Robben,
You can use the EXCLUDE.RESTORE option (undocumented), which was intended
for just such a case. A client option set is the ideal spot:
DEFINE CLIENTOPT optsetname INCLEXCL "EXCLUDE.RESTORE naughty.file.name"
Note that this option is undocumented at this time, but it should do the
trick for you.
Best regards,
Andy
Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development
Level 3 Team Lead
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 01/27/2009
05:20:51 PM:
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> Exclude Files From Restore?
>
> Robben Leaf
>
> to:
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> ADSM-L
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> 01/27/2009 05:24 PM
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> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
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> From:
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> Robben Leaf <robben.leaf AT USBANK DOT COM>
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> To:
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> ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
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> Greetings,
>
> In our environment, restores are by and large performed by the
Operations
> group. These are a simple folk, unschooled in the murky depths of
ADvanced
> STorage And Retrieval.
>
> It has come to pass that the Threat and Vulnerability group is battling
a
> virus contamination. The infection takes the form of a file of a
specific
> name, which can appear anywhere on an infected server. It is too late to
> prevent this file name from getting backed up to TSM.
>
> A representative of the Threat and Vulnerability group has appealed to
me
> to configure TSM to prevent the possibility of this file name from being
> restored inadvertently by Operations, for they are many, and work in
> shifts, and are unlikely to consistently heed our admonitions.
>
> From what I can tell, Excludes in an option file or client option set
only
> apply to backups and archives, not to restores or retrievals.
>
> I have considered waylaying each of the Operations group and tattooing
the
> offending file name on the inside of their eyelids, but that seems
> impractical. They are scattered among multiple locations across the
> country.
>
> Seriously, though, is there a way in TSM to prevent already-backed-up
> files from being restored?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Robben Leaf
>
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