experience and reading the /tmp is and was backed up unless you exclude it
... at least in 5.4

On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Richard Sims <rbs AT bu DOT edu> wrote:

> On Aug 6, 2010, at 2:48 PM, yoda woya wrote:
>
> > Actually... /tmp is included
>
> Are you saying that on the basis of belief from reading, or from actual
> experience? The Unix client has historically omitted the /tmp file system
> from default processing backup, due to its nature. That is documented under
> the DOMain option, where "all-local" is the default, and with that default,
> the documentation says "The /tmp directory is not included."
>
> If you perform a default backup and find that the /tmp file system is being
> included, do 'dsmc query inclexcl' and see if /tmp is being included by some
> client-side or server-side specification.  If not, you have basic to contact
> TSM Support with that issue.
>
> If /tmp is a not a file system, but a subdirectory of /, you can, if
> necessary, use Exclude.Dir for it.  Normally, you would not want to back up
> the root file system, as it usually contains system elements that are
> planted via kickstart or the like, and would be reconstructed via that
> method in case of disk or system failure.
>
> > My question question is the syntax
> >
> > domain ALL-LOCAL - /x -/y   or
> > domain ALL-LOCAL - /x /y   or
> > domain ALL-LOCAL - /x, /y  ... etc
>
> The manual specifies that each should have a minus sign abutted to the
> front of it. In any case, there should be no need for you to perform an
> explicit exclusion for /tmp as a file system.  If /tmp were a subdirectory
> and you wanted to exclude it via a Domain spec, you would have to force it
> to be a domain via the VIRTUALMountpoint option - which is more than you
> would want to do.
>
> >
> >
> > *Storage Archive Manager, Version 5.4*
> > ------------------------------
> > How special file systems are
> > handled<
> http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/topic/com.ibm.itsmfdt.doc_5.4/ans5000002.htm#ToC_189
> >
> >
> > Special file systems contain dynamic information generated by the
> operating
> > system; they contain no data or files. The Tivoli Storage Manager client
> > ignores special file systems and their contents. Special file systems
> > include the following:
> >
> >   - the /proc file system on most of the UNIX platforms
> >   - the /dev/fd file system on Solaris
> >   - the /dev/pts on Linux
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Richard Sims <rbs AT bu DOT edu> wrote:
> >
> >> The client manual explains that /tmp and /proc are not inherently
> >> included in Unix backups.
> >> And to exclude some other file system on the Domain statement, precede
> >> it with a minus sign (not a tilde); or use Exclude.Fs.
> >>
> >>   Richard Sims
> >>
> >>
> >> On Aug 5, 2010, at 4:53 PM, yoda woya wrote:
> >>
> >> I am trying to exclude /proc and /tmp and backup everything else...
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> is it  domain ALL-LOCAL ~/tmp ~/proc??
> >>>
> >>
>