Hi Christian, Thanks for the info. Does anyone know of a document or list of all of these exclusions?
Regards, Shawn ________________________________________________ Shawn Drew Internet [email protected] Sent by: [email protected] 05/05/2009 04:34 AM Please respond to [email protected] To ADSM-L cc Subject [ADSM-L] SV: Linux Operating System excludes? Hi Shawn, If you wanna backup /dev in Linux or any other UNIX system you need to add VirtualMountPoint Options File Place this option in the dsm.sys file. Syntax .- ---------------------------. V | >>---VIRTUALMountpoint directory-+----------------------------->< Best Regards Christian Svensson Cell: +46-70-325 1577 E-mail: [email protected] Skype: cristie.christian.svensson ________________________________________ Från: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [[email protected]] för Shawn Drew [[email protected]] Skickat: den 4 maj 2009 16:34 Till: [email protected] Ämne: Re: Linux Operating System excludes? In this case, /dev is just a subdirectory of / [r...@tsmtest1 ~]# df Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/VolGroup00-LogVol00 74053032 5427680 64802968 8% / /dev/sda1 101086 16765 79102 18% /boot tmpfs 777736 0 777736 0% /dev/shm Regards, Shawn ________________________________________________ Shawn Drew Internet [email protected] Sent by: [email protected] 05/04/2009 10:23 AM Please respond to [email protected] To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Linux Operating System excludes? On 4 mei 2009, at 16:15, Shawn Drew wrote: > It seems that /dev is excluded on all of our Linux clients (but not > Solaris or AIX) df will probably show you something like: Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on udev 10240 84 10156 1% /dev As you can see, /dev is not even a normal filesystem (unlike Solaris and AIX), so making backups is of little use. It is generated on the fly by the kernel. It is important to backup /etc/udev/ > > The directory doesn't even show in the GUI when attempting a backup. > (Normally if it is excluded, it is listed, but with an "X"). > However a > command line backup of /dev does work. The q inclexcl doesn't show > anything excluded. > On Windows, a "q inclexcl" shows the OS excluded files, but nothing on > linux. Does anyone know a list of what is excluded and how? > > Client: 5.5.1 on Linux > > a "dsmc q inclexcl" shows: > > *** FILE INCLUDE/EXCLUDE *** > Mode Function Pattern (match from top down) Source File > ---- --------- ------------------------------ ----------------- > No exclude filespace statements defined. > Excl Directory /.../.TsmCacheDir TSM > No include/exclude statements defined. > No DFS include/exclude statements defined. > > > PS The $LANG is set to en_US, so it's not a character limitation thing > > > > > Regards, > Shawn > ________________________________________________ > Shawn Drew > > > This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely > for > the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in > error, > please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in > accord > with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or > partial, > is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee > the > integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall > (will) > not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note > that certain > functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP > Paribas RCC, Inc. -- Met vriendelijke groeten/Kind regards, Remco Post [email protected]
