If you intend to juggle include/exclude lists around, then I definitely do
not recommend that; use two different nodes, each with its own options
file, instead. Also, your include statements need '\...\*' at the end of
them.

However, an alternate suggestion:

- For the daily backups, why not define a schedule that addresses only
those objects you want to back up?

   def sch mydomain myschedname
      objects="d:\apps\* d:\group\* d:\home\*"
      options=-subdir=yes

- For the weekly backups, just do regular incremental backup against the
D: drive. Is it really necessary to exclude the apps, group, and home
directories? (I ask this as a way of trying to understanding the
underlying aspects of the backup requirement).

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 10/28/2004
08:45:57:

> Yes, again.  This is something that never seems to stick correctly in my
> brain...
>
>
>
> I have some windows machines, where I do a normal TSM backup weekly.
>
>
>
> I want to do a backup of just certain directories and their content
daily.
> The directories I want to backup also have sub-directories within them.
>
>
>
> Should an options file like this do the trick?  Do you have other
> suggestions?
>
> This will be a secondary options file for just the daily backup:
>
>
>
> DOMAIN D:                   -- every thing I want today is on the D
Drive.
>
> Exclude                        "D:*.*"
>
> Include              "D:\APPS"
>
> Include              "D:\GROUP"
>
> Include              "D:\HOME"
>
>
>
> The options for the WEEKEND backup would have
>
> DOMAIN           ALL-LOCAL
>
> Exclude.dir        "D:\APPS"
>
> Exclude.dir        "D:\GROUP"
>
> Exclude.dir        "D:\HOME"
>
>
>
> ...
>
> Setting up the TSM scheduler is now an issue.  I need a separate
schedule
> for the weekly and the daily backups, but I want it to use the TSM
> scheduler, so I seem to need separate client names for each.  Is this
> correct?
>
>
>
> TIA for your time and suggestions. ... JC