Do a selective backup instead of an incremental, and specify all files.
I can't remember if you have to do this for each file system, or if you
can just do "dsmc s "/*" -su=y".

Tina

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Marita Gonsalves
> [SMTP:marita_gonsalves AT CARYACADEMY.PVT.K12.NC DOT US]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 1998 10:48 AM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Backup question
>
> Is there a way to do a FULL backup on a client?  The client in
> question is a
> NT 4.0 server and is on the ADSM schedule to be backed up.  We are
> having
> some problems with the server and want to implement a hot fix - it was
> recommended that we do a FULL backup before we implement the fix.
>
> I checked the manuals and couldn't find anything about running a full
> backup
> on the fly.  There isn't an option in the GUI backup/archive client to
> do a
> full....Any suggestions as to how this can be done would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Marita Gonsalves
> Information Systems Consultant - CA
> 919-677-1946 x4555