So why doesn't NetBackup use this feature? Anyone?
At 12:46 PM 3/2/00 -0600, Michael Wei wrote:
>The answer should be yes. Changing the content of the file causes the change
>of mtime. mtime change is considered a change in the inode. Any inode
>change
>will result in a ctime change.
>
>An unrelated topic. Solaris has a special file read mode that allows a
>file being read without atime update. It's a nice feature for backup
>software.
>
> > From veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu Thu Mar 2 12:40:08
> > 2000
> >
> > One question is, "For all UNIXs, does changing the CONTENTS of the file
> > result in its ctime being changed?" If the answer's no, then you will be
> > missing files on your incremental backups.
> >
> > At 12:08 PM 3/2/00 -0500, Howard Lapin wrote:
> > >Hello All,
> > >
> > >I am running netbackup 3.2
> > >and i am backing up a machine that runs tripwire.
> > >
> > >Whenever Netbackup does a full backup , tripwire reports every single
> file as
> > >being changed. This use to happen with incrementals but i added the
> following
> > >lines into the bp.conf file.
> > >
> > >USE_CTIME_FOR_INCREMENTALS
> > >DO_NOT_RESET_FILE_ACCESS_TIME
> > >
> > >and this seems to have solved the problem for incrementals.
> > >But, what can I do about the full backups.
> > >
> > >Howard Lapin
> > >
> > >
> > >
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