If you are running your backups from the scheduler service, you
need to stop and restart the scheduler service after making changes
to the dsm.opt file before they will take effect.

On Thursday, January 27, 2000 1:43 PM, Figueroa, Johnny
[SMTP:Johnny.Figueroa AT BANNERHEALTH DOT COM] wrote:
> I would like to add to that if I could?
>
> I am running the ADSM NT client on NT 4.0 SP5 machines, the client is Ver 3,
> Rel 1, Level 0.6
>
> I understand that these exclusions have to be coded in the DSM.OPT file, I
> found the section about Includes and Excludes... So far, I can code the
> exclusions but they seem to be ignored.
>
> I tried to be as explicit as possible, ex. C:\PAGEFILE.SYS, etc...
>
> I hope this does not confuse the original question, if it does I am very
> sorry !
>
> Thanks
>
> Johnny A. Figueroa
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: wawork Wash [mailto:wawork AT HOTMAIL DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2000 1:32 PM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: Excluding files by file type?
>
>
> My site s Unix administrators are novices when it comes to the ADSM
> software.  There are a few things I d like to do so if someone could tell me
> if I m on the right take I d really appreciate it.
>
> Can files be excluded from backups?  We have large temporary files that are
> generated every evening that the backup system catches yet the files never
> need to be recovered.  Is the follwoing syntax correct and in which file
> does this line go?
>   Exclude /.../*.tmp
>
> There are literally thousands of these files totaling a couple of gigs.
> Will using an exclude remove files already on backups from the backup tape
> or do we have to do something else?
>
> Thank you,
>   - Randy
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