Andy, no my dsm.opt does not have INCRTHRESHOLD specified, so I assume it 
defaults to 0.
Here is my dsm.opt --

LANG AMENG
********************************************************************
* AdStaR Distributed Storagre Manager
*
* Sample client options file  for MS Windows-NT/95 common client
*
********************************************************************


*** Account ID (change abc1234 to your account ID)

NODEname wfc1450
domain c:
preschedulecmd "dsmc backup registry & dsmc backup complusdb"
*** Communication options

passwordaccess    generate
TCPPort           1600
HTTPPort          1681
TCPServeraddress  adsm.draper.com
Resourceutilization 1
QuerySchedPeriod  30
TCPBUFFSIZE       32
TCPWINDOWSIZE     48
TXNbytelimit      25600
Errorlogretention 7
Schedlogretention 7
Tapeprompt        no
COMMmethod        tcpip
COMPression       on
*CAD manages web and scheduler
managedservices schedule webclient
subfilebackup   yes
SUBFILECACHESIZE        500
*** Recommented files not to back up (exclude)


GUITREEVIEWAFTERBACKUP  YES
SCROLLPROMPT    YES
SCROLLLINES     20

EXCLUDE.SUBFILE "*:\PROGRAM FILES\...\*"
EXCLUDE.SUBFILE "*:\WINDOWS\...\*"
EXCLUDE.SUBFILE "*:\WINNT\...\*"
EXCLUDE "*:\...\PREFETCH\*"
EXCLUDE "*:\...\PROFILES\...\NTUSER.DAT"
EXCLUDE "*:\...\SYSTEM32\PERFLIB*.DAT"
EXCLUDE "*:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\...\NTUSER.DAT.LOG"
EXCLUDE "*:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\...\NTUSER.DAT"
EXCLUDE "*:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\...\USRCLASS.DAT.LOG"
EXCLUDE "*:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\...\USRCLASS.DAT"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\SYSTEM32\WINS"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\SYSTEM32\LSERVER"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\SYSTEM32\DHCP"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\SYSTEM32\CONFIG"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\NTFRS\JET"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\NTDS"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\SYSTEM VOLUME INFORMATION"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\RECYCLED"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\RECYCLER"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\CACHE"
EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\TEMP"
EXCLUDE "*:\...\*.SWP"
EXCLUDE "*:\...\PAGEFILE.SYS"
EXCLUDE "*:\...\*.PAR"
EXCLUDE "*:\...\DSM*.LOG"
EXCLUDE "*:\...\JBB*.LOG"
EXCLUDE "Y:\*"
EXCLUDE.DIR "Y:\...\*"
EXCLUDE "Z:\*"
EXCLUDE.DIR "Z:\...\*"
EXCLUDE "C:\DOWNLOAD\...\*"
EXCLUDE "C:\DOWNLOADS\...\*"
EXCLUDE.DIR "C:\DOWNLOAD"
Exclude.Dir "C:\TSMAdmin\sqllists"
SUBFILECACHEPATH        "C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\cache"

Bill


At 06:38 PM 1/29/2002 -0500, you wrote:
>Bill,
>
>Does your options file have INCRTHRESHOLD specified with a non-zero value?
>I suspect that this is the case, and this is why you are seeing the
>(normal) behavior below.
>
>>01/28/2002 18:47:05 Directory-->                   0 \\wfc1450\c$\program
>>files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient [Sent]
>>01/28/2002 18:47:05 Normal File-->                22 \\wfc1450\c$\s3n4
>>[Sent]
>>01/28/2002 18:47:06 Successful incremental backup of '\\wfc1450\c$'
>>
>>01/28/2002 18:47:19 Expiring-->                    0 \\wfc1450\c$\Program
>>Files\SQLLIB\java\java12\jdk\bin\_fty0.231 [Sent]
>>01/28/2002 18:47:19 Successful incremental backup of
>'\\wfc1450\c$\Program
>>Files\SQLLIB\java\java12\jdk\bin\_fty0.231\*'
>>
>>01/28/2002 18:47:19 Expiring-->                    0
>>\\wfc1450\c$\mail\LISTS.fol\descmap.pce [Sent]
>>01/28/2002 18:47:19 Successful incremental backup of
>>'\\wfc1450\c$\mail\LISTS.fol\descmap.pce\*'
>>
>>01/28/2002 18:47:20 Expiring-->                    0
>>\\wfc1450\c$\mail\descmap.pce [Sent]
>>01/28/2002 18:47:20 Successful incremental backup of
>>'\\wfc1450\c$\mail\descmap.pce\*'
>
>When long file names are deleted, Windows may report this to the journal
>service with a short name. Since the short names are not stored on the TSM
>server, they can not be used to directly delete the object from the TSM
>server. Also, short names are not unique, so they could be reused; in
>which case the deletion notice stored in the journal may no longer
>identify a unique object.
>
>Instead, the directory in which the deleted object is contained is stored
>in the journal. After the incremental completes for the file system, full
>incrementals are performed for the directories containing deleted objects.
>In this fashion, the deleted objects are expired from the server.
>
>Check out the reference information for INCRTHRESHOLD in the "Using the
>Backup-Archive Client" book. The redbook "Tivoli Storage Manager Version
>4.2: Technical Guide" also discusses how journaled backup works in a bit
>more detail.
>
>Regards,
>
>Andy
>
>Andy Raibeck
>IBM Software Group
>Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
>Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/IBM@IBMUS
>Internet e-mail: storman AT us.ibm DOT com
>
>The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked.
>The command line is your friend.
>"Good enough" is the enemy of excellence.

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Bill Colwell
Bill Colwell
C. S. Draper Lab
Cambridge Ma.