I too have been waiting to see if anyone answers this question. I have
been unable to make our ADSM client software exclude anything at all.

Our backups  have had to be done manually for months now, because nobody
can show me how to make the Include/Exclude options work right.

I won't include a copy of my incl_excl file because I have tried so
many variations (every one that I or anyone that I have consulted with
could think of), but if anyone has any useful information about this
problem, I would love to see it.

>
> Did anyone ever respond to this previously posted situation below?
>
> Similarly, I am trying to have the backup skip a whole
> directory and all sub dirs in that directory and all the
> files too.
>
> I have this statement in my incl_excl.dsm file:
>
> exclude /rootdir/subdir/.../*
>
> yet all the subdirs under /root/subdir get backed up even though none of the 
> files do.
>
> There are thousands of sub dirs under here which I don't want backed up!!
>
> Anyone have an exlude statement which will stop this kind unwanted backup?
>
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Sean
>
>
> >
> > if I define
> >
> > DOMAIN: C:
> >
> > exclude c:\...\*.*
> > exclude c:\....\*
> > include c:\user\*
> > include c:\user\*.*
> >
> > adsm only does a backup of the directory/files under "c:\user\" directory
> > but saves the directory structure for the rest of the c drive.
> > I have a lot of os2/nt clients with 100-200meg "user directory" and
> > the rest of a 1gig drive for OS and other utilities/apps I don't want to
> > backup.
> >
> > Why does adsm waste time saving the directory structure for the excluded
> > directories? In most cases it atleast doubles the time it takes to backup.
> >
> > Am I missing something in the configuration files or is adsm working
> > as designed? If it is working as designed what is the logic behind saving
> > the directory structure for something you don't care to backup?
> >
> > Thanks in Advance,
> > ---Anjan.
> >
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