Hello.

Do you have

Vmenabletemplatebackups  yes

set in the options file?  Available in 6.4 and 7.1:

https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFZR_6.4.0/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/r_opt_vmenabletemplatebkup.html
https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSATMW_7.1.0/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/r_opt_vmenabletemplatebkup.html

James.

-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Hans Christian Riksheim
Sent: 16 December 2015 10:59
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Include and exclude for VMs

I am trying to understand how this works. I want to backup a VM called 
"abc_template" but want to exclude from backup any other VMs with the name abc.

I tried

DOMAIN.VMFULL vmhostcluster=X;vm=abc_template;-vm=abc*

in the hope that the inclusion preceded the exclusion but that didn't work.
The template did not get backed up. Any tip here?

Regards,

Hans Chr.