It's a cost-benefit thing.

If you have your management classes/copy groups set to keep n versions of
each file, remember that when you do a selective you may be bumping off
older versions that are unique, to create duplicates of files that dont'
really need backing up because they haven't changed.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mark Kimelheim [SMTP:Mark_Kimelheim AT SBPHRD DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, July 15, 1999 1:02 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      selective backup prior to client maintenance?
>
> ADSM employs an "incremental forever" backup paradigm.  However, we'll be
> performing maintenace on a client this weekend, and so the there will be a
> increased risk of data loss.  Would it be prudent to take a selective
> rather than an incremental backup in anticipation of that maintenance?
> Has
> anyone adopted this practice?
>
> Thanks.
> Mark.