E.J,
Burak had it correct. Your right in saying that the program logic reads from
the bottom to the top but physically it needs to be the way he wrote it. I
would not suggest doing this because your not defining what you need to
define "first".

The flow should go like this:
1.) Define drive (domain which is actually there term for partition or
actual drive)
2.) Then exclude everything
3.) Then include only what you need.

Burak!? check your switches to make sure your using the correct commands for
the OS your setting it up for. Also Keep in mind that TSM can also backup
the "SYSTEM STATE". Do a search on Tivoli for what the "system state backup"
includes. You may find that all you need to do is an Archive of the system
state. the NT*.DIT file. Which, by the way, will report as if it did not
back it up, but remember as you back the data up it keeps a copy of it in
the archive folder. When the restore is done, just do a search on the local
machine for that *.dit file you should find it in two places, one in the
Winnt and one in a backed up copy of the system state. You will see what I
mean your you do it.
Hope this helps