>I'm running a 5.1.5.0 client on an OSX Mac server. We seem to be having an
>issue where some directories have not been backed up and I can't see any
>reason why. I have run the BA Client as Administrator, so as far as I'm
>aware it should have access to all files on the system. Is this correct? Is
>there a difference between Administrator and Root (seeing as OSX is UNIX
>based). I come from a Solaris background and know nothing about Mac
>operating systems at all, so I'm sorry if my question is either a) little
>vague or b) down right silly.
>
>If anyone else out there has had any problems/issues with the Mac client, I
>would be most grateful to hear of them and any solutions.

Farren -

Please post what directories are at issue so we can ponder further.

Are you backing up by double-clicking the "TSM Backup" icon, or the
"TSM Backup for Administrators" icon?  From your posting, I presume the latter.

Do the directory permissions prohibit access in general?

If you go into Preferences, does the Include-Exclude list happen to exclude
those directories?

Administrator is not the same as root, but should have general read access to
the file systems.  The following URL provides a PDF which will be helpful to
you as you work with OS X:
http://developer.apple.com/documentation/MacOSX/Conceptual/SystemOverview/index.html

   Richard Sims