Hello,

we backup all our laptops (Win95) and adopted the following parameters
(dsm.opt, cloptset) to avoid anything outside of C:\Data to be backedup. You
can of course adapt the parameters if you want to allow for entire C: or any
other difference.

N.B. The dsm.opt is stored centrally on a Vetware server, the user only find
a menu entry under the START button entitled: "User's data backup". So he
has no possibility to modify the dsm.opt.


In the dsm.opt :

**************************
*
...
domain c:
...
...
* removable and network drives excluded from backup (non-official)
 Test ExcludeNetworkFS,  ExcludeRemovableFS
...
*
***************************

Option set stored on the server:

****************************
*
...
INCLEXCL          0            No           Exclude ?:\...\*
INCLEXCL          1            No           Include C:\Data\...\*
INCLEXCL          2            No           Include C:\Windows\Outlprnt
INCLEXCL          3            No           Include C:\Windows\*.fav
INCLEXCL          4            No           Include C:\Windows\*.pcb
INCLEXCL          5            No           Include C:\Windows\*.xlb
...
*
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lloyd Dieter [SMTP:dieter AT SNRGY DOT COM]
> Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 7:25 PM
> To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> Subject:      Re: exclude.fs question
>
> Thanks for the response...
>
> Re: your message:
>
> Yes, but the intention is to essentially "lock-down" what the
> end-user can & cannot back up.  The user community here is savvy
> enough to edit the dsm.opt file, and we're trying to override
> any changes made there.  That was the reason for trying the
> client option set (with a force option set).
>
> If I'm going about this the wrong way, I'd appreciate it if you
> could set me straight :-).
>
>
> -Lloyd
>
> "Moir,Betsy" wrote:
> >
> > I'm probably missing something here, bu if you only want the C: drive
> backed
> > up, can't you use the Domain parameter in the options file:
> >
> > Domain C:
> >
> > That would limit backups to the C: drive only.
> >
> <snip>
>
>
> > --
> > Hi,
> >
> > My server platform for this question is 3.1.2.0 (NT), Client
> > code 3.1.0.6.
> >
> > I'm attempting to put together a client option set to be associated
> > with a number of Win95 clients, who may or may not have a "D:" drive
> > on their machines.
> >
> > The goal is to allow backups of their "C:" drives only, i.e.
> > prevent backups of any removable media/CDROM/network drives.
> >
> > I have been testing some exclude statements to accomplish this,
> > and have had some strange results:
> >
> > If I put the following in the dsm.opt on the client, I get what
> > I would expect, i.e. in the Win32 client, I see the "D:" drive icon.
> > but no subdirectories beneath it, and any files in the "D:" drive
> > root visible, but excluded:
> >
> > Exclude "[d-z]:\*"
> > Exclude.dir D:\*
> >
> > But if I define two client options like so:
> >
> > adsm> define clientopt test inclexcl "exclude '[d-z]:\*'"
> > adsm> define clientopt test inclexcl "exclude.dir 'D:\*'"
> >
> > It ignores the second directive (exclude.dir).
> >
> > What am I doing wrong here?
> >
> > Also:
> >
> > I have been trying unsuccessfully to get the following to
> > work in my dsm.opt:
> >
> > Exclude.FS D:
> >
> > To no avail.
> >
> > Any advice would be helpful.
> >
> > -Lloyd
> >
> > --
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> >           Lloyd Dieter    -      Technical Consultant
> >           315-687-5549              dieter AT snrgy DOT com
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