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The Question is:

 
We are running OpenVMS V6.2 1H3.
 
When using the backup command with the /record qualifier, on certain
directories, the files are not marked "backed up", i.e. the /record
qualifier doesn't seem to stick.
 
For example:
BACK/RECORD DKA400:[AXP*...]*.*;* NL:MISC.BCK/SAV
   -works on some of the subdirectories but not others.
 
Any comments?

The Answer is :

 
  Apply the current BACKUP ECO kit, then -- if the problem persists after
  the ECO application -- please contact the support center directly.
 
  Depending on what is occuring with the files when the record date "does
  not stick", this may be expected behaviour -- BACKUP was made rather more
  conservative at V6.2, to ensure that incremental BACKUP operations would
  correctly restore all cases.  Prior to this change, certain directory
  operations could preclude an incremental restore.
 
  Changes have been made in recent BACKUP ECO kits and BACKUP versions to
  selectively provide the older BACKUP behaviour when explicitly requested,
  via the use of the /NOINCREMENTAL qualifier.
 

  
     
     answer written or last revised on ( 30-SEP-1999 )
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