Hi Stephen

You dsm.opt syntax is ok but you do NOT need to specify

EXClude *:\...\*.*

Check the grammar, you only need EXClude *:\...\*

To see what happens on the client, just try :

DOS > dsmc q inclexcl

Mode Function  Pattern (match from top down)
---- --------- -----------------------------
Excl Directory D:\DISTRIB
Excl Directory D:\DISTRIB
Excl Directory #\...\ADSM\LOG
Excl All       C:\WINNT\PROFILES\...\*
Excl All       C:\WINNT\MEMORY.DMP
Excl All       #\...\SPOOL\...\*
Excl All       #\...\RECYCLER\...\*
Excl All       #\...\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\...\*
Excl All       #\...\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\*.*
Excl All       #\...\PAGEFILE.SYS
Excl All       #\...\EA DATA. SF
Excl All       C:\TEMP\CACHE.IE\...\*
Excl All       C:\TEMP\CACHE\...\*

Herve






Stephen.Rolph AT JOCOKS DOT COM on 17/01/2000 18:46:00
To:     ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
cc:      (bcc: Herve Chibois/FR/ABNAMRO/NL)
Subject:        NT client backup storing complete directory structure

Server:  OS/390 2.6 - ADSM 3.1.2.40
Client:  NT 4.0 SP4 - ADSM 3.1  (IP21618)

Following options set:

DOMain D: E:
EXClude *:\...\*.*
INClude D:\DATA\...\*.*
INClude E:\DATA\...\*.*


With the above options set, ADSM still backs up the entire directory
structure of all local drives when
a scheduled backup runs.  I do not want all of the other directories
filling
up my data base.  If a user
selects his node in the gui client and runs a backup, ADSM again backs up
the entire local directory
structure then it proceeds to backup all network directories the user has
access to.  Is there anything
I can do to force ADSM to only backup the directories needed for the files
selected for backup?

Thanks


Stephen R. Rolph
Systems Programmer
Information Technology Services
Johnson County, Kansas