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> From: veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu 
> [mailto:veritas-bu-bounces AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu] On Behalf 
> Of Curtis Preston
> Sent: July 25, 2007 1:26 AM
> To: Conner, Neil; Justin Piszcz
> Cc: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
> Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Possible to exclude Shadow Copy 
> ComponentsfromALL_LOCAL_DRIVES?
> 
> 
> That hasn't been my experience.  If you configure a drive F: and there
> isn't an F:, you get a job that fails with "no such drive."  I don't
> like failures.

Incorrect.
If you specify F:\ a the only entry in the backup selection list and it
does not exist, you will get a status 71.
If you specify C:\, D:\ and F:\, and the system has a C and D drive, but
no F drive, you will not get a failure.

> My opinion is that ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES is a good thing, and backing up an
> extra GB or too is a small price to pay.  The risk of what 
> happens when
> you DON'T use it outweighs the value you're gaining by skipping those
> few GB.  200 clients backing up 2 extra GB = one tape ($75).  
> Big deal.
> Not having a backup for a drive you need because you forgot to include
> it?  That's a whole lot more than $75.  That could be an RPE (resume
> producing event).

If anyone is still running one of the affected MP levels, there was an
issue where netbackup would backup directory structure but no data, and
explicitly specifying the drive letters was a documented work around for
that issue.

Paul
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