UPDATE SUMMARY: vdump/vrestore

From: Martyn Johnson <Martyn.Johnson_at_cl.cam.ac.uk>
Date: Thu, 25 Jan 1996 16:47:07 +0000

Last year I posted about various problems with vdump/vrestore, the general
thrust being that vrestore cannot correctly restore files to the state they
were in at the time of an incremental restore.

I received information that the relevant engineering group were aware of some
problems, but that there were few customer problem reports. I was encouraged
to submit my problems through the proper channels.

I sent in a comprehensive exposition of my problems, citing 4 specific bugs.
One of these was known. The other three were escalated to engineering, and I
have been told that they will be fixed in a future release.

The QAR numbers are 42783, 42784 and 42785.

Since I firmly believe that the problems are fundamental design flaws rather
than coding errors, I fear that this is the best I could hope for.

-- 
Martyn Johnson      maj_at_cl.cam.ac.uk
University of Cambridge Computer Lab
Cambridge UK
Received on Thu Jan 25 1996 - 18:08:15 NZDT

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