For Dave:

Try using the "virtualmountpoint".
This allows just what you want.  It telss tsm to treat the specified
directory tree as if it were a real mountpoint.
Good luck.
 


Gary Lee
Senior System Programmer
Ball State University
phone: 765-285-1310

 
-----Original Message-----
From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU] On Behalf Of
Dave Mussulman
Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2007 1:07 PM
To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
Subject: backing up just a few directories?

I have a few systems I'd like to add to TSM but only backup a few
directory hierarchies.  These aren't always mount points (for example,
the /etc directory under the / mount point.)  Does TSM really not have a
way for me to define "just back up X" without worrying about anything
else on that mount?  I know I can do a

exclude /.../*
include /etc/.../*

but then I get all the directories backed up all over /.  I could append
exclude.dirs for the larger hierarchies (/lib, /usr, etc.) but that
seems awkward too.  I feel like I'm going at this problem the wrong way,
but I haven't found a right way.

I tried putting a non-mount point in the domain line, but the client
didn't like that.  Recommendations?

Thanks,
Dave