In our environment we have each of users setup with an individual  network 
share on a server. We then had everyone's "My Documents" folder mapped to their 
network share. We ask that the user not keep "valuables" on their local pc and 
keep it on mapped drives. 

That way all the users files are sitting on a server and not on the desktop. We 
then have assorted excludes to help reduce the mp3 and other files. 

If the user is required to work with mp3 or other files then they keep those 
files in a separate mapped drive related to the department they are working in. 

Instead of backing up countless desktops and related issues we just back a 
couple of servers. 

David Tyree 
Interface Analyst 
South Georgia Medical Center 
229.333.1155 


-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of 
Zoltan Forray
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2012 10:42 AM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: [ADSM-L] Backing up desktops/workstations

I am looking for war-stories, experiences, suggestions, ideas from you folks 
that have implemented backing up desktop machines, which could expand into 
thousands of additional TSM nodes.

I have been tasked with looking into doing this.  The current guidelines is to 
"only backup 'documents and settings/users' folder, excluding all music files 
(mp3/wmv/wav/flac/ogg)".

My first thought is to stand-up a new server (or two).  Create a default 
policy-domain with short retention (30-days or less) with few copies (2) and a 
cloptset with an exclude everything and include doc & settings/users plus 
exclude or the music files.

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*Zoltan Forray*
TSM Software & Hardware Administrator
Virginia Commonwealth University
UCC/Office of Technology Services
zforray AT vcu DOT edu - 804-828-4807
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