Adsm will backup a directory if a file is created or deleted within that
directory.  This pertains to NTFS partitions and not FAT partitions.

This is important for people wanting to do point in time restores with the
backup/archive gui.  For a PIT restore using the GUI, ADSM builds the
directory list based on directories that exist in that point in time.   If
WINNT is changed daily, and you retain 10 copies of your directories,  if
you select a PIT restore 11 days ago, you will not see the WINNT directory.

James Thompson


>From: "Remeta, Mark" <MRemeta AT SELIGMANDATA DOT COM>
>Reply-To: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: ms exchange updating WinNT directory
>Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2000 11:27:18 -0400
>
>I believe it backs up both the file and the directory.
>
>
>Mark
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Frost, Dave [mailto:dave.frost AT TELEVAULTIT DOT COM]
>Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 10:29 AM
>To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject: Re: ms exchange updating WinNT directory
>
>
>hi mark
>surely if a _file_ was being updated within the directory, then the file
>would be backed up but not the directory name itself??
>
>we intend investigating the dsmsched.log, when we can find the time!
>
>dave
>--
>"on a clear disk, you can seek for ever."
>
>
> > ----------
> > From:         Remeta, Mark[SMTP:MRemeta AT SELIGMANDATA DOT COM]
> > Sent:         18 August 2000 15:28
> > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject:      Re: ms exchange updating WinNT directory
> >
> > Hello again Dave, I see what your saying but a directory is just a
> > directory, who cares how many versions you keep, they are all the same..
> > It's the files in the directory that you should worry about. Do you know
> > what file in the WinNT directory that is getting updated on a daily
>basis.
> > It should be in the log if you have it set for verbose.
> >
> > Mark
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Frost, Dave [mailto:dave.frost AT TELEVAULTIT DOT COM]
> > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 10:14 AM
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Subject: Re: ms exchange updating WinNT directory
> >
> >
> > hi mark
> >
> > the defaults for the server are "keep 7 versions"; however, for
>exchange,
> > we
> > keep several weeks of logs.  The requirement was to restore -14days.  (a
> > bit
> > inconsistent, but all the other servers on the site use the same mc).
>We
> > were able to restore a recent version of the server (say -6), and then
> > restore the required exchange (-14) ok.
> >
> > the point being that an nt node with exchange seems to update the winnt
> > dir
> > in some way every day, so the directory (but not the contents) gets
>backed
> > up every day, whereas with an ordinary nt node, winnt rarely gets
> > backedup.
> >
> > dave
> > --
> > "on a clear disk, you can seek for ever."
> >
> >
> > > ----------
> > > From:         Remeta, Mark[SMTP:MRemeta AT SELIGMANDATA DOT COM]
> > > Sent:         18 August 2000 14:21
> > > To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > > Subject:      Re: ms exchange updating WinNT directory
> > >
> > > Hi Dave, are you saying that the WinNT directory was not restored?
> > > As far as using a special dirmc, the WinNT directory should still be
> > there
> > > as long as it is still on the client.
> > >
> > > Mark
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Frost, Dave [mailto:dave.frost AT TELEVAULTIT DOT COM]
> > > Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 8:11 AM
> > > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > > Subject: ms exchange updating winnt directory
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi *SMers
> > >
> > > We were restoring an exchange server to a point-in-time - both the
> > server
> > > itself and exchange.  While we were restoring the server, we found
>that
> > > there were no "winnt" directories for the date we wanted.
>Investigating
> > > this, we have found that if the nt server is NOT running exchange,
>then
> > > the
> > > winnt directory rarely gets updated, but if it IS running exchange,
>then
> > > the
> > > winnt directory gets updated (and hence backed up and so expired)
>every
> > > day.
> > > The files within the directory do not _appear_ change.
> > >
> > > Has anybody else seen this behaviour?  Is there a way round it aside
> > from
> > > a
> > > special dirmc with the same retentions as the exchange node itself?
> > >
> > > dave
> > > --
> > > "on a clear disk, you can seek for ever."
> > >
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