"Andrew Raibeck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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03/14/2008 11:45 AM
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Re: Archive bit: Differential Backups
The client does not use the archive bit
The client does not use the archive bit for backup, but it can reset the
archive bit after backing up the file (see the RESETARCHIVEATTRIBUTE
option).
The client manual describes by what criteria TSM's progressive incremental
backup methodology considers a file changed. See chapter 4, section "Ful
It CAN use the archive bit if its configured to (at least one of the
clients I installed recently had that option in a 5.3.5 client), but
most folks do not turn that on. I'm talking a Windows client that is.
Now, exactly how it determines a file has changed, I'm not exactly sure
about but I think
