You need something else in the dsm.opt file, too...
archsymlinkasfile    YES

>From the documentation: "Specifies whether you want TSM to follow a
symbolic link and archive the file or directory it points to, or archive
the symbolic link only."  I don't see anything in my documentation about
hard links, except that they are backed up as individual files, and the
link re-established at restoration.

One supposes you could build an exclude list using a find command, but
I'm not sure what you're after by not backing up hard links.

-drs-

David Stabler, CATE/AIX, CNCE
Senior Systems Analyst

>>> gmurthy AT IN.IBM DOT COM 08/27/02 09:20AM >>>
Hi,

I have a Linux Machine with TSM Client ver 4.2.
I need to backup a directory with nothing but softlinks pointing to
some
directories.
I have set  the subdir  option in the dsm.opt file as given below.

SUbdir   YES

I have selected the directory in the GUI for a Incremental(Complete)

But it does not process the link to take backup of the directories the
links point to.
It just takes backup of only the links.

How do i make the TSM client backup the directories the links point
to.
Also is there a way i can stop the TSM client from backing up
hardlinked
files.

Help in understanding how Hard & Soft links are processed would be
greatly
appreciated.

Thanks in Advance
murthy

V S Murthy Gongala
Bangalore, INDIA
Tel : 91-80-5094232