Thanks for your response.

 Info:
 =====
 /rootdir is a filesystem mount point
 /rootdir contains 1000 subdirs, only one of which I do NOT want to back up

 Goal:
 =====
 To back up the entire filesystem WITHOUT backing up anything under 
/rootdir/subdir-unwanted.

 So, if I understand this correctly:
        - I need 999 VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT entries in dsm.sys
          to overtly include those subdirs for back up
          in place of the one entry in dms.opt => domain /rootdir
          and an exclude statement.

        - Will dsmc i  ... backup all these 999  VIRTUALMOUNTPOINTs
           as though they were domain entries in dsm.opt ??
        - Will archive ??
        - Do I then need to put 999 objects in the archive schedule 
definitition ??

 ADSM SUPPORT: is/are there "official prefered solution(s)" to this ???

 Thanks in advance,
 Sean

>
> > Similarly, I am trying to have the backup skip a whole
> > directory and all sub dirs in that directory and all the
> > files too.
>
> Regarding the options documentation
> "ADSM processes the EXCLUDE and INCLUDE options as follows:
> Directories are not checked, only files are. Therefore, if you
> define a default domain using the DOMAIN option, all directories
> in that domain are backed up regardless of what you defined for your
> EXCLUDE and INCLUDE options, even if the files in those directories
> are not backed up."
>
> The only solution that I see is not to use the DOMAIN option
> and only include those files that you want to back up. For
> UNIX clients you can use the VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT option in the
> dsm.sys file.
>
> Regards,
>
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