>A user asked me this question today and I don't have an answer.  We have
>just switched over all users from our old system to a new system and she
>is moving files from the old nfs server to the new nfs server.  She wants
>the files that she is moving over to maintain the create/modify date.
>Many of the files that she is moving will overwrite existing files with
>the same name.  So the question is, what will tsm do if the file has a
>create date that is older than the file that was previously there.

Don - Each client manual explains the rules for Backup candidacy, which
      your user can refer to.  And what happens depends upon the type
of backup you perform.

You did not say what kind of client; but whereas you indicate NFS, it
is likely Unix.  If it's Unix, a technical point, to avoid confusion on
the part of the user: Unix does not track file creation date...just
modification and reference dates.

  Richard Sims, BU