I forget to say that you must use the same policy. every time  you use a new 
policy the backup is full.


>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: Paul Keating <pkeating AT bank-banque-canada DOT ca>
>  Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] tricking netbackup
>  Sent: 23 Nov '05 12:57
>  
>  Doesn't appear to have worked.
>  :o\
>  
>  Backup ran last night and the incremental grabbed everything.....or was
>  grabbing everything untill the point where the operators killed it.
>  (strict policy against backups running during business hours.)
>  
>  Paul
>  
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: Paul Keating
>  > Sent: November 22, 2005 11:52 AM
>  > To: 'Ed Wilts'
>  > Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>  > Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] tricking netbackup
>  >
>  >
>  > On the suggestion of another list member, I tried something
>  > on my lab server.
>  >
>  > I renamed a random test client to a new name
>  > Then I did a cp -R of
>  > /usr/openv/netbackup/db/oldclient to
>  > /usr/openv/netbackup/db/newclient
>  >
>  > I didn't bounce daemons, or anything else......
>  >
>  > Ran a diff backup of newclient, and it came out looking like
>  > another diff of oldclient.
>  >
>  > When I tried to do a restore, I browsed newclient and saw the
>  > image of the recent diff, as well as all previous diffs and
>  > fulls of oldclient.
>  >
>  > Anyone else tried this?
>  >
>  > (a lot of my clients don't have a STREAMS file????)
>  >
>  > > -----Original Message-----
>  > > From: Ed Wilts [mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org]
>  > > Sent: November 22, 2005 10:50 AM
>  > > To: Paul Keating
>  > > Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
>  > > Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] tricking netbackup
>  > >
>  > >
>  > > On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 08:33:48AM -0500, Paul Keating wrote:
>  > > > On Friday night it had a full backup, and on Sunday the data was
>  > > > migrated to SAN attached disk on a different, but same
>  > configuration
>  > > > server.
>  > > >  
>  > > > is there any way to make Netbackup think that the "server1"
>  > > that had the
>  > > > full on Friday night is the same machine as "server1san"?
>  > > > The data is the same, and the system config is the same,
>  > > just the system
>  > > > name, and where the physical data is located has chaged
>  > (though the
>  > > > directory structure and drive letter is the same.)
>  > >
>  > > I'm guessing (but have not verified) that the following might work:
>  > >
>  > > - shut down NetBackup
>  > > - edit the STREAMS file for server1san and include the full
>  > > backup entry
>  > >   from server1
>  > > - start NetBackup
>  > >
>  > > If you try this and it works, please let me know.
>  > >
>  > >         .../Ed
>  > > --
>  > > Ed Wilts, Mounds View, MN, USA
>  > > mailto:ewilts AT ewilts DOT org
>  > >
>  >
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