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DavidO
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 Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 3:17 am Post subject: Backup Mirror Source to Target |
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Is it possible to maintain the original source file attributes when using backup/mirror to target? Specifically I am refering to timestamp created and modified dates on the target. I need to maintain the source timestamp.
I am using a file filter to select files older than a specific date. It seems the files are selected from the source properly and are copeid to the target successfully. However, all files copied to the target receive the current date/time attributes/timestamps.
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DavidO
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:23 pm Post subject: Backup Mirror to Source |
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| Drive type is SAS Raid 5, 750 Gb Partition, NTFS format. |
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DavidO
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| Posted: Thu Sep 11, 2008 12:49 pm Post subject: Backup Mirror Source to Target |
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Just downloaded and purchased server license yesterday. I would assume that it is the latest you have available on your site.
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DavidO
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| Posted: Sun Sep 14, 2008 3:24 am Post subject: Backup Mirror Source to Target |
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Not much help on this Forum. 
Solved the problem myself. Looks like a bug in the software with UNC. |
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DavidO
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It works with target as UNC but sets the destination file attributes to current date/time. Using a mapped drive as target/destination it will retain the source file attributes as expected.
Unless the dates are manually verified by the user, they will not know that they have lost the original create/modified timestamps in the destination copy leaving them with no way to identify the age or possibly the version of a file. This also might wreak havoc with single instance storage (SIS).
A warning should have been generated advising of the attribute reset or this behavior should have been documented somewhere. If it is documented, I did not find it.
This issue caused a two day delay in a crucial deployment of a new server |
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| Quote: | | This issue caused a two day delay in a crucial deployment of a new server |
I am sorry about that.  This issue must be releated to the drive / connection you are using, we cannot reproduce this problem with other UNC paths we tested...
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