Although the NTFS file system technically permits case-sensitive file names, the Windows operating system provides insufficient mechanisms for applications to distinguish between files whose names differ in casing only. As you have noticed, even the operating system facilities that come with Windows have difficulty with these kinds of files. For similar reasons, TSM is unable to manage all files whose names differ only in case.
Take a look at the most current client level (5.2.2.0 and up). The README file includes documentation on the new CASESENSITIVEAWARE option. This option does not allow TSM to manage all files whose names differ in case only, but it does make TSM "tolerate" the situation better. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. Rainer Sch�pf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 03/26/2004 07:35 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc Subject Windows Backup and mixed case filenames Hello all, we have an IBM NAS 100 Box (a W2K based server appliance) running Services for Unix 2.2 to provide NFS service for our Linux workstations. An NFS client can create two files in the same directory whose names differ only in case, eg. "makefile" and "Makefile". The NTFS on the NAS 100 can handle that. On the Windows side, I see both files, but have some problems accessing both of them: irregardless of upper/lowercase, I usually can only access the contents of one file. No surprise so far (except that the NT file replication service replicates only one file) However, it seems that the same is true for TSM: it backs up only one of these two files. I looked through the options for the TSM client, but could not find anything relevant to the problem. So, my question is: is there a way to backup NTFS where some filenames differ only in uppercase/lowercase? Maybe a newer version of the client? TSM client version: 4.2.1.20 on W2K TSM server version: 5.2.2.0 on W2K Rainer Sch�pf -------------------------------------------------------- ProteoSys AG Carl-Zeiss-Stra�e 51 55129 Mainz Dr. Rainer Sch�pf Leiter Software/Softwareentwicklung Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone: +49-(0)6131-50192-41 Fax: +49-(0)6131-50192-11 WWW: http://www.proteosys.com/ --------------------------------------------------------
