Ruud,

Backup of files vs. archive of files is dependent upon which schedule you
execute; a backup schedule or an archive schedule (once you've set up your
policy domains, backup and archive copygroups, of course).  ONLY the backup will
look at the include and exclude list in the dsm.opt file.  You MUST enter the
files you wish to archive as 'Objects' in a scheduled archive.  And yes - if
your archive group is set up to retain files for 30 days, on the 31st day the
file will be marked for deletion.

                              Ginny





Hello,
to backup issue the command backup,
to archive issue archive...

Which pool the files will copied into is fixed by the policies (see domains,
policy set, backup groups etc.)

The dsm.opt is used by both backup and archive,

Regards,

Rene Lambelet
Nestec SA - 55, Av. Nestle - CH-1800 Vevey
Tel: ++41'21'924'35'43 / Fax: ++41'21'924'45'89
E-Mail: rene.lambelet AT nestle DOT com





> -----Original Message-----
> From: Van Ruler, Ruud R SSI-TSEA-332 [SMTP:Ruud.R.vanRuler AT IS.SHELL DOT 
> COM]
> Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 1999 12:57 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      archiving files
>
> adsm gurus
>
> in the DSM.OPT file you can specify :
> include /
> exclude /../tmp
>
> when a schedule is triggered how does it know that those files related to
> the include are to be
> copied onto the backupppool and not to the archivepool or vice versa ??
> is include(exlcude) only related to backups or ... ?
> whatever you want to archive you need to specify with a ARCHIVE cmd within
> the DSM.OPT file  ???
>
>