Check the guide on "Deploying Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows 2000" it will detail an example of the dsm.opt. Which is where I built my from.
Here is my dsm.opt from one of the DC with AD running: TCPSERVERADDRESS A.B.C.D PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE SCHEDMODE POLLING SCHEDLOGR 20 D ERRORLOGR 20 D COMPression ON TXNBYTELIMIT 25600 QUERYSCHEDPERIOD 6 DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL COMPRESSALWAYS YES EXCLUDE "C:\I386\...\*" EXCLUDE "C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\...\*" Exclude "*:\pagefile.sys" Exclude *:\...\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\...\* Exclude *:\...\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\...\*.* Exclude *:\...\Profiles\...\ntuser.dat* Exclude *:\...\system32\Perflib*.dat EXCLUDE "C:\WINNT\system32\CPL.CFG" EXCLUDE "C:\WINNT\system32\*.dat" EXCLUDE *.dmp EXCLUDE *.tmp EXCLUDE *.msg EXCLUDE "*:\WINNT\DEBUG\*.*" Exclude.dir "*:\...\NTDS" Exclude.dir "C:\Documents and Settings" Exclude.dir C:\temp Exclude.dir D:\Temp Exclude.dir E:\Temp Exclude.dir D:\Spool Exclude.dir F:\Temp Exclude.dir F:\I386 Exclude.dir *:\...\system32\wins Exclude.dir *:\...\system32\LServer Exclude.dir *:\...\system32\dhcp Exclude.dir *:\...\system32\config Exclude.dir *:\...\ntfrs\jet Exclude.dir "*:\System Volume Information" Exclude.dir "*:\...\Temporary Internet Files" Exclude.dir *:\Recycled Exclude.dir *:\Recycler INCLUDE *.pst PST INCLUDE "*:\ADSM.SYS\...\*" I hope this helps. Khalid Khan -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Strobeck Sent: Wednesday, November 12, 2003 2:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: TSM, Active Directory, Example dsm.opt File Greetings We are currently getting ready to move over to Windows 2K...We will be using TSM to backup 4 DC's...what are the recommended include/excludes? Can anyone provide a sample dsm.opt file for Windows 2K DC using AD? Specifically--are folks who are using TSM to backup Windows 2K using it to backup the Active Directory? Any help is most appreciated. ...Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED]
