There is no filtering option in TSM to do this.

Using the age of a file to determine whether to back it up is, in my own
opinion, ill-advised. If the customer does not care to back up these
files, then why not simply "cut to the chase" and delete them? After all,
if the disk were to be lost tomorrow, they wouldn't be recoverable. If the
customer balks at the idea of deleting them outright, then that would
suggest a re-think of the backup strategy (what would the customer's
reaction be if someone actually did this?) The good news is that if the
files don't change, TSM's incremental approach will only back them up once
(okay, twice if you back up your storage pools, which is recommended).

Of course, some of these files are probably junk or temporary files that
are no longer needed, in which case it might be worthwhile to comb through
those files and clean up the truly unneeded ones.

Just my own thoughts on the subject. :-)

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.

"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2005-05-20
10:30:47:

> Hi All,
>
> I received a weird request from potential customer. Because we will
> charge him per space occupied on our server, he wants to backup only
> files less than a year old. He doesn't want to go into each folder and
> try to find files that meet the criteria. I know that Arcserve has that
> filter option.
>
> I don't think that we can do it with TSM, but before give him an answer
> I thought I would check opinion of The List.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
>
> Joe Crnjanski
> Infinity Network Solutions Inc.
> Phone: 416-235-0931 x26
> Fax:     416-235-0265
> Web: www.infinitynetwork.com
>