I think the issue is that the version 3 client has made the need
for the "-include" parameter unnecessary.

E.g., if your v2 command is :

  dsmc incr -include="d:\new\*.*"

Your v3 command would be thus:

  dsmc incr "d:\new\*.*"

-- Tom
On Fri, 7 May 1999, Dirk Billerbeck wrote:
On Fri, 7 May 1999, Dirk Billerbeck wrote:

>Hello Rene,
>
>can you give me a reason why I shouldn't (i.e. my customer shouldn't) code
>an -INCLUDE option in the INCREMENTAL command? I mean that's just the way
>it should work and so it is described in IBM's own student material for
>ADSM...
>
>A quote from that IBM student book (Page "Incremental Backup: Command Line
>Interface"):
>
>================ cut =====================
>
>dsmc incremental -include=d:\new\*.*
>Backup only files from the specified path.
>
>================ cut =====================
>
>BTW: My customer has still some v2 clients and that systems use the
>-INCLUDE option without any problems.
>
>CU/2,
>                Dirk Billerbeck
>
>
>Dirk Billerbeck
>CompuNet Kiel
>System Engineering
>Am Jaegersberg 20, 24161 Altenholz (Kiel), Germany
>Phone: ++49-431/3609-117, Fax: ++49-431/3609-190,
>Internet: dirk.billerbeck @ gecits-eu.com
>
>
>
>
>Rene.Lambelet AT NESTLE DOT COM on 07.05.99 16:01:01
>
>Please respond to ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>
>To:     mailbox.dekelnsm
>cc:
>Subject:  Re: No Include/Exclude command line option with v3 client???
>
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>
>Hello,
>you should not code an include statement in the INCREMENTAL command, only
>the name of the files you want to backup.
>Rene Lambelet
>Nestec SA - 55, Av. Nestle - CH-1800 Vevey
>Tel: ++41'21'924'35'43 / Fax: ++41'21'924'45'89
>E-Mail: rene.lambelet AT nestle DOT com
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Dirk Billerbeck [SMTP:dirk.billerbeck AT GECITS-EU DOT COM]
>> Sent: Friday, May 07, 1999 5:16 PM
>> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>> Subject:      No Include/Exclude command line option with v3 client???
>>
>> Hello,
>>
>> a customer tried to run the following command on his NT server with an
>> ADSM
>> client (version 3.1.0.6, the ADSM server is an IBM RS/6000 H50 with ADSM
>> 3.1.2.20):
>>
>> dsmc inc -include=C:\...\*
>>
>> But instead of backing up all files on drive C: he got an error message
>> "ANS1108E Invalid option (-INCLUDE) for the INCREMENTAL command".... I
>> couldn't believe that but I've tried it myself. It does not work!
>>
>> Is this a bug or a feature??? Can I no longer override the
>exclude/include
>> list in the option file with an command line option?? Or do I have to do
>> it
>> in a different way??
>>
>>
>> I've just looked into my IBM E&T student material (ADSM Planning and
>> Implementation, Course SS50) and on page 3-45 it says:
>> "Incremental backup processing will check the exclude/include list in the
>> configuration options file unless OVERRIDDEN BY AN EXPLICIT EXCLUDE OR
>> INCLUDE OPTION ON THE COMMAND LINE."
>> IBM, please help!
>>
>> CU/2,
>>                 Dirk Billerbeck
>>
>>
>> Dirk Billerbeck
>> CompuNet Kiel
>> System Engineering
>> Am Jaegersberg 20, 24161 Altenholz (Kiel), Germany
>> Phone: ++49-431/3609-117, Fax: ++49-431/3609-190,
>> Internet: dirk.billerbeck @ gecits-eu.com
>