How about this. Check the session end summaries for each node, the one that says, "Number of objects expired." (ANE4970I) If it's not zero, then you know it's a full incremental that is expiring objects. If it is zero, well, that doesn't tell you too much, but you can watch it for a while. There aren't too many servers where no one deletes anything over a period of weeks. If it is always zero, delete or rename a file on that server. If the next backup says expired=0, then there you go.
Alex Paschal Storage Administrator Freightliner, LLC (503) 745-6850 phone/vmail -----Original Message----- From: Andy Raibeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, August 09, 2002 12:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Incremental Backup (full/partial) Hi Ken, There is no way (at least none that comes to mind at this time) from an administrative standpoint to determine this. Partial incremental is also known as "incremental by date". To use this kind of incremental backup, the -incrbydate option would have to be passed to the client. For example: dsmc incremental -incrbydate You an also pass it through a schedule defined on the server, like this: define schedule standard mysched options="-incrbydate" .... (If you have -incrbydate in the schedule definition, then you would know it). When a regular incremental backup is run, the client output will show when it is starting the backup for each volume like this: Incremental backup of volume 'C:' When incremental by date ("partial") is run, the message will look like this: Incremental by Date of volume 'C:' Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (change eye to i to reply) The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. KEN HORACEK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 08/09/2002 10:36 Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: Incremental Backup (full/partial) Hi fellow listers, So here I am, "Reading the Fine Manual", and it sez; an Incremental Backup can either be "full" or "partial".. How can I tell if my backup(s) are requesting a "full" or "partial" backup? Ken [EMAIL PROTECTED]
