Rikk, Are you observing this behavior? When NetWare is restoring files which do not have a supporting directory structure, a temporary directory entry (i.e., no trustee information) is created by Novell's backup API; when the directory entries do come from the server at a later time they are restored over the temporary directory entry; the end result is that the files and directories are restored fully and correctly regardless of their ordering from the server. If you are not seeing this behavior, I would suggest talking to the service organization.
Thanks, Jim J.P. (Jim) Smith TSM Client Development >>> We currently backup 12 Netware servers nightly, I also now need to backup the directory structure as a seperate backup job. The reason for this is that in a DR when you do a complete restore of a Netware server if TSM attempts to restore a file before the dir for it has been restored it skips the file, so the idea is to backup the dir's seperatly then come DR to restore all the dir's then do a normal restore over it. What I need to know is how would I got about backing up just dirs to a seperate pool? Thanks in advance. ..........Rikk > iTNET > Rikk Cahill > 3rd Line Server Support > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Equitas London 0207-342-2358 > > **************************************************************************************************** Equitas Limited, 33 St Mary Axe, London EC3A 8LL, UK NOTICE: This message is intended only for use by the named addressee and may contain privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, copy or take any action in reliance on it. If you have received this message in error please notify [EMAIL PROTECTED] and delete the message and any attachments accompanying it immediately. Equitas reserve the right to monitor and/or record emails, (including the contents thereof) sent and received via its network for any lawful business purpose to the extent permitted by applicable law Registered in England: Registered no. 3173352 Registered address above ****************************************************************************************************