I think that other person meant that maybe there'd be a way to use the
"update" function within nsradmin to update the client's list of savesets
to be backed up, in an automated fashion.

Just so you don't feel alone, I have run into exactly the same problem.
In my environment there are a number (> 5) of Windows machines with
millions of files within about 75 directories, all under "E:\" which are
supposedly business-critical.    I used to be able to make the excuse that
the symptoms you're describing are simply inherent with Windows, i.e. tons
of tiny binary files, but this isn't always the case any longer.

In one particular case, I've had to resort to fulls about 1x/quarter and
just run incrementals all other days so that I get daily coverage.   I also
pray a lot, and occasionally I remember to be thankful for the relatively
good health of the client machine and the SAN on which its data is located.
:-)

But truthfully you're not alone and I think the disk-based backup (to which
you could stage off to tape) is probably what a lot of shops use to get
past this issue.


Phillip T. ("Ty") Young, DMA
Manager, Data Center and Backup/Recovery Services
Information Services
i2 Technologies, Inc.


                                                                           
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> Rob,
> Could you write a script that updates the client record of
> this machine (say once an hour), with the main folders. This
> would allow you to create your saveset streams, without user
> intervention ?

I really thought I had a firm grasp of most networker functions, but I
don't understand which client record you mean.

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