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Those are you ARCSERVE RAMIA or VLDB database files. If you delete them you will lose all history information. csconner Backups, Arcserve, anti-virus, W2K, WinNT

Ok great, I will proceed to check this out and adjust as necessary. csconner Backups, Arcserve, anti-virus, W2K, WinNT

We use Command Software CSAV v.4.64.3 on our customer systems: servers (NT, 2000) and desktops (win9x, nt and 2000) It seems to provide good protection, the update process is good (when it works correctly) and they are timely with definition file updates. Customer selected product (low cost)...

geekgirl, thanks for the response. I understand your views on arcserve lack of consistency and the less than (at times) desireable responses from tech support. I'm lucky when it comes to tech support, we are an enterprise customer so seem to get the better techs from Islandia NY. As for the...

Just inset the cleaning tape, let it run thru it's cycle and remove, the drive will sense it's a cleaning tape, you do not need to do anything in ARCSERVE. csconner Backups, Arcserve, anti-virus, W2K, WinNT

Very interesting thread... I've experienced similar issues. I will review our settings, off the top of my head I think are nic's a generall set to AUTO. I will have to check the switch settings with the network team. Just to ensure I have my facts straight, the preferred config is to specify...

Interesting issues.. So what your saying is I can expect more issues to crop up with SP4? I just applied SP4 to Arcserve2000 last night at the recommendation of enterprise support (plus qo19666, qo020824, qo020711) to deal with a job hanging at the endof system state backup of the Arcserve...

Yes you can do both with in one backup job. Modify your current job, go to the scheudle tab, select use rotation scheme, in the scheme name field (drop down box) select 5-day weekly differntial backup, full backup on Friday. down below in the daily scheudle window highlight the day of the week...

Jim, Thank you for the link to your documentation. I will review it. What I was looking for was more user perspective. I was hoping to hear some feedback from folks that had upgraded from Arcserve2000 to Brightstor. Currently I backup approximately 35 servers (combination of Win2000, WIN NT...

Excellent question! I to have wondered if the benfits out weigh any drawbacks. When we upgraded from 6.61 to 2000 we encountered a number of problems and issues that took quite awhile to work thru. I'm leery the same would be true with Brightstor. csconner Backups, Arcserve, anti-virus, W2K, WinNT