Re: ADSM - NT Files not being backed up

Just my 2 cents:

Personally I believe that backing up the recycle bin is a waste of time so I
exclude it

EXCLUDE *:\RECYCLER\...\*

The Profiles one is a matter of preference for me, but I just want to avoid
the stop errors in the NT Event log.

EXCLUDE C:\WINNT\PROFILES\...\*.DAT
EXCLUDE C:\WINNT\PROFILES\...\*.LOG

(note that you may have to change the above if your standard NT install is
different)

Something worth considering also is

INCLUDE C:\ADSM.SYS\...\*      REG_MGTMT_CLASS

We try to work towards being able to recover a server to any point in time
in the last month, however we don't want to go overboard on our extra
versions.
We therefore created a managment class to hold 30versions and use the
include statement to bind c:\adsm.sys\ contents to it. It's still not a
guarantee that we can bring the server back to any point in time in the last
month but with that management class in place we stand a much better chance.

If you use any preschedulecmd batch files which run diagnostics prior to
backing up the server, such as WINMSDP or SRVINFO, you could also instruct
them in the batch file to pipe the output to c:\adsm.sys. It's a neat little
way of holding diagnostics and helpful for DR.

Nathan




        -----Original Message-----
        From:   France, Don (Pace) [SMTP:don.france-eds AT EDS DOT COM]
        Sent:   Thursday, December 09, 1999 2:29 PM
        To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        Subject:        Re: ADSM - NT Files not being backed up

        On NT clients, the (default) EXCLUDE list should contain something
        like the following lines... the system32\config should be there from
        the installed sample dsm.opt!  Registry hives are backed up via API,
        which gets current instance (rather than the locked-file version).

        * Exclude registry-as-files...
        Exclude *:\...\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\*.*
        Exclude *:\...\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\...\*

        * Added - 12/7/99 -dgf-

        * On Print servers...
        Exclude *:\winnt\system32\spool\printers\*.*

        * Exclude registry-as-files....
        Exclude *:\WinNT\Profiles\...\*
        Exclude *:\WinNT\Profiles\...\*.*

        * On Exchange machines, use separate dsm.opt for non-Exchange node
        Exclude *:\exchsrvr\...\*
        Exclude *:\exchsrvr\...\*.*


        Don France

        Technical Architect, P.A.C.E.
        San Jose, CA
        mailto:dfrance AT pacbell DOT net
        PACE - http://www.pacepros.com
        Bus-Ph:   (408) 257-3037



        > -----Original Message-----
        > From: Steffan Rhoads [mailto:arhoads AT PACBELL DOT NET]
        > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 1999 11:07 PM
        > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
        > Subject: Re: ADSM - NT Files not being backed up
        >
        >
        > Gerrit,
        >
        > You have to give access to the account that is running dsmc
        > to have full
        > control to all files that you want backed-up.
        >
        > Steffan
        >
        > Gerrit van Zyl wrote:
        > >
        > > Hi,
        > >
        > > I am not familiar with ADSM Cleint on NT.  There is a lot
        > of files that
        > > are not being backed up as access is denied on these files.
        >  Is there a
        > > way to back these files up:
        > >
        > > 12/06/1999 01:39:52 Retry # 1  Normal File-->           524,288
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\AppEvent.Evt [Sent]
        > > 12/06/1999 01:39:52 ANS1228E Sending of object
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\default' failed
        > > 12/06/1999 01:39:52 ANS4007E Error processing
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\default': access to the
        > object is
        > > denied
        > > 12/06/1999 01:39:53 ANS1114I Waiting for mount of offline media.
        > > 12/06/1999 01:39:53 Retry # 2  Normal File-->           524,288
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\AppEvent.Evt [Sent]
        > > 12/06/1999 01:39:53 Normal File-->             1,024
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\default.LOG  ** Unsuccessful
**
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:27 Retry # 3  Normal File-->           524,288
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\AppEvent.Evt [Sent]
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:27 ANS1228E Sending of object
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\default.LOG' failed
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:27 ANS4007E Error processing
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\default.LOG': access to
        > the object
        > > is denied
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:28 Normal File-->            65,536
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\default.sav [Sent]
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:28 Normal File-->           102,400
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SAM  ** Unsuccessful **
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:28 Retry # 1  Normal File-->            65,536
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\default.sav [Sent]
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:28 ANS1228E Sending of object
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SAM' failed
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:28 ANS4007E Error processing
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SAM': access to the
        > object is denied
        > >
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:29 Normal File-->             1,024
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SAM.LOG  ** Unsuccessful **
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:29 ANS1228E Sending of object
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SAM.LOG' failed
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:29 ANS4007E Error processing
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SAM.LOG': access to the
        > object is
        > > denied
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:29 Normal File-->            65,536
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SecEvent.Evt [Sent]
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:29 Normal File-->            53,248
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY  ** Unsuccessful **
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:29 Retry # 1  Normal File-->            65,536
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SecEvent.Evt [Sent]
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:29 ANS1228E Sending of object
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY' failed
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:29 ANS4007E Error processing
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY': access to
        > the object is
        > > denied
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:30 Normal File-->             1,024
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY.LOG  ** Unsuccessful
**
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:30 ANS1228E Sending of object
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY.LOG' failed
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:30 ANS4007E Error processing
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY.LOG': access
        > to the object
        > > is denied
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:30 Normal File-->         3,280,896
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\software  ** Unsuccessful **
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:30 ANS1228E Sending of object
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\software' failed
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:30 ANS4007E Error processing
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\software': access to
        > the object is
        > > denied
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:30 Normal File-->             1,024
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\software.LOG  ** Unsuccessful
**
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:30 ANS1228E Sending of object
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\software.LOG' failed
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:30 ANS4007E Error processing
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\software.LOG': access
        > to the object
        > > is denied
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:30 Normal File-->           323,584
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\software.sav [Sent]
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:31 Normal File-->           524,288
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SysEvent.Evt [Sent]
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:32 Normal File-->         3,391,488
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\system  ** Unsuccessful **
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:32 ANS1228E Sending of object
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\system' failed
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:32 ANS4007E Error processing
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\system': access to the
object is
        > > denied
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:32 Normal File-->         3,391,488
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SYSTEM.ALT  ** Unsuccessful
**
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:32 ANS1228E Sending of object
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SYSTEM.ALT' failed
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:32 ANS4007E Error processing
        > > '\\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\SYSTEM.ALT': access to
        > the object is
        > > denied
        > > 12/06/1999 01:42:34 Normal File-->             1,024
        > > \\zasrv01\c$\WINNT\system32\config\system.LOG [Sent]
        > >
        > > Any help would be appreciated.
        > >
        > > Thanks and regards
        > > Gerrit van Zyl
        >