> If I set FREQ=1, does it simply use 24 hrs as the required elapsed time,
> or does it use some other algorithm? (If my scheduled backups run randomly
> between 7PM and 7AM, and they happen to run at 1 AM and again at 11 PM the
> same day, will the 11 PM backup do nothing?)
THANKS to all who replied. Chris Kamer got the right answer - "The day issue
is probably based on the date, not hours."
So BEWARE you don't get caught in the same trap I did. With FREQ=1 I had
assumed that all files were backed up ONCE a day. As the following shows,
sometimes they are NOT!
dsmc> q backup -inactive logfile
Size Backup Date Mgmt Class A/I File
---- ----------- ---------- --- ----
1,733 01/13/98 23:27:10 DEFAULT I logfile
1,733 01/13/98 23:27:10 DEFAULT I logfile
1,733 01/14/98 23:24:38 DEFAULT I logfile
1,733 01/15/98 22:54:18 DEFAULT I logfile
1,733 01/17/98 00:46:49 DEFAULT I logfile
not backed up 01/17/1998 23:18:42
1,733 01/18/98 19:41:44 DEFAULT I logfile
1,733 01/19/98 20:16:06 DEFAULT I logfile
1,733 01/20/98 21:27:40 DEFAULT I logfile
1,733 01/21/98 20:13:04 DEFAULT I logfile
1,733 01/23/98 22:29:29 DEFAULT I logfile
1,811 01/24/98 21:58:56 DEFAULT I logfile
1,811 01/26/98 00:50:17 DEFAULT I logfile
not backed up 01/26/1998 23:35:23
1,811 01/27/98 21:24:29 DEFAULT I logfile
1,811 01/28/98 22:39:27 DEFAULT I logfile
1,811 01/29/98 23:50:18 DEFAULT I logfile
1,811 01/30/98 19:02:41 DEFAULT I logfile
1,889 01/31/98 21:38:11 DEFAULT I logfile
1,889 02/01/98 19:15:43 DEFAULT I logfile
1,889 02/02/98 21:17:11 DEFAULT I logfile
1,889 02/03/98 22:51:56 DEFAULT I logfile
1,811 02/04/98 21:32:26 DEFAULT I logfile
1,811 02/05/98 21:00:02 DEFAULT I logfile
1,811 02/06/98 20:18:35 DEFAULT I logfile
1,811 02/08/98 00:10:09 DEFAULT I logfile
not backed up 02/08/1998 21:15:57
Michael
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