[Info-vax] Need help mounting shadow set
Richard B. Gilbert
rgilbert88 at comcast.net
Wed Oct 7 22:58:06 EDT 2009
JF Mezei wrote:
> Tom Adams wrote:
>
>> We have been using /IGNORE=NOBACKUP on all images (not on
>> incrementals) so long that I don't know why we do it or if we have a
>> good reason. Probably started before 1986 when I came to work here.
>
> Using /IGNORE=NOBACKUP ensures you make a full backup of all files. Yes,
> you waste time doing page/swap files, but you also copy files that some
> users may have marked as "nobackup".
>
> Most users think of /NOBACKUP on a file as a signal there is no need to
> back it up every night. It is not a signal that they are willing to see
> the file disapear from their directory without warning when the system
> manager needs to replace physical drives or otherwise reorganise the
> data on the disks.
A user should have no reason to use SET FILE /NOBACKUP. A user who does
must live with the consequences!
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