We have 3-Windows 2012R2 servers (current client is 7.1.3) that are used to backup numerous (>50-each) DFS (were CIFS) mounts, each having their own TSM NODE and schedule that includes Objects that p
Author: Tom Alverson <tom.alverson AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 11:28:39 -0400
For starters I would exclude all of the office temp files like ~*.xlsx as shown in your example. These are just small temp files that have the name of the user who has opened the file in them.
I grabbed a bad example. How about this one - not a temp - happens to be a QuickBooks file, which is pretty important to backup... 6/2/2017 2:03:41 AM ANE4987E (Session: 277741, Node: ISILON-CE) Erro
Author: Tom Alverson <tom.alverson AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2017 14:51:33 -0400
I know you can create snapshots ("previous versions") in Isilon and keep them around for a set number of days. I seem to recall there is some trick you can use to directly access them (a specially UR
Thanks for the suggestion. Unfortunately, that would make too much sense - same with going to TSM VE or SAN based backups. There is this obsession with individualized, user/department/group managed,
Tom, I hate using weird/special characters in excludes for fear of casting too wide of a net. But, as you said, there is no need to attempt to backup M$Office temp files. So, is this what you use to
Author: Tom Alverson <tom.alverson AT GMAIL DOT COM>
Date: Mon, 19 Jun 2017 16:22:52 -0400
I have these commands in the DSM.OPT file (this is a normal windows server backup, not a SAN) EXCLUDE "*:\...\~*.pst.tmp" EXCLUDE "*:\...\~*.ppt" EXCLUDE "*:\...\~*.pptx" EXCLUDE "*:\...\~*.xlsx" EXC
Thanks. I don't have many Windows servers being used with these kinds of files. Everything here is via SAN/CIFS/DFS connections via shares. I will roll these out via CLOPTSET. On Mon, Jun 19, 2017 at