Jacquelin Bouchard schrieb:

 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS release 4 (Nahant Update 3)

Since client version 5.3. you can test the backup using the preview
command. Enter the following command:

dsmc preview backup "/dev/*"

and examine the dsmprev.txt file. This contains all files that will be
backed up:

Preview generated on 04/11/2006 09:23:33.
Name:   Size:   Type:   Status: Pattern:        Source: Mgmt Class:
/dev/r128       0  B    -       Included        -       -       DEFAULT
/dev/vcsa7      0  B    -       Included        -       -       DEFAULT
....

On my RH EL AS 4 machine the /dev files are included.
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Regards,

Dirk Kastens
Universitaet Osnabrueck, Rechenzentrum (Computer Center)
Albrechtstr. 28, 49069 Osnabrueck, Germany
Tel.: +49-541-969-2347, FAX: -2470