JR Trimark wrote:
> Enterprise TSM server - AIX 5.2, TSM 5.3
> Client server - AIX 5.2
>
> I want to exclude directories from being backed up by using the
> exclude.dir command in the dsm.sys.
> EX:
> exclude.dir /u01
> When I look at the dsmsched.log I see entries for this directory that I
> excluded.
> EX:
> Incremental backup of volume '/u01'

which indicates that /u01 is a filesystem, not a directory, so you
should use exclude.fs. Yes, it would be nice if the client decided that
the root of a filesystem is also a directory.

> It appears that it is not backing up the directory just scanning it.  If
> the directory had been backed up I would see:
> Successful incremental backup of '/backup'
>
> I only want to see entries in the dsmsched.log for directories that I
> wanted to backup along with their status.  Can this be done?
> Thanks


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