Symbolic Links to Files or Directories
For symbolic (soft) links, include the file path to the source file in your list in order to back up the actual data. If a file is a symbolic link to another file, NetBackup backs up only the link, not the file to which the link points. This prevents multiple backups of the source file.
Because symbolic links are restored only as a symbolic link to the source file, you must restore the source file along with the link in order to get the data.
Note
If NetBackup restores a symbolic link as root, it changes the owner and group back to the original owner and group. When NetBackup restores a UNIX symbolic link as a nonroot user, it sets the owner and group for symbolic links to the owner and group of the person doing the restore. This does not cause problems because when the UNIX system checks permissions, it uses the owner and group of the file to which the symbolic link points.
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