BeanDip Posted July 7, 2004 Report Share Posted July 7, 2004 We have Retrospect 6.5 Multi-Server and we backup a remote NAS device running Windows 2000 that serves files to PC and Macintosh users. The Macintosh users brought a problem to my attention. Whenever the backup runs it changes the Modified attribute on the files they use with the current time and date that Retrospect backups the file. They cannot see when a file was actually last modified. It this the correct behavior? It there a way to make it leave the modified date alone? Thanks, Brett Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted July 13, 2004 Report Share Posted July 13, 2004 Hi Does this also happen for windows files or just Mac? It sounds like the NAS is showing the file access date as the modify date. Try this: Without opening it copy a mac file from the NAS to your Windows desktop. Then check the modify date of the source file on the NAS from a mac. Does the modify time change? Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeanDip Posted July 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2004 I tried this and the modified date did not change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natew Posted July 22, 2004 Report Share Posted July 22, 2004 Hmmmmmm Just to clarify, every single mac file on the NAS has the same modify date after the backup is run? Or does this just happen on some files? When you backup via Retrospect client it reads all the files on the NAS as native windows files. Resource forks get backed up in seperate files that are managed by the OS on the NAS. Retrospect does not change any attributes or modify the files in any way. Are you backing up via Retrospect client or filesharing? Thanks Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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