[ADSM-L] Fw: Expiring Files that Have Been Exluded

Along with what others have replied with, you can either use two different
node names, or have the DBA run Archives (and have an archive management
class on the server for the appropriate retention).

Two nodes is a little "harder," as you have to make sure you invoke the
right node name, both on backups and restores.  For the Archives, if you
use the "filelist" option, you can make things very easy on the DBA,
simplify the TSM client configuration, and easily segregate the data on the
TSM Server itself.

Nick Cassimatis
Senior IT Specialist, Tivoli Storage Software
Office: 877-462-6709   T/L 930-1720  Cell: 919-749-5570
email: nickpc AT us.ibm DOT com

----- Forwarded by Nicholas Cassimatis/Raleigh/IBM on 03/28/2007 12:23 PM
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 03/28/2007
11:15:21 AM:

> We have a situation where we have two entries in our dsm.sys.  One of the
> entries contains an inclexcl that excludes certain database filesystems,
> though the exlclude is using exclude not exclude.fs.  The other has no
> inclexcl, so that when the DB person runs their backup script, the files
are
> backed up.  He is using selelctive backup statements.  We thought this
all
> was working, until we noticed, because we needed a restore, that we did
not
> have as many backup versions as we thought we should.  What we
discovered,
> is that the backup using the inclexcl list is expiring backups in those
> directory.filesystems even though they are excluded.  Is this the way it
> works?  Would it work the same way if we used exclude.fs instead?  the
> manual says that exclude.fs and exclude.dir are dropped outright, but for
> exclude, and etc, it only says the file is not backed up - it does not
> specify that the file will be expired.
>
> Thanks for any input you can provide.
>
> P.S.  TSM 5.3.2.3 on AIX 5.2.8 with Sun Solaris client version 5.3.0.
>
> --
> Andy Carlson
>
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