Re: Problem with Archive/Retrieve using ADSM

     FROM   :   Christian Moser
                M001CC.CMOSER
                Christian Moser at BE2006

     DATE   :   06/13/96
     SUBJECT:   Re: Problem with Archive/Retrieve using ADSM

  Dear Mr. Lopatin,

  I am also interested in
  "some design changes to make Archive/Retrieve more like Backup/Restore.
  One of the changes we are considering is archiving directory information
  so that directory ownership and attributes can be retrieved."

  In my opinion there will still be the main difference to backup/restore
  which is that backup is rolling whereas archive is expiring.

  Is this note enough, or should I post a requirement to adsm-r or anything
  more?

  Kind regards,
  Christian Moser,              Internet: christian.moser AT schering DOT de
  at SCHERING AG, 13342 Berlin, Tel.: (030)4681356 Fax: (030)46916719

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Betreff: Problem with Archive/Retrieve using ADSM
Autor:  ADSML (INTERNET.ADSML1) bei SNAPI
Datum:    12.06.1996 20:33


     FROM   :
                INTERNET.ADSML1
                ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU

     DATE   :   06/12/96
     SUBJECT:   Problem with Archive/Retrieve using ADSM

> I am running ADSM AIX Client Version 2.1.0.2 and ADSM AIX Server
> Version 2.1.X.

> ADSM archived a unix symbolic link file. But ADSM retrieved a normal
> unix file NOT a unix symbolic link file.
> ADSM does NOT preserve the ownership of the parent directories when
> ADSM is retrieving a file.

Michael,

   You are correct, this is the way the ADSM clients work.  It is the way
they were designed to work, and documented to work, on Archive/Retrieve.
It is not a problem per se, but a difference in philosophy of what
an archive is supposed to be versus what a backup is supposed to be.

   If you want to bring back just the link, and preserve directory
ownership, use Backup/Restore -subdir=yes, not Archive/Retrieve.

   We have heard from customers who disagree with our original
design and definition of Archive/Retrieve, and we are considering
some design changes to make Archive/Retrieve more like Backup/Restore.
One of the changes we are considering is archiving directory information
so that directory ownership and attributes can be retrieved.

          -- MJ Lopatin
             ADSM Client Development