Hi 

We use z/OS 1.6 Unix (OMVS) and the TSM client version 5.3. We tried to
create an include/exclude list where we specifically want to include
certain directories. All other directories should be excluded.

The content of the root directory:
  
Type  Filename    
_ Dir   .           
_ Dir   ..          
_ Syml  $SYSNAME    
_ Dir   applications
_ Syml  bin         
_ File  cat         
_ Dir   data        
_ Dir   data.old    
_ Syml  dev         
_ Syml  etc         
_ Dir   exports     
_ Dir   home        
_ Dir   import      
_ Syml  lib         
_ Syml  logs        
_ Dir   OMVS00RD    
_ Dir   OMVS00RE    
_ Dir   OMVS00RF    
_ Dir   OMVS00SB    
_ Dir   OMVS00SD    
_ Dir   OMVS00SE    
_ Dir   OMVS00SF    
_ Syml  opt         
_ Dir   parmlib     
_ Dir   products    
_ Syml  samples     
_ Syml  sapmnt      
_ Dir   SERVICE     

Lets say I want to include directories

/exports
/home
/import
/opt
/samples

Some of them which are symbolic links, some which aren't symbolic links.

Is it possible like

Exclude /*
Include /exports
Include /home
Include /import
Include /opt
Include /samples
Or
Include /samples/*
Or 
Include /samples/.../*

It does not work. TSM client saves some directories, some not without
any logic. Are there samples and is it specific if you have several
images on a sysplex?

Thanks for any help
Regards
Werner Nussbaumer