Since you are running a UNIX machine, I would recommend using a CRON script
to do the backup of the weekly files.  Here is how I would do it.....

1.  Set up the management classes as you already have, but with this addition
on the weekly management class set the copy frequency to 9999.  This will
prevent regular incremental backups from being don one these files.

2.  Update the Include/exclude list to apply the weekly MC to the file
systems you want.... for example:

     Include /var/.../* weekly

3.  Set up a regular ADSM daily schedule for the machine.  (Assumption is
that the "daily" MC is the default MC for the machine.

4.  Set up an appropriate CRON script, with specific DSMC backup commands.
If you are running a V3 client, you can use the Incremental command:

     DSMC Incremental /var -subdir=yes etc.

If you are still running V2, you have to run the Selective command.  This is
not as good, since it will be a full backup of the file system specified,
rather than the incremental you want.

     DSMC Selective /var/* -subdir=yes etc.

Hope this helps.  If you have other questions, let me know.

Jerry Lawson
jlawson AT thehartford DOT com


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Author:  owner-adsm-l (INTERNET.OWNERAD) at SNADGATE
Date:    4/15/98 10:33 PM


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Hi All
Hi All

    I would like to accomplish the following:

    o I want certain filespaces on Unix machines, such as /,/var and /opt to be
backed up incrementally every week and would like to retain no more than 2
copies of the files. (I know this is silly and overkill....)

    o I want /home and a bunch of other filesystems to be backed up
incrementally every day with 14 copies of the files retained.

    o I have created two separate schedules - Daily and Weekly and have
associated the nodes with both of them. I have used the objects field to specify

which file systems are to be backed up in each of these schedules.

     o I also have created two management classes within the Standard policy
domain, one for Daily (14 versions) and one for Weekly (2 versions).

    o I am lost as to how to connect the daily schedule to the daily management
class and weekly to weekly management class.

    Any help is appreciated.

Ravi


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