It depends. Within the backup/archive copy group within the server, you
select the copy serialization you would like: if the client encounters an
open file either:
back it up - DYNAMIC
Ignore it - STATIC
try it a few times and then back it up - SHRDYNAMIC
try it a few times and then ignore it - SHRSTATIC
However, within NT some files cannot be backed up while open. Registry
files are in this category. Outlook PST files are the same. So the TSM
parameter may or may not help.
St. Bernard has a package that will allow you to backup files that are open,
even PST files. The question then becomes "can you restore a file that was
backed up while open?" That you get to test.
Kelly J. Lipp
Storage Solutions Specialists, Inc.
PO Box 51313
Colorado Springs CO 80949-1313
(719) 531-5926
Fax: (719) 260-5991
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.storsol.com
www.storserver.com
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
Daniel Swan/TM
Sent: Monday, August 14, 2000 12:15 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Backing up open files under NT?
I'm a fairly new ADSM admin with a Unix background, and the NT team has been
insisting that ADSM doesn't backup
open files, and that an add-on product is required to do so. This seems
quite odd to me, but perhaps they know something I don't.
OTOH, perhaps they have confused open files for running databases.
How does ADSM handle open files under NT?
