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ca_backup Advanced Options

The ca_backup command includes the following advanced global options:

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[-skipdirandvol | -traversedirandvol]
[-bkmountpt]
[-preserve_hardlink]

[-dr_partialnodeinfo]
[-dr_includefiltered]

[-sql_norotation]
[-sql_nopartialupdate]

• -skipdirandvol

  Specifies to skip the directory junctions and volume mount points. Including this option causes the backup job to not back up the directory or volume being referred to by the directory junction or volume mount point, respectively. Therefore, at the time of restore, you cannot restore a file or directory that is contained in the referred to directory or volume.

  Note: This option is only supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 operating systems.

• -traversedirandvol

  Specifies to traverse the directory junctions and volume mount points. Including this option causes the backup job to traverse the specified directory or volume and take a backup of it. At the time of restore of this session, you can restore files and directories contained in the referred to volume or directory. When this option is not included, the backup job does not back up the volume or the directory being referred to by the volume mount point or the directory junction respectively. Therefore, at the time of restore, you cannot restore a file or directory contained in the referred to volume or directory.

• -bkmountpt

  Backup mount points as part of the volume that they are mounted on. Including this option causes the volumes referred to by the Volume Mount Points to be backed up as part of the same session as the Volume Mount Points. When this option is not included, the volumes referred to by the Volume Mount Points are backed up as separate sessions.

  Note: This option is only supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 operating systems.

• -preserve_hardlink

  Causes the hard link to be backed up, but not the file being referred to. When this option is not included, the file referred to by the hard link is backed up.

  Note: This option is only supported on Windows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows 2003 operating systems.

• -dr_partialnodeinfo

  Generates disaster recovery information for partially selected nodes. Disaster recovery information is normally generated when performing a full machine backup. However, there are special cases where you may need to keep the disaster recovery information updated but cannot perform full machine backups too often (like in a SAN shared disk environment). By including this option, you can generate or update a machine's disaster recovery information without having to back up everything on the machine.

• -dr_includefiltered

  Includes filtered sessions when generating restore session information. When generating disaster recovery information, the CA ARCserve Backup server keeps track of only the latest non-filtered backup sessions pertaining to the machine. By default, if you back up a machine using filters, the filtered backup sessions will not be used by disaster recovery when recovering the system. By including this option, you can alter the default behavior and have disaster recovery use the filtered backup sessions when recovering the system.

  This option is not included by default. When you include this option, it works at the job level. If the job contains multiple machine backups, this option will apply to all machines.

  Important! Including this option is very risky, especially for system volumes. Missing system files may lead to incomplete recovery.

• -sql_norotation

  Does not apply differential or incremental backup methods to Microsoft SQL Server databases. Include this option if you do not want CA ARCserve Backup to apply differential or incremental backup methods to Microsoft SQL Server database backups.

• -sql_nopartialupdate

  Does not automatically upgrade a Microsoft SQL Server partial backup to a full database backup if a full backup of the database is not found.