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A Backup Exec for Windows Servers Synthetic Incremental Backup Job may back up folders that were not changed.
Details:
Under the following circumstances, a Synthetic Incremental Backup job might back up folders that were not changed:
1. After removing a folder.
Example: Assume there are three folders, "aaa1", "AAA2" and "AAA3."
The folder "aaa1" would be enumerated as the last folder by Backup Exec because the first character of the name, "a" (code 0x61), has a bigger code than "A" (code 0x41).
If the folder "aaa1" is deleted before a Synthetic Incremental Backup job is run, other folders "AAA2" and "AAA3" would be backed up.
2. After adding a folder.
Example: Assume there are two folders, "AAA2" and "AAA3."
If the folder "aaa1" is added before a Synthetic Incremental Backup job is run, the other folders "AAA2" and "AAA3" would be backed up.

This issue has been resolved by applying the Hot Fix for the appropriate version listed in the Related Documents section of this article.




Supplemental Material:

System: Ref.#Description
ETrack: 580889 Synthetic Incremental Backup job backs up folders that were not changed

Products Applied:
 Backup Exec 10.0, 10.0 5484, 10.0 5484 SP1, 10.0 5484 SP2, 10.0 5484 SP3, 10.0 5484 SP4, 10.0 5520, 10.0 5520 SP1, 10.0 5520 SP2, 10d (10.1), 10d (10.1) 5629, 10d (10.1) 5629 SP1 (Fixed)
Last Updated: July 12 2006 01:27 PM GMT
Expires on: 06-19-2007
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Subjects:
 Backup Exec
   Application Basics: Backup-Restore

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Operating Systems:
Windows 2000

Advanced Server, Datacenter Server, Server

Windows Server 2003

DataCenter, Enterprise Server, Standard Server