Thanks for the info.  I have version 2 of the client software installed,
but unfortunately, only the version 1 manuals.

Dianne Sharp
Operations Analyst
ISS CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Ext 4208

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>From:  Pittson, Timothy ,Corp/US[SMTP:tpittson AT HIMAIL.HCC DOT COM]
>Sent:  Saturday, 23 November, 1996 1:58AM
>To:    Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>Subject:       Re: Netware backup retention
>
>Dianne,
>        Archive, at least in the later ADSM client code, does support the
>-subdir option so this sounds like your best option.  Regarding the
>updating of the last modified day, keep in mind that ADSM relies on more
>than the last modified date in determining whether a file has changed
>since the last backup.  In any event, it might be worth running a few
>tests to see if ADSM is backing up o these Payroll files when changes
>are made - you can check this by having the incremental backup running
>in Verbose mode and checking the schedule log afterwards.
>
>Tim Pittson
>tpittson AT himail.hcc DOT com
>
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>>From:  Dianne Sharp[SMTP:DSHARP AT CLEAR.CO DOT NZ]
>>Sent:  Friday, November 22, 1996 7:22 AM
>>To:    Multiple recipients of list ADSM-L
>>Subject:       Netware backup retention
>>
>>HELP!!!!!
>>
>>I am about to go into Production with backups on our Netware 3.12 and
>>4.1 file servers.  We run ADSM server on MVS.
>>
>>I have a problem trying to decide how to deal with a special requirement
>>we have on one of the Netware 3.12 servers.
>>
>>We have 2 directories under the SYS2:   volume which form the Payroll
>>system.  Unfortunately, due to the nature of these files, it seems that
>>the modified date is not always updated and therefore, we have been
>>advised that incremental backup might not actually work on these
>>particular files.
>>What the Payroll people have asked for is a full backup of both
>>directories and subdirectories daily to be kept for 2 weeks.
>>
>>
>>THIS IS THE PROBLEM AS I SEE IT :
>>
>>If I exclude these directories from the incremental backup, then I
>>cannot perform a selective backup on them.
>>
>>I thought about changing the Domain statement so that SYS2: is not
>>included at all, then running a selective backup just of that volume.
>>However, this means that all other files on that volume will be backed
>>up whether they are changed or not and we could end up with multiple
>>backup versions of the same file and may not have previous versions of
>>the file itself.
>>
>>I cannot use the Archive function as this does not seem to support the
>>-subdir option.  I don't want to have to specify all subdirectory names
>>in case new ones are added and are missed from the backups.
>>
>>IF ANYONE CAN SEE A WAY AROUND THIS, I WOULD LOVE TO HEAR IT.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>
>>Dianne Sharp
>>Operations Analyst
>>ISS CUSTOMER SUPPORT
>>Ext 4208
>>
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