Re: Cloning clients / retaining existing backups

2007-02-14 Thread Thomas Denier
-Zoltan Forray wrote: - >What are the factors that determine if a file/filesystem is "new" vs >"already there - this is just a new backup". > >Given the following scenario: > >1. Box "A" has existing backups. >2. Create a clone of box "A" - call it "B" . "B" is identical in >*EVERY* way a

Cloning clients / retaining existing backups

2007-02-14 Thread Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU
What are the factors that determine if a file/filesystem is "new" vs "already there - this is just a new backup". Given the following scenario: 1. Box "A" has existing backups. 2. Create a clone of box "A" - call it "B" . "B" is identical in *EVERY* way as far as the filesystem/OS is concerned