Did you try the DOMAIN statement instead, excluding the CDROMS volume ??
 By default, I think ADSM will still back up directory information even
when you exclude an entire volume in this manner.

DOMAIN SYS: VOL1: VOL2: ....

Tim Pittson
tpittson AT himail.hcc DOT com

>-----Original Message-----
>From:  Chris Berthaut [SMTP:cberthaut AT WORLDNET.ATT DOT NET]
>Sent:  Thursday, January 15, 1998 10:35 AM
>To:    ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>Subject:       NW 4.11 Exclusions
>
>Someone please help!!! I have tried every combination known to man in my
>DSM.OPT file and cannot seem to find one that works. I have a Netware 4.11
>box running Microtest's Discport. It creates a directory called CDROMS which
>appears to be a volume on the server. I cannot seem to be able to exclude
>that volume. Everything I have tried results in ADSM trying to back that up
>anyway, which ends up hanging ADSM and causing the server to experience an
>Abend condition. This is the end of the DSMC Screen:
>
>Normal File-->          33,582 ALLTEL\SYS:/WWIN311/NE3200.DOS  Sent
>Normal File-->          45,448 ALLTEL\SYS:/WWIN311/T20ND.DOS  Sent
>Normal File-->          45,388 ALLTEL\SYS:/WWIN311/T30ND.DOS  Sent
>Normal File-->          19,972 ALLTEL\SYS:/WWIN311/TCCARC.DOS  Sent
>Normal File-->          24,666 ALLTEL\SYS:/WWIN311/UBNEI.DOS  Sent
>Normal File-->          20,257 ALLTEL\SYS:/WWIN311/UBNEPS.DOS  Sent
>ANS4638E Incremental backup of 'ALLTEL\SYS:' finished with 29 failure
>
>Incremental backup of volume 'ALLTEL\CDROMS:'
>
>
>and then it dies causing an abend on the server.
>
>Here is the Include/Exclude portion of the DSM.OPT file as it looks now (I
>have tried several)
>
>  EXCLUDE       *:/.../*
>  EXCLUDE       CDROMS:/.../*
>  INCLUDE       SYS:/.../*
>
>Any ideas from anyone?? (Please please please when you reply, copy me
>directly to my email address: cberthaut AT hiberniabank DOT com)
>
>
>Thanks all!!!!
>
>
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