TSM will back up the mount point (junction) and its attributes, but will not traverse into it. It will, however, treat the mounted volume as a separate file space and back it up.
For example, suppose E: is mounted under C:\somedir\mp. When TSM backs up C:, it will back up C:\somedir, any files in c:\somedir, and C:\somedir\mp. However, it will not traverse into C:\somedir\mp and back up those file. On the other hand, TSM will now treat C:\somedir\mp as a separate volume. "dsmc query options domain" will list C:\somedir\mp among the volumes in the domain (assuming it has not been excluded from the domain). If you do not want C:\somedir\mp to be part of the backup domain, then it can be excluded: domain -c:\somedir\mp 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. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 2005-06-21 04:04:45: > Hi, > > We perform weekly image backups and daily incrementals of a large > fileserver, and there are plans to expand the disk available to this > server. We've been informed that when TSM finds a new mountpoint within a > drive, TSM will perform a complete (full) incremental of the file system > before it will continue with normal progressives. > This isn't an ideal solution so I was wondering if anyone can confirm or > deny this? > > Many Thanks, > Matthew > > > > Aviva plc > Registered Office: St. Helen's, 1 Undershaft, London EC3P 3DQ > Registered in England Number 02468686 > www.aviva.com > > This message and any attachments are confidential. > If you are not the intended recipient, please telephone > or e-mail the sender and delete this message and any > attachment from your system. Also, if you are not the > intended recipient you must not copy this message or > attachment or disclose the contents to any other person.
