Hi Harold! I have absolutely no knowledge about ImageNow, but is there any reason why you do not/cannot use the journal based backup? Kind regards, Eric van Loon Air France/KLM Storage Engineering
-----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Vandeventer, Harold [OITS] Sent: vrijdag 26 augustus 2016 20:22 To: [email protected] Subject: Fine tuning INCLUDE/EXCLUDE and EXCLUDE.DIR One of my clients has a server running ImageNow. There are millions of files and several thousand folders that take over 24 hours for the daily incremental. My goal is to backup a single ImageNow folder and reduce the elapsed time to traverse thousands of folders that don't need to be backed up. We worked out a setup for a new node in an effort to backup only a given path within the ImageNow structure. The following dsm.opt statements are in place: DOMAIN J: EXCLUDE J:\...\* INCLUDE J:\IMAGENOW\SUBOB_OSM\...\* That was successful in backing up only the files and subfolders/files in SUBOB_OSM. But it also backed up thousands of directories on J:\. Most of them are in the \IMAGENOW path. My plan is to add a few EXCLUDE.DIR statements such as: EXCLUDE.DIR J:\IMAGENOW\54_OSM EXCLUDE.DIR J:\IMAGENOW\DEFAULT_OSM The question: will adding EXCLUDE.DIR now, after the node has backed up all those paths, result in a performance improvement? I suspect Spectrum Protect server will send all the directory names to the node, but hopefully the work on the node side will be much faster. Or, will we need to delete the filespace, then start over with a fresh "incremental forever" backup to clear out all that directory structure? Thanks. ------------------------------------------------------------ Harold Vandeventer Office of Information Technology Services 2800 SW Topeka Blvd Topeka, KS 66611 (785) 296-0631 [email protected] | www.oits.ks.gov CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVILEGE NOTICE This email message including attachments, if any, is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original message, including all copies. CONFIDENTIALITY AND PRIVILEGE NOTICE This e-mail message, including attachments, if any, is intended for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential or privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, or disclosure is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and destroy the original message, including all copies, Thank you. ******************************************************** For information, services and offers, please visit our web site: http://www.klm.com. This e-mail and any attachment may contain confidential and privileged material intended for the addressee only. If you are not the addressee, you are notified that no part of the e-mail or any attachment may be disclosed, copied or distributed, and that any other action related to this e-mail or attachment is strictly prohibited, and may be unlawful. If you have received this e-mail by error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail, and delete this message. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij NV (KLM), its subsidiaries and/or its employees shall not be liable for the incorrect or incomplete transmission of this e-mail or any attachments, nor responsible for any delay in receipt. Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (also known as KLM Royal Dutch Airlines) is registered in Amstelveen, The Netherlands, with registered number 33014286 ********************************************************
