We have a situation where we have two entries in our dsm.sys.  One of the
entries contains an inclexcl that excludes certain database filesystems,
though the exlclude is using exclude not exclude.fs.  The other has no
inclexcl, so that when the DB person runs their backup script, the files are
backed up.  He is using selelctive backup statements.  We thought this all
was working, until we noticed, because we needed a restore, that we did not
have as many backup versions as we thought we should.  What we discovered,
is that the backup using the inclexcl list is expiring backups in those
directory.filesystems even though they are excluded.  Is this the way it
works?  Would it work the same way if we used exclude.fs instead?  the
manual says that exclude.fs and exclude.dir are dropped outright, but for
exclude, and etc, it only says the file is not backed up - it does not
specify that the file will be expired.

Thanks for any input you can provide.

P.S.  TSM 5.3.2.3 on AIX 5.2.8 with Sun Solaris client version 5.3.0.

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