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First of all, I'll start by stating that Excludes and Includes will, at
least in theory, slow down your backups, especially a large number of them
like you're using.
Instead of a file list that was ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES, Excluding all drives
(A:\, B:\...) and then Including just what you want (C:\My Documents...),
you could put just what you want in the file list to start with... unless
you are doing this a lot and the file lists are all different and you
don't want a large number of classes (one for each different file list).
However, Excludes/Includes on so many hosts is not the easiest thing to
manage (and can be changed from the host, which makes it a little less
reliable), so you may find that dealing with all those classes is actually
easier.
Secondly, on your Exclude if you continue to do it this way, instead of
A:\, B:\, C:\... you could just use *:\ (or at least you're supposed to be
able to do this... never actually tried it)
Now to answer your question, if you add System_Sate:\ to your Exclude it
should exclude the Sytem State... (make sure you capitalize the S's and
include the : or :\ or it will not work unless you're MP3 or higher. MP3
and higher using just system_state should work also)
- Scott
Christopher Jay Manders <CJManders AT lbl DOT gov>
Sent by: veritas-bu-admin AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
05/14/2003 09:13 AM
To: veritas-bu AT mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu
cc:
Subject: [Veritas-bu] How to exclude the /System_State/* stuff
from NBU 4.5 Winders
backups....
Hi,
So, we have a few systems that want to exlude all of the /System_State/*
stuff
from backups. The 'why' for this is a very looong story. It actually
hinges on
three things, though: 1) we don't have any Bare-Metal recovery so the
System
files are deemed to be not really relevant, 2) the person only wants their
documents and other main data only backed up and 3) they have to pay for
the
backup per gig and they want to cut out anything that might be costly.
Anyway, the system is a Winders 2000 system, and has the following exclude
and
include lists:
Excluding:
A:\* - Z:\* (B,C,D,etc)
Including:
C:\Documents and Settings\dakoelsch
C:\Documents and Settings\dcci
C:\My Documents
C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users
C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Eudora
we see the expected files, but also a long list of large files from
/System_State/.
How can this be stopped?
Thanks in advance!
Christopher
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<br><font size=2 face="Arial">First of all, I'll start by stating that Excludes
and Includes will, at least in theory, slow down your backups, especially a
large number of them like you're using.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Instead of a file list that was ALL_LOCAL_DRIVES,
Excluding all drives (A:\, B:\...) and then Including just what you want (C:\My
Documents...), you could put just what you want in the file list to start
with... unless you are doing this a lot and the file lists are all different
and you don't want a large number of classes (one for each different file
list). However, Excludes/Includes on so many hosts is not the easiest
thing to manage (and can be changed from the host, which makes it a little less
reliable), so you may find that dealing with all those classes is actually
easier.</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Secondly, on your Exclude if you continue to do
it this way, instead of A:\, B:\, C:\... you could just use *:\ (or at least
you're supposed to be able to do this... never actually tried it)</font>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">Now to answer your question, if you add
System_Sate:\ to your Exclude it should exclude the Sytem State... (make sure
you capitalize the S's and include the : or :\ or it will not work unless
you're MP3 or higher. MP3 and higher using just system_state should work
also)</font>
<br>
<br>
<br><font size=2 face="Arial">- Scott</font>
<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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<td><font size=1 face="sans-serif"><b>Christopher Jay Manders <CJManders AT
lbl DOT gov></b></font>
<br><font size=1 face="sans-serif">Sent by: veritas-bu-admin AT
mailman.eng.auburn DOT edu</font>
<p><font size=1 face="sans-serif">05/14/2003 09:13 AM</font>
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[Veritas-bu] How to exclude the /System_State/* stuff from
NBU 4.5 Winders backups....</font></table>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Hi,<br>
<br>
So, we have a few systems that want to exlude all of the /System_State/*
stuff<br>
from backups. The 'why' for this is a very looong story. It actually hinges
on<br>
three things, though: 1) we don't have any Bare-Metal recovery so the System<br>
files are deemed to be not really relevant, 2) the person only wants their<br>
documents and other main data only backed up and 3) they have to pay for the<br>
backup per gig and they want to cut out anything that might be costly.<br>
<br>
Anyway, the system is a Winders 2000 system, and has the following exclude
and<br>
include lists:<br>
<br>
Excluding:<br>
A:\* - Z:\* (B,C,D,etc)<br>
<br>
Including:<br>
C:\Documents and Settings\dakoelsch<br>
C:\Documents and Settings\dcci<br>
C:\My Documents<br>
C:\Program Files\Netscape\Users<br>
C:\Program Files\Qualcomm\Eudora<br>
<br>
we see the expected files, but also a long list of large files from<br>
/System_State/.<br>
<br>
How can this be stopped?<br>
<br>
<br>
Thanks in advance!<br>
<br>
Christopher<br>
<br>
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