I've figured this problem out - after poring over the documentation, it turns
out that updating
INCLEXCL rules requires running "mmbackup -q" to update its shadow
database.
On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 02:37:59PM +0000, Skylar Thompson wrote:
> I'm wondering if anyone has experience assigning non-default management
> classes to new files via mmbackup (I know that it's not possible to rebind
> existing files). Until recently, we've gotten away with just using the
> policy domain default management class, but the documentation here suggests
> that it should be possible to assign non-default management classes as
> well:
>
> http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21699569
>
> Unfortunately, when I've tested it, all I get is the default. For
> instance, we have this rule in dsm.sys to assign all files in
> /gpfs/gs1/noble in directories marked "backups" to the noble_lab
> management class:
>
> SErvername gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3
> ...
> include /gpfs/gs1/noble/.../backups/.../* noble_lab
>
> And I make a test file:
>
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7 bs=1M count=1000
>
> I create a snapshot (noble_vol3 is in a fileset so we can manage quotas for
> it):
>
> # mmcrsnapshot gs1 noble_vol3:TSMsnap
>
> And run mmbackup:
>
> # mmbackup /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3 \
> -t incremental \
> --tsm-servers gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3 \
> -N tsm_clients \
> -S TSMsnap \
> --tsm-errorlog /var/log/dsmerror-gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3.log \
> -a 4 \
> --expire-threads 4 \
> --backup-threads 4 \
> --scope inodespace
>
> Querying the backups afterwards shows that it's in the DEFAULT management
> class, not NOBLE_LAB:
>
> # dsmc q b -se=gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3 /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7
> ...
> Size Backup Date Mgmt Class A/I
> File
> ---- ----------- ---------- ---
> ----
> 104,857,600 B 04/03/2017 07:25:53 DEFAULT A
> /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7
>
> But I know that rule is valid, because I can run "dsmc incremental"
> afterwards and thefile gets rebound:
>
> # dsmc i -se=gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3 /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/
> ...
> Rebinding--> 104,857,600 /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7 [Sent]
>
> # dsmc q b -se=gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3 /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7
> ...
> Size Backup Date Mgmt Class A/I
> File
> ---- ----------- ---------- ---
> ----
> 104,857,600 B 04/03/2017 06:48:24 NOBLE_LAB A
> /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> -- Skylar Thompson (skylar2 AT u.washington DOT edu)
> -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator
> -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354
> -- University of Washington School of Medicine
--
-- Skylar Thompson (skylar2 AT u.washington DOT edu)
-- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator
-- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354
-- University of Washington School of Medicine
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