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Re: [ADSM-L] Why is is dedup cache file not excluded by default ?

2018-02-26 08:27:38
Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Why is is dedup cache file not excluded by default ?
From: Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folkerts AT GMAIL DOT COM>
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2018 14:26:08 +0100
Ha, I didn't know that! I guess there is one directory excluded by default.
Thanks for pointing that out.

On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 10:59 AM, Martin Janosik <martin.janosik AT cz.ibm DOT 
com>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> your presumtion doesn't seems accurate to me (Windows, Linux, AIX clients,
> mostly v7.1):
>
> tsm> q inclexc
> *** FILE INCLUDE/EXCLUDE ***
> Mode Function  Pattern (match from top down)  Source File
> ---- --------- ------------------------------ -----------------
> No exclude filespace statements defined.
> Excl Directory /.../.TsmCacheDir              TSM
> Include Snapshot Retry
> TSM500*                        /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsm.sys
> No DFS include/exclude statements defined.
>
> Any directory .TsmCacheDir is excluded by software itself
>
> Martin J.
>
> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2018-02-26
> 07:40:18:
>
> > From: Stefan Folkerts <stefan.folkerts AT GMAIL DOT COM>
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Date: 2018-02-26 07:42
> > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Why is is dedup cache file not excluded by
> default ?
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> >
> > 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
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On 
> > > Behalf
> Of
> > > Erwann SIMON
> > > Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 1:14 AM
> > > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > > Subject: [ADSM-L] Why is is dedup cache file not excluded by default ?
> > >
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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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