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Is it possible to do a file level backup of an Integrated Windows
Server from the iSeries using the Save While Active Feature?

What part of the "while active" feature are you looking for. If you're
looking to backup files while they're open by an application be _very_
careful. Open file backups are very difficult to get right. Most PC
applications don't expect their file to be backed up while it's open.
Take a very simple example, a text file. When you save the text file the
process is basically:

1) Clear file
2) Write byte
3) Repeat #2 until out of bytes
4) Close file.

Now, what happens if you pull a backup of that file when it's 1/2 done
writing bytes? Is that a valid backup? And that's a simple file type.
What about something complex like a word document, or even a access mdb
file?

-Walden


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