If the cd-rom is mounted thru CDROM.NLM you  can use the  option
DOMAIN  ALL-LOCAL in the options file, this will back-up all local
drives save any cd-rom.

Walter Ridderhof            Mainland Sequoia,    Netherland


Chris Berthaut wrote:

>  Someone please help!!! I have tried every combination known to man in
> my DSM.OPT file and cannot seem to find one that works. I have a
> Netware 4.11 box running Microtest's Discport. It creates a directory
> called CDROMS which appears to be a volume on the server. I cannot
> seem to be able to exclude that volume. Everything I have tried
> results in ADSM trying to back that up anyway, which ends up hanging
> ADSM and causing the server to experience an Abend condition. This is
> the end of the DSMC Screen:
>
> Normal File-->          33,582 ALLTEL\SYS:/WWIN311/NE3200.DOS  Sent
> Normal File-->          45,448 ALLTEL\SYS:/WWIN311/T20ND.DOS  Sent
> Normal File-->          45,388 ALLTEL\SYS:/WWIN311/T30ND.DOS  Sent
> Normal File-->          19,972 ALLTEL\SYS:/WWIN311/TCCARC.DOS  Sent
> Normal File-->          24,666 ALLTEL\SYS:/WWIN311/UBNEI.DOS  Sent
> Normal File-->          20,257 ALLTEL\SYS:/WWIN311/UBNEPS.DOS  Sent
> ANS4638E Incremental backup of 'ALLTEL\SYS:' finished with 29 failure
>
> Incremental backup of volume 'ALLTEL\CDROMS:'
>  and then it dies causing an abend on the server.
>
> Here is the Include/Exclude portion of the DSM.OPT file as it looks
> now (I have tried several)
>
>   EXCLUDE       *:/.../*
>   EXCLUDE       CDROMS:/.../*
>   INCLUDE       SYS:/.../*
>
> Any ideas from anyone?? (Please please please when you reply, copy me
> directly to my email address: cberthaut AT hiberniabank DOT com)
>
> Thanks all!!!!
>
>