Windows file archive bit

Monday, September 30, AM. We use Veritas ExecBackup. It uses Archive Bit. Will read about USN. Veritas confirmed that at the moment this is the normal behavior of the backup system because of the fact that the Archive bit does not change in subfolders.

At the moment, there is no solution. Sunday, October 27, AM. Hi, The Archive A attribute is normally set automatically when a file is either saved or edited , this way backup software can use this to tell that a file needs to be backed up and they would then clear it automatically after doing so. Monday, September 30, PM. If you want to manually change it, you can do it with the help of the attrib commands I need to change it automatically to let a Backup Application to make a copy of all content of the renamed folder.

Is it possible? The problem is, when we get a restore request from a user, in a Backup App I see the empty folder only without any files. And of course a user doesn't remember the previous name of the folder if it was renamed many weeks ago. Fortunately we use DatAdvantage to track such changes, but it doesn't help always If your product offers the option to use mtime, it would probably be a more reliable way of backing up your data. If your product can't use anything but the archive bit, perhaps you should show your vendor this article.

Here are the latest Insider stories. More Insider Sign Out. Sign In Register. Sign Out Sign In Register. Latest Insider. Check out the latest Insider stories here. More from the IDG Network. Related: Data Center. The "A" attribute still remains and hasn t been cleared up. Avamar will clear up the archive bit of the files after the backup completes, only when the avtar flag " --resetarchive " is set up.

In order to set up an avtar flag: 1. Create an avtar. Edit the file and add the line: --resetarchive 3. Save and close the file. After the next backup run, the archive bit will be reset.