Re: Bring back TSM Administrator's Guide

Thank you for your response Clare. It's good to know these comments are being read. There are a large number of areas that cannot be covered separately. A very large topic is Policy, which is one of Spectrum Protect's hardest to understand areas, yet it affects and is affected by everything else.

Include and exclude for VMs

I am trying to understand how this works. I want to backup a VM called "abc_template" but want to exclude from backup any other VMs with the name abc. I tried DOMAIN.VMFULL vmhostcluster=X;vm=abc_template;-vm=abc* in the hope that the inclusion preceded the exclusion but that didn't work. The

Re: Include and exclude for VMs

Hi, yes, I have. Hans Chr. On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 1:43 PM, James Thorne wrote: > Hello. > > Do you have > > Vmenabletemplatebackups yes > > set in the options file? Available in 6.4 and 7.1: > > >

Re: Include and exclude for VMs

Hello. Do you have Vmenabletemplatebackups yes set in the options file? Available in 6.4 and 7.1: https://www-01.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSTFZR_6.4.0/com.ibm.itsm.client.doc/r_opt_vmenabletemplatebkup.html

Re: Include and exclude for VMs

Hi, and please keep in mind, vm templates can only be backed up via VMVSTORTRANSPORT nbd That's why we had to build a dedicated datamover/scheduler combination to backup all templates :( Best regards, Sven

Re: Include and exclude for VMs

Hi, we can assume that the VM that should be included is just an ordinary VM. Manual backup of it works fine. It is the inclexcl rules I am wondering about. They obviously does not follow the same logic as the rules for file backups. Hans Chr. On Wed, Dec 16, 2015 at 2:05 PM, Sven Seefeld <

Re: Include and exclude for VMs

Hi, we can assume that the VM that should be included is just an ordinary VM. Manual backup of it works fine. It is the inclexcl rules I am wondering about. They obviously does not follow the same logic as the rules for file backups. okay, sounded like the template never gets backed up.

Re: Include and exclude for VMs

DOMAIN.VMFULL vm=abc_template Should back up just the template Why do you want to back up templates on a different schedule instead of everything at once? David -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of James Thorne Sent: Wednesday,