Hello Kurian,

on Windows 2003 you could use VSS to make consistent backups of open files, but 
on Windows 2000 you should use savepnpc to stop the PI application before the 
backup and start it afterwards.

greetings...
Birk

Birk Bohne
Backup and Virtualization Consulting
Erfurt, Germany
email:  birk.bohne AT batchworks DOT de

----- "kurianv" <networker-forum AT BACKUPCENTRAL DOT COM> schrieb:

> infact now i have tested for some files ...What i saw was there is an
> option in  this PI application for making these files as read only or
> Writeable. And what i saw was that when i made it readonly , i could
> backup the file..but when i made it writeable i couldnt backup the
> file...this explains everything...But still will there be a possiblity
> in networker to backup the file which is writeable...
> 
> i hope u understand wat iam sayin
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