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[Veritas-bu] NB 3.4 bug on WinNT/2K file lists

2001-09-28 14:24:09
Subject: [Veritas-bu] NB 3.4 bug on WinNT/2K file lists
From: Fabbro.Andrew AT cnf DOT com (Fabbro, Andrew P)
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2001 11:24:09 -0700
I discovered a charming bug/feature in Netbackup's handling of file lists
for Windows NT/2000.  Some of our Windows clients had this for the file
list:

  C:

In this case, NB backs up only the Netbackup client's directory - i.e., you
are only backing up C:\Veritas or C:\Program Files\Veritas or wherever your
client is installed.  You do not back up anything else on the C drive.
However, when I changed the file list entry to

  C:\

then the entire C: drive was backed up as expected.  This is 100%
reproducable here.  Interestingly, specifying a different drive without the
trailing backslash (e.g., "D:") still results in a normal backup of the
drive.  The problem seems to be unique to the C drive.

The manual does specify the "C:\" syntax, but it's an easy enough mistake to
make, so I'm passing on this discovery for the benefit of the list.

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Drew Fabbro (fabbro.andrew AT cnf DOT com)
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Study computers instead." -- Jackie Chan


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