I'd pass
> along a change we came across in the Windows 4.2.1.0 client.
>
> If you are like us, and don't do a great job of excluding
> "unimportant"
> files
> that are regularly missed because they are in use during nightly
> backups,
> then you will probably be affected by the change.  The Windows client
> 4.2.1.0
> now reports a backup schedule failed with a RC=4 if any files are
> skipped
> because they are in use.  The backup does complete but a Q EVENTS
> shows the backup schedule failed. Previous versions reported the
> backup
> schedule as completing successfully even if some files were missed.
>
> We are in the process of doing what we should have done already and
> building better Exclude lists to omit the non-critical files.  APAR
> IC31844
> has been
> opened for a documentation change so people will be aware of the
> new client behavior.
>
> Regards,
> Jeff Connor
> Niagara Mohawk Power Corp
>