Do you really have filespaces named something like /cabs1/data, /cabs2/data...
etc or are they more like /cabs1, /cabs2... etc. It looks like you might have
started with a basic exclude for files and when it didn't work you tried
exclude.dir and then exclude.fs but didn't change your pattern to match.

Another possibility is that the ?  and * wildcards may not valid in directory
names. The manual says to use them in the filename only and not the directory
name. However, you might try something like this: exclude.fs
/cabs[a-z]/data/.../*. There is an example showing it being used this way with
directory names. I don't know, but you might even be able to do something like:
exclude.fs /cabs[a-z,A-Z,1-9]

You might take a look at the discussion of exclude processing at this url:
http://www.storage.ibm.com/software/adsm/pubs/v3pubs/aix/html/adsmunix/cp5ec5.htm





Steve Branch
Phillips Petroleum
e-mail: swbranc AT ppco DOT com





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 Subject: exclude parms on HP-UX








To all:

Once again, some EXCLUDE statements are making my job harder than it needs
to be. A client's machine running HP-UX B.10.2 and ADSM client V3.1.0.3 is
absolutely ignoring the following EXCLUDE statements during each backup:

exclude.fs /cabs?/data/.../*
exclude.fs /cabs?/tmp/.../*
exclude.fs /ems?/data/.../*
exclude.fs /ems?/tmp/.../*

I've tried everything but the kitchen sink in the statements to make them
work, but so far, nothing. These filespaces do indeed exist, and the only
difference in each name of the several dozen filespaces is the 5th
letter/number. EXCLUDE.DIR, single or double quotes, EXCLUDE only, and a
variety of *.* and /* variables have been used, and still nothing. The
scheduler has been stopped and restarted each time a change has been tried,
and still nothing.

I don't see where the syntax or the statement itself could be a problem, but
the amount of data that these EXCLUDES would take care of would really make
a difference in total backup time, etc.

Any insights are appreciated.

Thanks.

Cindy Cannam

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