NDMP Backup not clearing archive bit
Hi all,
I am doing full backups of multiple cifs via NDMP. The backup works perfectly fine and if i go into the restore tab all the files are there. I have double checked the policy and it has a "Full backup" as it type. The SAN being backed up is a netapp FAS.
When i browse the directories via windows and check the properties of the files that have just been backed up they still show the archive bit as being turned on. I need it to be turned off as it should with any full backup. Hopefully this is just something small that i am missing.
Cheers,
Bob
Hello,
The archive bit is a Windows specific file attribute and is not used by the NetApp filer. NDMP backups are performed using ndmpd process on the NetApp filer which uses its own method of determining which files to backup.
If you want to clear the archive bits on backup, you will need to mount the folders as network drives on a Windows client and back them up using a Windows policy.
Alexander Harris