Change journal configurable file types

The change journal contains records of changes to files on a particular volume. There are two types of data changes that do not modify file content but are tracked by the journal:

     Auxiliary Data Change – An operation adds a private data stream to a file or directory.  An example might be a virus detector adding checksum information. As the virus detector modifies the item, the system generates change journal records. This type of file change indicates that the modifications did not change the application data.

     Basic Information Change – A user has changed one or more file or directory attributes (i.e. read-only, hidden, system, archive, or sparse), or one or more time stamps.

When the agent encounters an ‘Auxiliary Data Change’ record, the default behavior is to ignore it and not include the file in the backup.

When the agent encounters a ‘Basic Information Change’ record, the default behavior is to include the modified file in the backup.  

In both cases, if the default behavior is not the desired behavior, modify the master.ini file to override the existing settings:

ChgJournalBackupAuxChg=1
Adding this entry forces the agent to include files in the backup when an ‘Auxiliary Data Change’ is found.   

ChgJournalBackupPropChg=0
Adding this entry forces the agent to ignore files whose only change was a property change.