Re: what determines a file's eligibility for backup?

Subject:	Re: what determines a file's eligibility for backup?
From:	Richard Sims <rbs AT BU DOT EDU>
To:	ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date:	Wed, 25 Jun 2003 11:59:42 -0400

>For files on a windows system, what does TSM look at to determine if a file has
>been modified and therefore eligible to be backed up again?  Is it only the
>modified date?  I know I've had problems before with the sys admins doing
>recursive permissions changes on directories that causes all the files to be
>backed up again, but I don't know if that touches the modified date or not.

In the 5.2 Windows client manual, generally search on "modified".
In particular, see:
 - "Understanding which files are backed up" on p.50
 - "Copy mode" on p.124
 - "Resetarchiveattribute" on p.267

Richard Sims, BU

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