I'm not sure I understand the question based on the described symptom. I would expect to see ANS1497W if you have INCLUDE or EXCLUDE statements with duplicate file specs. In this case, INCLEXCL 3 and 4 have identical file specs, so you got the message.
While there is no deterministic method for identifying all "problematic" INCLUDE and EXCLUDE statements, it is pretty easy to see that duplicate INCLUDE/EXCLUDE statements for identical file specs are problematic. For example, consider these statements in dsm.opt: INCLUDE C:\somefile EXCLUDE C:\somefile Why include the file on one line, but exclude it on another? The behavior is predictable (the file will be excluded), but was that really the intent? This is why the ANS1497W message was added to the product somewhere in the version 4.1 maintenance stream via APAR IC27088. In your case, there are two EXCLUDE statements, which is probably just redundant. Nonetheless, the TSM client will call attention to it via ANS1497W. On a related note, INCLEXCL lines 1 and 2 can be condensed to a singe EXCLUDE.DIR for the WINNT\TEMP directory. Best regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/i...@ibmus Internet e-mail: [email protected] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 12/29/2008 10:33:37 AM: > [image removed] > > ANS1497W Duplicate include/exclude option > > Michael Green > > to: > > ADSM-L > > 12/29/2008 10:34 AM > > Sent by: > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > Please respond to "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" > > I'm getting the following error: > ANS1497W Duplicate include/exclude option 'EXCLUDE *\...\NTUSER.DAT*' > found while processing the client options passed by the server. > > Server is 5.3.6 > Client is 5.5.1 > > The Client optset contains: > INCLEXCL 0 Yes exclude > *\...\Symantec Shared\VirusDefs\* > INCLEXCL 1 Yes exclude.dir > *\...\WINNT\Temp\* > INCLEXCL 2 Yes exclude > *\...\WINNT\Temp\* > INCLEXCL 3 Yes exclude > *\...\NTUSER.DAT* > INCLEXCL 4 Yes exclude > *\...\ntuser.dat* > INCLEXCL 5 Yes exclude > *\...\UsrClass.dat* > INCLEXCL 6 Yes exclude > *\...\Application Data\Skype\...\*.dbb > INCLEXCL 7 Yes exclude > *\...\Thumbs.db > > Has something changed in how client v5.5 processes the exclude/include > options, or is it because of incompatibility between old server and > newer client (I know it's unsupported configuration)? > -- > Warm regards, > Michael Green
