TSM uses the Win32 File I/O CreateFile() function to open files for
backup. We do pass in the FILE_FLAG_BACKUP_SEMANTICS flag when we open the
file, so maybe NAVCE somehow detects this. But I don't know for sure.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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Hmmmm...

We were looking at an updated version of Norton Antivirus that has a
feature
to not scan files that are "Opened for backup" - According to the Norton
technical document: "This setting causes NAVCE to ignore backup open
calls,
which are the specific API's that are used by backup software."

I assumed that TSM would use these API's - and when I tested this it
seemed
to work!  Should it have worked?  When not using the NT Backup API is it
possible to still "open the file for backup"?

Thanks,

Tim Rushforth