Correct ...

The dsm.sys file has an INCLEXCL parameter which points to the
include/exclude list (inclexcl.list by default).

Just put your exclusions in there.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nicholas, Murray, Haltek/AU [SMTP:MurrayNi AT HALTEK.COM DOT AU]
> Sent: Monday, November 24, 1997 2:55 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: Excluding filesystems from incremental backup
>
> Ken,
>
> I would have thought that you could do this by adding the name of the
> mount point or root directory of the filesystem to the exclude list.
>
> Murray Nicholas
> IT Systems Specialist
> Galeforce Information Services Pty Ltd
> ----------
> From:  Ken Perdue[SMTP:kperdue AT MAIL.UCC.VCU DOT EDU]
> Sent:  Tuesday, 25 November 1997 5:45
> To:  ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:  Excluding filesystems from incremental backup
>
> Folks,
> I'm using the AIX 2.1.0.6 client, and I have a filesystem that I want
> to exclude
> from incremental backup. The way I read the DOMAIN option, I can
> specify the
> names of all filesystems that I want to INCLUDE in an incremental, but
> what I
> really want to do is EXCLUDE a filesystem. It seems that using the
> DOMAIN
> option, I'd have to update the list every time I add a filesystem.
>
> Is there a way to exclude a filesystem from backup without having ADSM
> scan all
> the files (tens of thousands of them)? My backups are timing out and I
> don't
> really need to back up that filesystem anyway (which contains Usenet
> newsgroups).