Hi All Again I am a little confused about how restores are handled. Here is my confusion.
We run TSM 4.2.2.12 on a Solaris 2.7 machine. So, we have a Solaris client backed up in its entirety (OS, data etc). If we lose the machine we must firstly rebuild the OS. Then, when we come to restore from the incremental backups it will find lots of files that already exist. Question 1) Does it say a file exists based purely on file name or does it only say it if a file with the same name, modification date, size etc exists? Question 2) If it is based just on the name of the file, I assume that we would want to restore over the top of it so that we know we are bringing the machine up to it's most recent state. But, will the system not crash if system files are being overwritten? There may be more questions that I need to ask here, but my knowledge is limited. If anyone can give me some pointers about these questions, I would be most greatful. Many thanks Farren Minns - TSM and Solaris System Admin - John Wiley & Sons Ltd Our Chichester based offices have amalgamated and relocated to a new address John Wiley & Sons Ltd The Atrium Southern Gate Chichester West Sussex PO19 8SQ Main phone and fax numbers remain the same: Phone +44 (0)1243 779777 Fax +44 (0)1243 775878 Direct dial numbers are unchanged Address, phone and fax nos. for all other Wiley UK locations are unchanged ******************************************************************************
