Date: 08/06
Affected NV Version: 7.4.x
OS Version: Windows
Plugin version: File System
Application version: N/A
Description: File System Plugin 6.17 and higher are not fully backwards compatible with certain backup jobs, or restores from backups created using earlier versions of the
plugin. The following issues apply and should be taken into consideration:
Incompatibility with Some Older Version File System Plugin Backups - All backups made by very
old versions of the File System Plugin (i.e., from NetVault version 6.0.2 and earlier) will not be
restored by version 6.17 and later of the File System Plugin. The user will receive a log message
and the job will fail. The actual version of the File System Plugin used to create the backup to be
restored will be needed to recover this data.
Incompatibility with Existing System Settings Backups - Previous versions of File System
Plugin made it possible to conduct backups of System State components via a “System Settings”
group of selectable items. Any attempt to restore these backups with version 6.17 (or later) of File
System Plugin will fail. This is because System Settings backups with older versions of plugin are
incomplete/inconsistent and include files that should not be backed up when processing a proper
System State job. In addition to job failing, user will receive a log message in the NetVault Logs window.
Any existing backup jobs which select “System Settings” data items via a backup selection set
should be redefined after installing version 6.17 of the plugin and the new “System State” selection
item should be utilized. If these backups are not altered in this manner, they will fail when run. Please
see Chapter 17: The File System Plugin of the NetVault Administrator’s Guide (version 7.3) for more
information on properly setting up a System State backup with version 6.17 of the plugin.
Important:
Any Windows Clients that have archived tapes created by Netvault 6.0.2 or earlier may wish
to consider restoring with older version and then rebackup once upgraded to newer version.
Any Windows clients that had there System State backed up prior to File System Plugin 6.17
(Netvault 7.1.1) should re-back it up ASAP after upgrade.
If these Solutions or workarounds do not work for you then please call Technical Support
to resolve your concerns during your support hours.
Any Archived backups you have of Windows Clients
