Re: [Networker] Directive to exclude a single directory

 This is the beginning of our Solaris directives.  Doesn't matter if sparc or 
x86.

<< / >>
        skip: cdrom
        +skip:core
        skip: dev
        skip: devices
        skip: diskette
        +skip: lost+found
        skip: mnt
        skip: system
        skip: tmp
        skip: tmp_mnt

Patti Clark
DOE/OSTI

> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMC NetWorker discussion 
> [mailto:NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU] On Behalf Of Len Philpot
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 12:44 PM
> To: NETWORKER AT LISTSERV.TEMPLE DOT EDU
> Subject: [Networker] Directive to exclude a single directory
> 
> Sounds simple, and I've done it before, but this time it 
> isn't doing the 
> job.
> 
> On a particular Solaris 10 x86 box, I want to exclude the 
> /system (meta) 
> directory tree from backups. I first customized the standard 
> "Unix with 
> compression" server-side directive it's using to include :
> 
> << /system >>
>         skip: .?* *
> 
> ...but still see this in the completion reports :
> 
> * <client>:/system/object save: readdir overflow error, backup of 
> directory cannot continue
> * <client>:/system/object save: readdir overflow error, backup of 
> directory cannot continue
> * <client>:/system/object save: readdir overflow error, backup of 
> directory cannot continue
> 
> ...etc. for hundreds of lines. So, I added this to the top of the 
> directive, hoping it would prevent Networker from even 
> attempting to read 
> the directory :
> 
> << / >>
>         skip: tmp_mnt
>         +skip: core
>         +skip: system
>         +compressasm: .
> 
> "+skip: system" is the new line. However, it still apparently 
> attempts to 
> read /system. Is a client-side directive needed, or will it 
> even make any 
> difference? What am I overlooking?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
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