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Re: Deleting backup versions on single file.

1997-01-27 10:33:20
Subject: Re: Deleting backup versions on single file.
From: "Prather, Wanda" <PrathW1 AT CENTRAL.SSD.JHUAPL DOT EDU>
Date: Mon, 27 Jan 1997 10:33:20 -0500
Yes, you can explicitly list network drives in the DOMAIN statement in
DSM.OPT, and ADSM backs them up just fine.

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>From:  Eric van Loon[SMTP:evanloon AT KLM DOT NL]
>Sent:  Monday, January 27, 1997 4:39 AM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       Re: Deleting backup versions on single file.
>
>Hi Don,
>>      Hi All,,,Looking at the ADSM manuals I read that you cannot delete a
>>      single backup version for a file? You have to delete the whole
>>      filespace?  So if I have a backup that is corrupted, bad data or
>>      whatever I have to delete all the backups for that filespace?  Please
>>      some one tell me I misread something!!
>This requirement has been submitted here before. There is no easy way to
>delete a single backup version. You can only backup the new version a couple
>of time (the amount have set in the copy group properties, 'number of
>versions to keep') but that's a lot of work for just one file.
>
>>
>>      Question 2:  Can I incrementally backup drives that my machine is not
>>      physically connected to?  If I NET USE to a different node/domain and
>>      my scheduled backup becomes active will it backup the drive I
>>      connected to?  Or is there a way?
>ADSM doesn't backup network shares by default, however you can select them
>through the GUI. I expect you can back them up by explicitly including them
>in your DSM.OPT file, but I haven't tried it yet.
>Kindest regards,
>Eric van Loon
>
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