Yes, you can use a client option set to configure this option. 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] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html 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 10/30/2006 11:31:07 AM: > I was hoping I could set 'PRESERVELASTACCESSDATE YES' at the server > level like in a client option set, but I don't think I can. > > Do you know of an easy way to update 2500 clients without logging on to > each one and updating the dsm.opt or inclexcl.def? > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Andrew Raibeck > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 1:27 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: TSM altering Windows access time? > > Access time is not modification time. Access time means the last time > someone touched a file. For example, if you use Windows Explorer to view > a file's properties, the access time will automatically be updated. This > is not something the application does explicitly, but is a function of > the file system. > > So the TSM client does not change the modification time; this just > happens implicitly because the client reads the file during backup. In > most cases, it is not an issue (technically speaking), but for HSM-like > products, it can have an impact. Hence the option I mentioned. > > > Wait, the docs say that the TSM client will do an "update" on a file > > if the "last access time" is changed between backups. > > Can you point me to where this is stated? I don't see it in the client > manual (I'm looking in chapter 4, section "Full and partial incremental > bacukp"). > > 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] > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: > http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageMan > ager.html > > 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 10/30/2006 > 11:08:29 AM: > > > So the TSM backup client ~does~ change the last access time??!?!? > > That's not what I have been telling folks.... > > > > > > Wait, the docs say that the TSM client will do an "update" on a file > > if the "last access time" is changed between backups. If the TSM > > client itself is changing the last access time, wouldn't that mean > > that every night the TSM server would "update" every file on the host > > because it is changing the last access time every time it runs? > > > > I've looked around on various hosts and can see there are old files > > > that have backups run on them every night but have access times that > > are 4 years old. > > > > Can you explain a little better the conditions that TSM will change > > > the "last access time"? > > > > Is it updated perhaps every time that the TSM has to actually > > backup the file because it has changed? In that case should I expect > > to see the "modification time" and the "access time" on a changed file > > > be up to 1 day apart if the TSM backups run once a day on the host? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Ben > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > > Of Andrew Raibeck > > Sent: Monday, October 30, 2006 10:47 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: TSM altering Windows access time? > > > > See the PRESERVELASTACCESSDATE client option. > > > > 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] > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: > > http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageM > > an > > ager.html > > > > 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 10/30/2006 > > 10:03:59 AM: > > > > > I'm being told by various vendors that the TSM backup client on > > > Windows causes problems with their ILM products, the ones that move > > > > older, unaccessed data to cheaper storage. > > > > > > They are saying that the TSM backup client will alter the last > > > access date, making it look like the file is being access when it's > > > only being backed up. > > > > > > Has anyone seen this? I'm not sure if they are saying that the > > > TSM client does this on the first full backup or on the subsequent > > > incrementals. > > > > > > I am going to do some testing to see what I can see, but was > > > wondering if anyone has seen this behavior... > > > > > > Ben
