Permissions only backup sets
About Permissions only backup sets
Use this backup set kind to back up only the permissions of the selected item (directory or file in Windows DS-Clients; directory only in Linux / Mac DS-Clients). It reduces the backup time (since this will not backup the actual files). You can select more than one backup item. A separate dump file is saved for each backup item you select.
When an online File system backup set is performed, the files are saved with the current permissions and attributes. If the permissions or attributes are changed but the content of the files remains the same, DS-Client will not backup the changes to DS-System.
NOTE: Modifications to the Encrypt attribute are detected by online File system backup sets. Modifications to attributes like Compress, Read-Only, Hidden, Archive, Index can be detected (and backed up) only by using a Permissions only backup set.
To save the last permissions and attributes for your files, create a Permissions only backup set.