What happens to the archive bits if backups fails
Created: 04 Oct 2012 | Updated: 08 Oct 2012 | 6 comments
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Hi All,
What really happens if an incremental jobs fails inbetween during the backup job.
Suppose i have 100 files and i have backed up till 50th file and after backup got failed. So will the archive bits will reset back to "A" for all the 100 files or it won't reset.
If it wont reset then we will be loosing 50 % of the files. Is this correct or wrong can anybody explain it .
Regards,
Rajesh
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Archive bits are only cleared after completion of successful backup.
Default parameter in Client Host Properties is to 'Wait time before clearing archive bit' = 300 sec.
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Thanks for the info Maianne ,
suppose if a backup failed for a client due to network connectivity and if the client connection established after an hour then archive bits will be in cleared state ( Archive bits will be removed) if we didnt change the default parameter ?
If the backup fails, then the archive bits stay as they were. IF the connection is good again in an hour and you re-run the job and it's successful then the archive bits are cleared WHEN THE JOBS IS SUCCESSFUL!
Thanks Marianne and Revaroo for all the info.
Regards,
Rajesh
No problem, would you be so kind as to mark Mariannes first post as the solution? Thanks.
Please mark solution if your query has been answered?
Supporting Storage Foundation and VCS on Unix and Windows as well as NetBackup on Unix and Windows
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