Re: Can't get EXCLUDE Right!

Excluding a previously included file will cause the current active version
to be made inactive (during your next incremental backup), and from there,
any existing backup versions expire per management class criteria.

The EXCLUDE statements you have coded:

        exclude *:\Op2IR\*
        exclude *:\Op2IR\...\*
        exclude *:\Op2IR\...\*.*

are redundant, and can be boiled down to one:

        exclude *:\Op2IR\...\*

The \...\ part covers the files immediately below Op2IR, as well as its
subdirectories. the * part covers all file names, including those with
dots (.) in them.

However, EXCLUDE by itself applies only to files, and not directories,
which is why you still see the subdirectory structure get backed up. If
you don't want the directory traversed or backed up at all, then code
this:

        exclude.dir *:\Op2IR

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Tivoli Systems
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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Karen Mikacenic <karen.mikacenic AT UNIGARD DOT COM>
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Question 1)  When a new exclude statement is added to either an global or
client option files does it delete all previously backed up versions or
just
start from the day the exclude was added?

I am trying to delete a directory and everything in it off all drives of a
server.  I  am using the two statements below.  I am deleting all the
items
within the directories, but am still backing up the millions of empty
directories.  Below is what I have specified in the options file.  Can you
see what might be wrong with this?

        exclude *:\Op2IR\*
        exclude *:\Op2IR\...\*
        exclude *:\Op2IR\...\*.*


Here is what is showing up in the log when doing the scheduled backup:

09/14/2001 02:11:21 Directory--> 0
\\imgsqlac\f$\Op2IR\Data\Opexpor2\20010913\1751854-722318-1713059 [Sent]
09/14/2001 02:11:21 Directory--> 0
\\imgsqlac\f$\Op2IR\Data\Opexpor2\20010913\1751854-736627-1708252 [Sent]
09/14/2001 02:11:21 Directory--> 0
\\imgsqlac\f$\Op2IR\Data\Opexpor2\20010913\1751854-736633-1708250 [Sent]
09/14/2001 02:11:21 Directory--> 0


Thanks

Karen Mikacenic
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