For as far as I know nothing is excluded by the code itself and I think
this is a policy thing.

Since you can install the software in different locations and you can use
different names for different files (ie log files) IBM can never be 100%
sure that the file it is hardcoded to exclude is the file we think it is.
There is always that chance. It would have to be hardcoded as a sort of
dynamic exclude like "I will exclude this is cache file that I am currently
actually using during the each backup".

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 5:26 PM, Erwann SIMON <erwann.simon AT free DOT fr> 
wrote:

> Hi Rick,
>
> Yes, this is what I always do. But I was wondering why it's not excluded
> by the code itself.
>
> --
> Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
> Erwann SIMON
>
> ----- Mail original -----
> De: "Rick Adamson" <RickAdamson AT SEGROCERS DOT COM>
> À: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Envoyé: Vendredi 23 Février 2018 12:31:17
> Objet: Re: [ADSM-L] Why is is dedup cache file not excluded by default ?
>
> Erwann,
> I have client option sets defined on the server that I use to globally
> exclude it from all file level backups.
>
> -Rick Adamson
>
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> Hi all,
>
> I'm wondering why the dedup cache file (TSMDEDUPDB_servernamenodename.DB,
> located in the dedupcachepath directory) is not excluded by default ?
> I generally exclude it because it causes somes retries and do think that
> there's no need to back it up. But I may be wrong.
> So, must we really back it up ? And why ?
>
> --
> Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي
> Erwann SIMON
>
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