Re: Windows 2000 scheduled backup problem

Here is a schedule I use.  This is defined on a 5.1.5 TSM server on AIX O/S
going to 5.1.5 W2k Client.  I also have incorporated an exclude file to
specify the exclusion of certain files.  I wondered if the options portion
of the schedule might help?

I just ran a test to a directory on the C: drive, I entered the schedule
with the options=-subdir=yes" and objects="c:\testdir\*"  - please note, the
- on the sudir is important.

The job ran perfectly, but I am running archive versus backup.  Maybe there
is some help info in the schedule definition below:

Define schedule:
nt_dom nt_weekly
type=client
description="W2K weekly backup C: and E: drives"
action=archive
options="-subdir=yes"
objects="C:\* E:\*"
startdate=today
starttime=10:00
duration=1
durunits=Hours
period=1
perunits=Days
dayofweek=Sunday

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Sims [mailto:rbs AT BU DOT EDU]
Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 7:14 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: Re: Windows 2000 scheduled backup problem


>As directed from the ref guide, I changed my objects to '"C:\Research
Folder\*"'
>
>Now the schedlog shows every file on the machine backing up, so I am back
to
>where I started.

Are you certain that this is the only client schedule associated with the
client...that there is no other server-defined schedule with a null Objects
spec such that the Incremental Backup is following the dictates of your
dsm.opt file (i.e., Domain specs, or absence thereof)?
Do 'Query ASSOCiation' to verify what schedules are associated with the
client.
Do a full 'Query SCHedule Format=Detailed' to check for other schedules.
The client's Backup log should indicate exactly what it was dispatched to
do, so if you don't see "C:\Research Folder\*" reflected in it, something
else is likely going on.  Assure that there is no non-TSM time initiated
backup execution occurring.  Indirectly related: do 'dsmc query inclexcl'
to verify that any client- or server-based Include-Exclude lists are as
they should be.

If you made any client options changes, assure that you restarted the client
scheduler to absorb them.

If necessary, post the output of 'Query SCHedule ... Format=Detailed' on the
suspect client schedule, and the top 20 or so lines from the client log so
that we may evaluate that data.

  Richard Sims, BU