On windows, the 'OS' default excludes are managed in the registry somewhere and 
you could use tools like ntbackup to edit them.

On real operating systems, there are very few parts that you want to skip. 
Usually on Solaris and Linux tmpfs (/tmp) is excluded, but other than that.... 
everything.

On 15 jun 2011, at 21:06, Zoltan Forray/AC/VCU wrote:

> Where can one find what the "Operating System" default/built-in excludes
> are for each OS?   Or, better yet, are there such lists for anything other
> than WINDOWS?
> 
> I ask this since on a Linux system, "Q INCLEXCL" only shows what is being
> exclude via dsm.sys exclude statements.  But on a Windows box, it show OS,
> USER, TSM and SERVER?
> 
> Zoltan Forray
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