ADSM-L

Re: /tmp filesystem not backing up on AIX

1996-12-03 11:01:40
Subject: Re: /tmp filesystem not backing up on AIX
From: Chester Martel <cmartel AT PEACH.FRUIT DOT COM>
Date: Tue, 3 Dec 1996 10:01:40 -0600
Philip New wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I've noticed that the /tmp filesystem is not getting backed up on our
> AIX clients (3.2.5 and 4.1).  I have a default clause in the incexc.opt
> that I would think should grab /tmp:
>
>         INclude * STANDARD
>
> But, when this didn't work a specifically added a Include statement for
> /tmp and restarted dsmc:
>
>         INclude /tmp/.../* STANDARD
>
> I'm still not getting /tmp backed up.  Is this a design "feature"
> or have I done something wrong in my setup?  This is not a big deal, but
> I can envision one of my users deleting a file they had in /tmp and
> wanting me to restore it the next day.  It looks like it's not possible.
>
> Regards,
> Phil New
>
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By default ADSM does not backup /tmp, personally I like the idea.  To
me /tmp is temporary and I tell my users that if it runs out of space
then their data is subject to get deleted with no warning.  There are
too many other places they can put data they want to keep.