Restoring Extended Attributes or Named Data Streams

If Overwrite Existing Files is selected as a restore option in the Backup, Archive, and Restore client interface, and a file possessing extended attributes or named data streams is being restored, any existing attribute files or named data streams for that base file are replaced with the restored files.

If an attempt is made to restore:

• the extended attribute files to any non-Solaris 9 client, or
• named data streams to any non-VxFS 4.0 client,

an error message appears in the Restore Monitor, informing the user that the extended attributes or named data streams could not be restored. NetBackup then continues with the restore job.

  To disable the restore of extended attribute files and named data streams

To disable the restore of extended attribute files (on Solaris 9 clients) and named data streams (on VxFS 4.0 clients), add an empty file named IGNORE_XATTR to the client in the following directory:

/usr/openv/netbackup/

File IGNORE_XATTR was formerly known as IGNORE_XATTR_SOLARIS.