Hi Lars

Seems you're doing a manual HSM routine?

Why don't use DiskXtender instead? DiskXtender doesn't change the last
accessed date/time, and migrates old files, based on your rules,
automatically to your storagepool(or storagepools, for example
disk>>optical>>tape).

The DiskXtender software isn't that expensive, but requires some work =
to
achieve best optimization.

For Netware servers, you could use FileWizard TSM from Knozall =
Software. It
has the same function as DiskXtender, but works with Netware 4X/5X. =
We're
using both applications in our demo environment, and it works like a =
charm.

Best Regards

Daniel Sparrman
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Daniel.

I agree the operating system changes the access date.

In the same time, I'm convinced you can take control of a file read to =
not
update the last accessed date or at least remember the date and put it =
back
again after the read.

I guess the TSM developers have the knowledge to fix an archive or =
backup
without updating the last accessed date.

From my point of view as a storage manager, centralised storage =
management
routines should never update the file attributes. They shall always =
reflect
the customer's/user's accesses.

I would like to see the TSM archive and TSM backup not updating the =
last
accessed date on the read files. In fact no infrastructure routine =
should
update the attributes. If I like to have a specific process for old =
files
(not used for a long time). How can I find them  to, for example,  =
archive
(with delete) if there have been some selective backups and/or archive
(copy only) executed. The files will not age right from the business =
point
of view.

   /Lars
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