If I had the luxury of knowing that filename, I would DELETE it out of the backup store by doing a DELETE BACKUP as the client.
Because I'm sure that even if I tattooed it on someone else's forehead, 3 months from now after the problem has supposedly subsided, it would probably be ME that stepped in it again... On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 5:20 PM, Robben Leaf <[email protected]> wrote: > Greetings, > > In our environment, restores are by and large performed by the Operations > group. These are a simple folk, unschooled in the murky depths of ADvanced > STorage And Retrieval. > > It has come to pass that the Threat and Vulnerability group is battling a > virus contamination. The infection takes the form of a file of a specific > name, which can appear anywhere on an infected server. It is too late to > prevent this file name from getting backed up to TSM. > > A representative of the Threat and Vulnerability group has appealed to me > to configure TSM to prevent the possibility of this file name from being > restored inadvertently by Operations, for they are many, and work in > shifts, and are unlikely to consistently heed our admonitions. > > From what I can tell, Excludes in an option file or client option set only > apply to backups and archives, not to restores or retrievals. > > I have considered waylaying each of the Operations group and tattooing the > offending file name on the inside of their eyelids, but that seems > impractical. They are scattered among multiple locations across the > country. > > Seriously, though, is there a way in TSM to prevent already-backed-up > files from being restored? > > Thanks, > > Robben Leaf > > U.S. BANCORP made the following annotations > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains > information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy > laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the > intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from > retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this > information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have > received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank > you in advance for your cooperation. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- >
