archive bit

[Artie_Motamed]

Hi, I was just wondering how Veritas handles the archive bit. Here are a couple questions:

1) If I'm doing a full backup of a folder that contains folders and files does it set the archive bit on everything and then clear the archive bit as it goes through?

2) Does cancelling a job affect the archive bits of files not backed up?

Thanks,
Artie

[priya_khire]

Hello,

Yes the full backup will backup all the data on the volume and reset the archive bit to indicate the the files have been backed up. Cancelling a job will cancel the job altogether and will thus not affect the archive bits. For further information you can refer to page 254-255 of the administrator's manual. You can get the manual at the following link:

http://support.veritas.com/docs/266190

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