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ca_backup - Volume Options

When you select a volume object to be backed up, you can set volume level options and filters to be applied and display volume-related information.

The ca_backup command includes the following volume options:

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[-volscan | -volcompare]
[-volgroomdisable]
[-volsessionpw <session password>]
[-volencryption <encryption key>]
[-volcompression]
[-filter <volume filters>]

(for UNIX only)
[-priority <priority level>]

• -volscan

  Verifies the integrity of the file-system (volume) backup. Scans the backup media and checks the header of each file. If the header is readable, the data is assumed to be reliable.

• -volcompare

  Verifies the integrity of the file-system (volume) backup. Reads blocks of data from the backup media and compares the data byte for byte against the source files on the source machine.

• -volgroomdisable

  Disables the volume groom option.

  Note: This option applies to NetWare only.

• -volsessionpw <session password>

  Applies a session password to the session on tape containing the filesystem (volume) backed up.

  To restore a session that was backed up using this option, you must use the ca_restore -tapesessionpw option to execute the restore job.

• -volencryption <encryption key>

  Encrypts files before the backup. To restore the encrypted files in this session, the password must be provided.

• -volcompression

  Compresses files before the backup, for this file system (volume) only.

• -filter <volume filters>

  Applies filters at the volume level (to a specific filesystem). The position of the -filter switch in the ca_backup command determines the filter level applied.

• -priority <priority level>

  Assigns a backup priority to the Nodes/Volumes in a job. Priority level ranges from 1 (highest priority) to 255 (lowest priority).

  Note: This option applies to UNIX and Linux only.