Does NetBackup follow sym and hard links?

Thanks for your replies.  I did some testing on this in a lab and what NetBackup does depends on the type of link:

 

Soft link or Windows Shortcuts:

These are backed up as files.  NetBackup does not follow the link therefore, the destination where the link points to is not backed up as part of the link.  So data only gets backed up once.

 

Hard links or Windows linkd:

Directories:

NetBackup follows the link and backs up the directory each time it finds a link.  Thus the directory will be backed up multiple times.

 

Files:

NetBackup will follow the first link it finds.  Subsequent links are backed up as links to the first.  This ensures that the file is only backed up once, but does mean that all of the links must be restored at the same time otherwise anomalies ocurr.

 

Richard.