Thanks Andy.  I thought we were good - as I said, you reply/statement made
me suddenly think/question it.   The Windows person who set these up says
it is considered a share the way she set it up, so it looks like a
filesystem vs directory.

On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 2:42 PM, Andrew Raibeck <storman AT us.ibm DOT com> 
wrote:

> Hi Zoltan,
>
> Well, you would know if your backup wasn't working right because you would
> only see the root of the directory getting backed up. If
> \\somcifs.rams.adp.vcu.edu\ph is a file system (and not just a directory)
> then you should not need the SUBDIR option.
>
> If the items in the OBJECTS list are file systems, then do not use the
> SUBDIR option, as subdirectory traversal is always implicit in full file
> system processing. In other words, in the context of full file system
> incremental backup, the SUBDIR option is irrelevant.
>
> Examples (these assume you are not using the DOMAIN settings in the client
> options file, of course):
>
> 1. Back up C:, E: and F:
>
>       OBJECTS="C: E: F:"
>
>    Note: Do NOT do this: OBJECTS="C:\* E:\* F:\*" OPTIONS=-SUBDIR=YES
>
>    This is the equivalent of "dsmc incremental C: E: F:"
>
> 2. Back up C:\somedir1 and E:\somedir2, including subdirectories of those
> directories:
>
>       OBJECTS="C:\somedir1\* E:\somedir2\*" OPTIONS=-SUBDIR=YES
>
>    This is the equivalent of "dsmc incremental c:\somedir1\* e:\somedir2\*
> -subdir=yes"
>
> #2 is representative of the scenario under discussion in this thread, hence
> my suggestion.
>
> Regards,
>
> Andy
>
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>
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> "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU> wrote on 2016-08-29
> 14:13:10:
>
> > From: Zoltan Forray <zforray AT VCU DOT EDU>
> > To: ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU
> > Date: 2016-08-29 14:14
> > Subject: Re: Fine tuning INCLUDE/EXCLUDE and EXCLUDE.DIR
> > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L AT VM.MARIST DOT EDU>
> >
> > On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Andrew Raibeck <storman AT us.ibm DOT com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > 1. Schedule the incremental backup with OBJECTS="J:\IMAGENOW\SUBOB_OSM
> \*"
> > > OPTIONS=-SUBDIR=YES
> > >
> >
> > Andy,
> >
> > Your above comment got me thinking we aren't doing certain backups
> > correctly.
> >
> > We have a large CIFS server with 40+ TSM nodes/schedules defined to
> backup
> > the individual mount points/directories/user owned areas.  In the
> schedule,
> > I have coded things like "OBJECTS="\\somcifs.rams.adp.vcu.edu\ph" but
> not
> > the OPTIONS=-SUBDIR=YES".  This node has 1.7M objects and 1.4TB of
> > backups....
> >
> > I realize this sounds like a stupid question, but do I really need the
> > "-SUBDIR=YES"?  If so, I am missing lots of backups I need to fix right
> > away?
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Xymon Monitor Administrator
> > VMware Administrator (in training)
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