Thanks, Andy!

I finally made it work. The problem I found is that first of all, you need
to select a domain list entry to avoid the default: all local files. And
the entries in my domain list are not correct(path). ( I still don't know
where and when the TSM client created them at the first place) Then I
modified domain list entries from the opt file to correct path. Then I went
back in TSM client preference panel ->backup tab to make sure none of the
domain list entry was selected. Then restart the scheduler. Tata.. it is
working.

I suspect that everytime I modified the preference file, for instance, add
a new exclude entry. I will have to go through the whole process again as
long as I can not find a way to change the syntax in my domain list. It is
obvious that opt file is generated from the preference file.
It seems that the preference panel is loaded from somewhere else. I really
like to know where the preference file gets the information at loading.

Lan

At 08:26 AM 10/31/2003 -0700, you wrote:

Lan,

As much as GUIs sometimes make things easier to work with, it is often
much easier to work with the raw options file in cases such as this.

It is likely that your options file is located in the same directory as
the TSM client GUI executable, dsm.exe. Typically this is in C:\Program
Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient. However, if you are launching the GUI from a
shortcut, check the shortcut properties to verify the path.

In that same path is probably a file called "dsm.opt". What are the
contents of that file? Also, what drives/directories do you really want to
back up?

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

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Lan Wu-Cavener
PennState