Hi, I think it's because the archive description is the same (the default is "Archive Date: mm/dd/yyyy") With the same archive description, the directory can not be copied again because it can affect already archived data. Can you try to use a unique description when you run second archive? Efim
> 16 апр. 2018 г., в 16:47, Loon, Eric van (ITOPT3) - KLM > <eric-van.l...@klm.com> написал(а): > > Hi guys, > I noticed something unexpected with creating archives. Let me explain what I > did: > > 1) Under root in the homedir I created a directory called test with two > subdirs (test1 and test2) and one file (testfile). > > 2) The directory test and everything in it is owned by a non-root > account in Linux. > When I create an archive with dsmc ar /root/test/ -subdir=yes I notice that > everything is archived as expected: > > Directory--> 4,096 /root/test [Sent] > Normal File--> 1,032 /root/test/testfile [Sent] > Directory--> 4,096 /root/test/test1 [Sent] > Directory--> 4,096 /root/test/test2 [Sent] > Archive processing of '/root/test/*' finished without failure. > > Then I issued the same command again. This time the output is not the same: > > Normal File--> 1,032 /root/test/testfile [Sent] > Archive processing of '/root/test/*' finished without failure. > > Only the file is archived, not the directory itself, nor the subdirectories. > Not a big issue you might think, but it can be when you retrieve the whole > tree. When the first archive is made yesterday and the second one today, the > result of a retrieve will be different. A retrieve with > -fromdate="04/15/2018" will retrieve the file and subdirs with the original > (non-root) owner. A retrieve with -fromdate="04/16/2018" however will > retrieve the file with the non-root owner and it will recreate the /root/test > directory with root as owner. Since the subdirs are not archived on the 16th, > they are not being retrieved at all. > I cannot understand why the (sub)directories are not being archived during > the second archive command. > Kind regards, > Eric van Loon > Air France/KLM Storage Engineering > > ******************************************************** > For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: > http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential > and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the > addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may > be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to > this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you > have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by > return e-mail, and delete this message. > > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its > employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of > this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. > Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch > Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered > number 33014286 > ********************************************************