Hello,
what the adsm documentation is trying to tell
you is that you can use the following :

exclude.dir  /rxv*

and that will exclude all directories starting with
rxv charcaters. In this case, it would exclude
/rxv001 through /rxv150, which is what Gail
asked originally.

Have a great day !

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Rejean Larivee
Rejean Larivee
IBM ADSM Level 2 Support


---------------------- Forwarded by Rejean Larivee/Quebec/IBM on 12/08/99
02:24 PM ---------------------------
02:24 PM ---------------------------

"Thomas A. La Porte" <tlaporte AT ANIM.DREAMWORKS DOT COM> on 12/08/99 02:01:21 
PM

Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>

To:   ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
cc:
Subject:  Re: Exclude.Dir -- ??




You are correct, but regardless of whether it is valid syntax to
use wildcards in an 'exclude.dir' directive, the examples given
were not logical. What the examples in the original message
indicated was "find all of the subdirectories of this directory
and exclude them and all of their subdirectories". By virtue of
the firs part ("find all of the subdirectories of this
directory") you've basically nullified any benefit of using the
exclude.dir directive. Sure, you won't make any directory entries
in the database, but you'll walk the entire tree, knowing in
advance that you are walking the tree with absolutely no
intention of backing anything up from that tree.

 -- Tom

On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Tom Tann{s wrote:

>No.. There is a "typo" in the manuals..
>
>APAR=IC19262  corrects this..
>
>The exclude.dir works exactly the same way as the exclude(.file?). Just be
>aware that the pattern is used to match directory-names, NOT file-names..
>
>EXCLUDE.DIR
>
>       The pattern is used to find
>       matching directory names. If a
>       matching directory is found, that
>       directory, its files, and all its
>       subdirectories and their files are
>       excluded from backup services.
>       Use this option when you have
>       both the backup-archive client
>       and the HSM client installed.
>
>On Wed, 8 Dec 1999, Thomas A. La Porte wrote:
>
>> Try
>>
>> exclude.dir /rxv001
>> exclude.dir /rxv002
>> exclude.dir /rxv003
>>
>> etc.
>>
>> You can't use wildcard characters for the exclude.dir directive
>> because you are not only saying "do not backup this directory"
>> you are also saying "do not even inspect anything *below* this
>> directory", thus it is contradictory to say
>>
>> "exclude.dir /rxv001/.../*"
>>
>> because it is aking to saying "look at every subdirectory of the
>> /rxv001 directory, and don't backup or examine anything
>> underneath each subdirectory".
>>
>> For the exclude.dir directive you need to specify a single,
>> top-level directory, below which ADSM will not even examine, let
>> alone backup.
>>
>>  -- Tom
>>
>> On Tue, 7 Dec 1999, Gail A Johnson wrote:
>>
>> >TSM on AIX - TSM Version 3.1.2.20
>> >
>> >*****************************
>> >I may be crazy or I may just be stupid -- but I cannot get this work --
I'm
>> >tired of trying different scenarios......
>> >*****************************
>> >I have to exclude /rxv001 through /rxv150
>> >
>> >This is what I have in my exclude:
>> >
>> >exclude.dir /rxv001/.../*
>> >exclude.dir /rxv002/.../*
>> >exclude.dir /rxv003/.../*
>> >
>> >The manuals mention no wild characters can be used for exclude.dir -- I
have
>> >tried different variations:
>> >
>> >exclude /.../rxv[0-150]/.../*
>> >
>> >This doesn't work --
>> >
>> >
>> >Any experiences out there with exclude.dir -- or ways of shortening up
my
>> >exclude lines?
>> >
>> >Thanks.................
>> >
>>
>