Re: windows - backup different set of directories on different days

Don't use include/exclude.

Create a new schedule that runs every Monday. Put the "Monday" directory
in the schedule's OBJECTS parameter, and -SUBDIR=YES in the OPTIONS
parameter (assuming you want to process any subdirectories of the "Monday"
directory).

Repeat for each day of the week you want to back up.

If the idea is that you want the schedule backup to back up *more* than
just the "Monday" or "Tuesday", etc., directory (i.e., back up all local
drives, except for the "Monday" directory if today is not Monday) then
that gets trickier. In that case, use two nodes:

- One node to back up everything *but* the Monday, Tuesday, etc.,
directories. In this case, use EXCLUDE statements to exclude the daily
directories. This would be on a separate schedule that runs daily.

- Another node that backs up *only* the Monday, Tuesday, etc.,
directories, using the scheduling scheme described above. Make sure to use
a *separate* include/exclude list (or just a separate options file).

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 01/04/2007
02:38:26 PM:

> I have a process on a windows system that creates about 400gig of
> data each day.  It dumps this data
> each day to a different directory.  Monday's to "monday", Tuesday's
> to "tuesday" etc.
>
> I only want tsm to backup the data in that day's directory and not
> any of the other days.
>
> I'm currently using the TSM scheduler and TSM acceptor on the client
> to trigger the nightly backups.
>
> Anyone have any ideas / suggestions how I might go about that ?  Is
> there a way to do it in the
> include/exclude file ?
>
> Thank you.
>
> Richard