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Re: TSM 3.73. include/exclude statements: where should they be?

2000-11-05 18:15:36
Subject: Re: TSM 3.73. include/exclude statements: where should they be?
From: Joel Fuhrman <joelf AT CAC.WASHINGTON DOT EDU>
Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 14:45:36 -0800
I have this statement in the server name stanza in the file dsm.sys
   Inclexcl /var/tsm/backup.exclude
Naturally the directory and file name can be anything you like.  This
applies to Unix.  NT/Windows does not use the include/exclude file.

On Sun, 5 Nov 2000, Richard Sims wrote:

> >I have inherited TSM totally on my own now and have to learn real fast.
> >I need to know where the include/exclude statements should go.
> >The manuals say:
> >  dsm.opt or dsmserv.opt or dsmserv.opt.smp
> >
> >The previous ADSM operator was to have setup the include/excludes, but when I
> >look in the *.opt files, I don't see any of them there.
> ...
> >Env.: 2 H70 RS6K, 4.3.3, TSM 3.7.3 server, client still at 3.1.?.
>
> Which "manuals" are you looking at?
> Chapter 7 of the ADSM 3.1 Unix Backup-Archive Clients manual, under
> Creating an Include-Exclude Options File says:
>
>     You can specify the include and exclude options in the client system
>     options file. You can also create an include-exclude options file to
>     exclude specific files from backup services, and to assign specific
>     management classes to files.
>
> Under the specific Include and Exclude options description:
>
>     Place this option in the Include-Exclude options file or the client system
>     options file (dsm.sys).
>
> Richard Sims, BU
>