On October 2, Jerry Lawson wrote:

> Has anyone submitted a requirement to be able to specify an override to
> Include/Exclude on the options file?
>
> My thought process goes something like this:  I want to back up a DB (lets
say
> a Lotus Notes DB) on a weekly basis, and let the Notes client do the daily
> backups of the changed documents.  Other data on the machine needs to be
> backed up daily, so an incremental backup of the rest of the machine is
done
> each day.  I set up the options file to Exclude the Notes DB(s).  Now, to
get
> the weekly backup of the Notes DB(s), I need to either change the DSM.OPT
file
> before the backup runs and change it back after.  Oh, yes, I have to stop
and
> start the scheduler too.  The other option is to have a second node
defined,
> and let it do the full DB backups only.  This means an extra
license.......

> If I could specify an "Include" statement on the options field of the
> schedule, I could merely specify a second schedule to do the weekly DB
> backups, and have the regular schedule do the rest, without any Include
overri
> de.  Perhaps the option could also point to an alternate I/E list that
would
> be used in lieu of the one in the DSM.OPT.

> Jerry Lawson
> jlawson AT itthartford DOT com

Jerry,

Another technique that you might try is to schedule a weekly ARCHIVE of your
Notes database in lieu of your weekly backup.  The ARCHIVE command ignores
the include/exclude entries allowing you to run with one options file and
one client without having to cycle your scheduler.

DanC
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