Dianne Sharp asks (in part):

>We are currently doing a Proof of Concept test for ADSM using MVS server
>(ver1) and Netware and HP Unix clients (ver 2).  We have a few questions
>which we would like answered please :
>
>1.   Our current backup software is Arcserve.  For Netware file servers,
>Arcserve uses the archive bit to determine whether a file has been changed
>or not.  Our daily backups are incremental, accumulating every day, until
>the weekly backup which is a full backup which resets this archive bit.
>What I would like to know is does ADSM use this archive bit to determine
>whether a file has been changed or not and, if so, does it reset it after
>backing it up?

ADSM does not use the archive bit, nor does it reset the archive bit. When
ADSM performs incremental backups, it compares other attributes of the file
such as file size, and modification date and time against those of the last
backup. If any one of these attributes has changed then ADSM considers the
file to be changed, and backs it up.

Andy Raibeck
ADSM Level 2 Support
408-256-0130