Query backup reports the stubs as reported by the Windows file system - IE - full size.
-Tom -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Thomas Denier Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 12:42 PM To: ADSM-L@vm.marist.edu Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] -----Tom Melton wrote: ----- >I have an issue I need to find a solution for. We use EMC's >Diskxtender on two Windows servers. At some point in the past a >Diskxtender option was changed that had detrimental effect on >backups..TSM started backing up Diskxtender stub files instead of the >actual files. That option has been corrected, but I need to find out >what files exist on TSM that are stubs. I cannot simply re-backup >all the data as it would all have to be "recalled" from Diskxtender >and we are talking about many terabytes of data. > >I tried doing queries from the client (QUERY BACKUP) and then >comparing the dates backed up versus the create/mod date, but that >does not help because Robocopy has been used to populate some of the >filesystems and the create/mod dates were copied and not updated. >Thus my TSM backup date is nowhere near either of those dates as it >would normally be. QUERY BACKUP also reports file sizes. I would expect the stub files to be smaller than the real files they are standing in for. This e-mail message (including any attachments) is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this message (including any attachments) is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please contact the sender by reply e-mail message and destroy all copies of the original message (including attachments).
