MV,

Lets start with issuing dsmc on the aix system.....
then
q opt    (to list the options)

look for an option under genaeral options like this:

##### GENERAL OPTIONS #####
       adminpromptnl 0
     afsbackupmntpnt Yes
       archiveserver
              archmc
      backupeventlog No
      backupregistry Yes
        backupserver
               books
     changingretries 0
           clientuse
      compressalways Yes
         compression No
  confirmbtwdataverb 0
     confirmfilesize 2,097,152
 commrestartduration 60
 commrestartinterval 15
          dateformat 0
     dfsbackupmntpnt Yes
               dirmc DEFAULT
         dotdircheck Yes
  dsmcdefaultcommand LOOP
              editor Yes
          endtxnwait 0
        errorlogname dsmerror.log
   errorlogretention 7
        eventlogging No
            filterfs Yes
      followsymbolic No
              groups None
            inclexcl /usr/lpp/adsm/bin/include.exclude     <=========


This path will confirm the location of the include.exclude file. I'm using
the AIX client 3.1.20.6 on AIX 4.3.2 systems. Although I'm not very fond
of the include.exclude syntax it does work.

The include.exclude file is read from the bottom up. If you code

include /mydir/all_other_files    - all_other_files will be backed-up
exclude /mydir/myfile               - my file will not be backed-up

Here's an example of my dsm.opt, dsm.sys and include.exclude


dsm.opt


* SErvername       A server name defined in the dsm.sys file
        Servername      my.mainframe.com
        domain          all-local
        passwordaccess  generate

dsm.sys



SErvername  my.mainframe.com
  NODENAME          mynode
   COMMmethod         TCPip
   TCPPort            1500
   TCPServeraddress   my.mainframe.com
   Schedlogname       /usr/lpp/adsm/bin/dsmsched.log
   schedlogretention    7
   errorlogretention    7
   MAXCMDRetries      6
   COMPression        no
   TCPBuffsize        32
   TCPWindowsize      64
   TXNBytelimit       25600
   Changingretries      0
   inclexcl             /usr/lpp/adsm/bin/include.exclude
   users              root


include.exclude


exclude /.../*core*
exclude /.../dsmsched.log
exclude /.../dsmerror.log
exclude /.../nohup.out


This does work..............





"Vraspir, Mary J." wrote:

> Mark,
> I have not yet got the inclexcl to work properly on aix or hp.  I
included
> every iteration of exclude "this filespace" in my inclexcl and was still
> backing up unwanted data.
> My immediate work around (support's suggestion) is to put the desired
> filespaces in the dsm.opt file.  This works fine BUT I am still backing
up
> the files I wanted to exclude (core, dsmerror.log, dsmsched.log, etc...)
> Any other suggestions?  I went through my config with support and all
seems
> right.
> Thanks
> Mary Vraspir
> West Teleservices
> Omaha, NE
>
>         -----Original Message-----
>         From:   Mark Owens [SMTP:Mark_Owens AT PRODIGY DOT NET]
>         Sent:   Monday, May 17, 1999 9:52 AM
>         To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
>         Subject:        Re: exclude does not work in AIX?
>
>         You want to code these statements in
>
>         /usr/lpp/adsm/bin/include.exclude. Then make sure you have coded
>
>         inclexcl             /usr/lpp/adsm/bin/include.exclude
> in dsm.sys.
>
>         William Wang wrote:
>
>         > Dear ADSMers,
>         > I installed ADSM 3.1.20 in my AIX 43P which is running AIX
4.2.1.
> When I
>         > add the following two lines into /usr/lpp/adsm/bin/dsm.sys, The
> exclude
>         > does not work at all. What I want to do is exclude all of the
> machine,
>         > and then I can use include to perform a incremental backup.
Would
> you
>         > please kindly tell me, how can I use exclude?
>         >
>         > exclude /*
>         > exclude /.../*
>         >
>         > Thanks in advance!
>         > William Wang
>
>         --
>         Mark Owens
>
>         Prodigy Communications Corporation
>         1565 Front Street
>         Yorktown Heights, N.Y. 10598
>         914.448.1912
>
>         Mark_Owens AT prodigy DOT net