Gerald,

When you say "Full".. do you mean backing up all
databases using "DOMDSMC SELECTIVE"?
And when you say "INCREMENTAL", do you mean using the
"DOMDSMC INCREMENTAL" command?
... or when you say incremental are you referring to
running DOMDSMC ARCHIVELOG to get the logs backed up?

Remember... "DOMDSMC INCREMENTAL" does "complete database" backups,
i.e. full .NSF file backups. It is similar to the TSM BA client
concept of INCREMENTAL.. which means back up the entire file
if something has changed.

If TEST was a "new" TSM node starting on March 8, the very first
DOMDSMC INCREMENTAL that you ran will back up everything...
... since it is comparing the files to an empty filespace
on the TSM Server. It is the equivalent of running a SELECTIVE.

All of these backups should be restorable as long as your
management classes are set to keep multiple versions.

Thanks,

Del

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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 10/25/2004
10:51:31 PM:

> We have Lotus Notes backups done with the TDP 5.1.5 (Notes v5.x). Back
> in January the server name was called "TEST". In March, the server was
> renamed to "TEST-OLD" and we continued to do backups by creating a new
> node "TEST". So now we have data from Jan through March under
> "TEST-OLD" and from March on called "TEST"...
>
> We have not expired any data since since January..
>
> Our normal rotation is to do a weekly full and daily incrementals.
> There is a problem though that i'm finding. The first full backup for
> TEST was done March 15th. The server rename was done on March 7th. Now
> when I look back i see:
>
> March 1st - Full taken now under TEST-OLD
> March 2-7 - Incrementals now under TEST-OLD
> March 8-14 - Incrementals now under TEST
> March 15 - Full taken now under TEST
>
> So the question is whether or not March 8-14 can be restored? It seems
> not unless someone has any ideas. TSM thinks there is no full for TEST
> prior to the 15th so how can it? Have we lost access to the data on
> these dates?