No, this works as designed. exclude.dir overrides all include statements. http://www.tivoli.com/support/public/Prodman/public_manuals/td/TSMC/GC32-0788-0 1/en_US/HTML/ans6000014.htm#HDRINEXOP
Regards, Alexander > We back up some Windows PCs to a TSM 4.1.5.3 server running on AIX 4.3.3. > We usually restrict the backups to the "C:\My Documents" folder by having > appropriate INCLEXCL statements in the server's CLIENTOPT set. > This has been working just fine for Windows 98 clients. > > However, with Windows XP clients I have been unable to obtain this > desired restricted backup policy. I did install the TSM client 4.2.2.0, > following the advice on the ADSM list, so Windows XP support should be OK. > I have done many experiments with the INCLEXCL options, and I believe > that the following options in the server or client should work: > > EXCLUDE.DIR "C:\*" > INCLUDE "C:\Documents and Settings\...\*.*" > > The second line backs up documents, whereas the first line excludes > everything else. However, on Windows XP the first line apparently > supercedes the second line, and nothing whatsoever gets backed up !! > I think this is a fundamental kind of bug. > > Can anyone explain why the above example doesn't work as expected ? > Even better, how do I achieve the policy of backing up only > the "Documents and Settings" folders ? > > Thanks a lot, > Ole Holm Nielsen > Department of Physics > Technical University of Denmark ----------------------------------------------- Alexander Verkooijen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Senior Systems Programmer SARA High Performance Computing
