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Re: [Networker] Sybase DB restore

2008-05-19 19:14:15
Subject: Re: [Networker] Sybase DB restore
From: Curtis Preston <cpreston AT GLASSHOUSE DOT COM>
To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 19 May 2008 19:11:25 -0400
Tim Mooney said:

>Files on UNIX and Linux systems aren't skipped just because they're open,
>so if the server was a UNIX or Linux box, it would still have been backed
>up (barring any directives that told NetWorker to skip those files).

But what happens if it's open and CHANGING?  Most backup products stat the 
file, then back it up, then stat it.  If the modification time or size has 
changed since they started, they sometimes discard that file.

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