Patricia,

TSM uses the system registry for most of the operating system excludes.
FYI, the registry key is
HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\FilesNotToBackup. TSM
just reads from this key; it does not write to it. The key entries are
established by Windows, and in some cases, by other products, too.

adsm.sys is an exception: we implicitly exclude it, and we show it as
excluded by the OS, but in fact, that exclude is done by TSM, and you
won't see it in the FilesNotToBackup key.

Note that adsm.sys is automatically included in the system object backup.
The excludes/includes are for regular file backup only, and thus do not
apply to system object. So if you back up the system object, you'll see
adsm.sys getting backed up as a part of that operation.

Regards,

Andy

Andy Raibeck
IBM Software Group
Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development
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"ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 02/15/2006
13:11:41:

> I'm wondering how the "operating system" excludes get set.  Below is a
> test screen capture of a w2k server, opening up the dsmc.exe and typing
> in q inclexcl.
> I wanted to INCLUDE the C:\adsm.sys......but how do I update the
> operating system excludes????
>
>
>
> tsm> q inclexcl
> *** FILE INCLUDE/EXCLUDE ***
> Mode Function  Pattern (match from top down)  Source File
> ---- --------- ------------------------------ -----------------
> Excl Directory C:\adsm.sys                    Operating System
> Excl Directory *\Recycler                     dsm.opt
> Excl Directory *\Recycled                     dsm.opt
> Excl Directory *\...\Temporary Internet Files dsm.opt
> Excl Directory *\System Volume Information    dsm.opt
> Excl Directory *\...\ntds                     dsm.opt
> Excl Directory *\...\ntfrs\jet                dsm.opt
> Excl Directory *\...\system32\config          dsm.opt
> Excl Directory *\...\system32\dhcp            dsm.opt
> Excl Directory *\...\system32\LServer         dsm.opt
> Excl Directory *\...\system32\wins            dsm.opt
> Exclude All       C:\WINNT\system32\NtmsData\...\* Operating System
> Exclude All       C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv\metabase.xml Operating
> System
> Exclude All       C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv\metabase.bin Operating
> System
> Exclude All       C:\WINNT\system32\inetsrv\mbschema.xml Operating
> System
> Exclude All       C:\WINNT\System32\DtcLog\MSDTC.LOG Operating System