> I'm having an odd problem. I have a client that I recently upgraded to 
NW 
> client 8.0.2. Now, it seems that every Windows client I upgrade to NW 
8.x 
> needs to have 
> 
> save -a "ignore-all-missing-system-files=yes"
> 
> In the "backup command" entry in NMC, otherwise the ALL saveset fails 
with 
> "the system can not find the path specified". Tech Support recommended 
> this work-around, and it works fine. If I don't, then every Windows 2008 

> ALL backup with client 8.x fails. (the part that fails is either 
> DISASTER_RECOVERY: or one of the VSS savesets). And it's always a 
> different file - usually it's one of the .inf files, but not always. 
It's 
> always an error with the "shadow copy path".
> 
> Anyway, until I can figure out why every backup fails without that 
> setting, I have one client that is using the backup command "savepnpc". 
> (we need to run a script that stops specific services before backup and 
> then restarts them, upon completion. It's EMC's SourceOne mail archiving 

> system).


type: savepnpc;
precmd: "C:\\PHA_Sc~1\\SuspendSourceOne.CMD";
pstcmd: "C:\\PHA_Sc~1\\ResumeSourceOne.CMD";
# timeout: "12:00:00";
abort precmd with group: No;

> So how can I use both entries?  I don't have another client that 
requires 
> a "savepnpc", so it's not easy for me to test; I can't use this 
production 
> system to test changes to the NW backup :-).  I don't see any save 
command 
> in my .res file - I only have a "precmd" and "postcmd" entry, that 
points 
> to the scripts that stop and start the services. There is no "save" 
> command listed in the .res file. And the Administratio Guide says:
> 
> The save command should not be specified in the group-name.res file. The 

> savepnpc
> program will automatically invoke the save command and back up the save 
> sets
> specified in the Save set attribute for the client.
> 
> But I need a specialized save command, with that option. So how can I 
have 
> both a savepnpc and the specialized save command?


Do I need to create a new script, and use it to save, and not use the 
"savepnpc"?
i.e.

"C:\\PHA_Sc~1\\SuspendSourceOne.CMD";
C:\Program~1\Legato\nsr\bin\save -a "ignore-all-missing-system-files=yes"
"C:\\PHA_Sc~1\\ResumeSourceOne.CMD";