Another solution is to use a customized schedule for this node that targets
the desired directory:

DEFINE SCHEDULE domain schedname OBJECTS=E:\Oracle\ OPTIONS=-SUBDIR=YES

And keep the INCLUDE statement in dsm.opt:

Include "E:\Oracle\...\*" 3mth_grp2_MC

Best regards,

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development
Level 3 Team Lead
Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS
Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page:
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu> wrote on 2011-07-18
07:25:48:

> From: "Lee, Gary D." <GLEE AT BSU DOT EDU>
> To: ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu
> Date: 2011-07-18 07:33
> Subject: Re: Backup specific folder only
> Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT vm.marist DOT edu>
>
> Try the following.
>
> Add
>
> Exclude.dir e:\dir1
> Exclude.dir e:\dir2
> . . .
>
> For each major tree on the e: drive.  This will keep tsm from
> traversing the trees at all.
> More administration, but the only thing I can think of.
> Exclude.dir is processed before standard excludes, therefore you
> cannot exclude.dir e:\ then include what you wanted.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Gary Lee
> Senior System Programmer
> Ball State University
> phone: 765-285-1310
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf 
> Of
Gibin
> Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 2:26 AM
> To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject: [ADSM-L] Backup specific folder only
>
> Thanks Paul ,Made the changes in the server dsm.opt
>
>
> DOMAIN E:
> Exclude "E:\...\*"
> Include "E:\Oracle\...\*" 3mth_grp2_MC
>
>
> Now only files/folders from "E:\Oracle" get backed up.But i noticed
> a problem when using the mentioned include/exclude , all the sub
> folders from all the other excluded folders get backed up as
> well.This i feel can cause unnecessary TSM DB growth .As each file/
> folder backed up consumes 4KB of TSM database space.
>
>
> Is there some way to avoid TSM backing up the sub folder structure
> from all the other excluded directories...??
>
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