On Aug 6, 2010, at 2:48 PM, yoda woya wrote:

> Actually... /tmp is included

Are you saying that on the basis of belief from reading, or from actual 
experience? The Unix client has historically omitted the /tmp file system from 
default processing backup, due to its nature. That is documented under the 
DOMain option, where "all-local" is the default, and with that default, the 
documentation says "The /tmp directory is not included."

If you perform a default backup and find that the /tmp file system is being 
included, do 'dsmc query inclexcl' and see if /tmp is being included by some 
client-side or server-side specification.  If not, you have basic to contact 
TSM Support with that issue.

If /tmp is a not a file system, but a subdirectory of /, you can, if necessary, 
use Exclude.Dir for it.  Normally, you would not want to back up the root file 
system, as it usually contains system elements that are planted via kickstart 
or the like, and would be reconstructed via that method in case of disk or 
system failure.

> My question question is the syntax
> 
> domain ALL-LOCAL - /x -/y   or
> domain ALL-LOCAL - /x /y   or
> domain ALL-LOCAL - /x, /y  ... etc

The manual specifies that each should have a minus sign abutted to the front of 
it. In any case, there should be no need for you to perform an explicit 
exclusion for /tmp as a file system.  If /tmp were a subdirectory and you 
wanted to exclude it via a Domain spec, you would have to force it to be a 
domain via the VIRTUALMountpoint option - which is more than you would want to 
do.

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> *Storage Archive Manager, Version 5.4*
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> How special file systems are
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> Special file systems contain dynamic information generated by the operating
> system; they contain no data or files. The Tivoli Storage Manager client
> ignores special file systems and their contents. Special file systems
> include the following:
> 
>   - the /proc file system on most of the UNIX platforms
>   - the /dev/fd file system on Solaris
>   - the /dev/pts on Linux
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> On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Richard Sims <rbs AT bu DOT edu> wrote:
> 
>> The client manual explains that /tmp and /proc are not inherently
>> included in Unix backups.
>> And to exclude some other file system on the Domain statement, precede
>> it with a minus sign (not a tilde); or use Exclude.Fs.
>> 
>>   Richard Sims
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 5, 2010, at 4:53 PM, yoda woya wrote:
>> 
>> I am trying to exclude /proc and /tmp and backup everything else...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> is it  domain ALL-LOCAL ~/tmp ~/proc??
>>> 
>>