Re: INCLEXCL not working as expected on Windows XP client

No, this works as designed.
exclude.dir overrides all include statements.

http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/TSMC/GC32-0788-0
1/en_US/HTML/ans6000014.htm#HDRINEXOP

Regards,

Alexander

> We back up some Windows PCs to a TSM 4.1.5.3 server running on AIX 4.3.3.
> We usually restrict the backups to the "C:\My Documents" folder by having
> appropriate INCLEXCL statements in the server's CLIENTOPT set.
> This has been working just fine for Windows 98 clients.
>
> However, with Windows XP clients I have been unable to obtain this
> desired restricted backup policy.  I did install the TSM client 4.2.2.0,
> following the advice on the ADSM list, so Windows XP support should be OK.
> I have done many experiments with the INCLEXCL options, and I believe
> that the following options in the server or client should work:
>
>   EXCLUDE.DIR "C:\*"
>   INCLUDE "C:\Documents and Settings\...\*.*"
>
> The second line backs up documents, whereas the first line excludes
> everything else.  However, on Windows XP the first line apparently
> supercedes the second line, and nothing whatsoever gets backed up !!
> I think this is a fundamental kind of bug.
>
> Can anyone explain why the above example doesn't work as expected ?
> Even better, how do I achieve the policy of backing up only
> the "Documents and Settings" folders ?
>
> Thanks a lot,
> Ole Holm Nielsen
> Department of Physics
> Technical University of Denmark


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Alexander Verkooijen        (alexander AT sara DOT nl)
Alexander Verkooijen        (alexander AT sara DOT nl)
Senior Systems Programmer
SARA High Performance Computing