Virus (from client) can affect backup server?

[hnminh]

If the backup file from client is a virus file, is it affect the backup server? Or the backup server just see the backup file as blocks of data, and don't care content of the file?

 

[BBB]

It won't affect the tsm server. It just sees it as blocks of data like you said.

In fact, generally you should *disable* virus scanning on the tsm server for disk stgpool files (and no harm in doing the DB&Log files at the same time). Otherwise if you do backup a virus and your virus scanner sees this in your stgpool vol, it will trash it.

 

[hnminh]

Thanks a lot!

 

[goodboy]

TSM server stores all data of virus (meta-data & real data). Why does TSM server see virus as blocks of data? Why not virus?

 

[BBB]

Goodboy, you don't understand. A virus is not dangerous (and you have not caught it) if you merely store it. A virus is only dangerous and "caught" when you execute its code. TSM does not execute the files it backs up that would be ridiculous.

 

[goodboy]

I see. Thanks BBB!