[Veritas-bu] User Archive Skipping Files?

[Jim H]

In my setup with windows clients and specifying a directory for the file list, 
the directory and newly added files do not get removed by the archive job.

Only the files that existed at the time the archive started get removed.

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[Veritas-bu] User Archive Skipping Files?

[spaldam]

I think it depends on your file list.  If you specify a folder, it will remove 
the folder (i.e. d:\archivefolder).  If you specify specific files, it will 
only remove the specific files (i.e. d:\archivefolder\*).

The best way to prove it is to test it...

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[Veritas-bu] User Archive Skipping Files?

[Martin, Jonathan]

I have no proof this is happening but that question has come up and I'm
going to have to prove this one way or another but I thought someone
might have an idea here.
 
We've got a "User Archive" running from a server that is basically a
script that calls:
 
bparchive -p POLICY -L C:\path\tp\logfile.txt -w -f
C:\path\to\txt\file.txt
 
The filelist above is a directory - d:\archive for example.
 
Lets say this archive job kicks off and starts writing files to tape,
and while that job is running additional files are written to the
d:\archive directory.  Will the archive pick them up / ignore them or
(dramatic music) remove the entire folder without backing up the
additions?
 
I've run archives for a while now but never pondered this.  I know if
the archive can't read a file, it suceeds with a status 1 and removes
nothing.  On the other hand, if the archive reads everything it
successds and removes the folder.  The question really is, what happens
when there is a status "0" with regards to files added after the job is
started?
 
Ideas are welcome.  I'll be testing this shortly.
 
-Jonathan
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