Thanks you all for your replies. Your advice has worked. Much appreciated Richard, Christian, Steven
Adrian Compton Aspen Pharmacare Port Elizabeth tel: +2741 4072855 Fax: +2741 453 7452 Cell: +27823204495 Email: [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Christian Svensson Sent: 11 June 2009 13:27 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [ADSM-L] SV: Windows Client DSM.opt file Hi, Make sure your Exclude is first and not last. INCLEXCL "RETRYPERIOD 0" INCLEXCL "CHANGINGRETRIES 0" INCLEXCL "INCLUDE 'NT' NT_TAPE_DAILY" INCLEXCL "DIRMC NT_DIRECTORIES" INCLEXCL "exclude '*:\...\*.*'" INCLEXCL "include '*:\...\*.xls'" INCLEXCL "include '*:\...\*.doc'" INCLEXCL "include '*:\...\*.ppt'" INCLEXCL "include '*:\...\*.pst'" As everyone else also recommend. run q inclexcl in DSMC on the client to see more information. 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 Adrian Compton [[email protected]] Skickat: den 11 juni 2009 11:24 Till: [email protected] Ämne: Windows Client DSM.opt file Hi All I am trying to create a dsm.opt file to only backup all Office files as Tech Support are rolling out new desktops and I want to make sure they dont miss any critical data. I have the following so far but it backups the entire C: INCLEXCL "RETRYPERIOD 0" INCLEXCL "CHANGINGRETRIES 0" INCLEXCL "INCLUDE 'NT' NT_TAPE_DAILY" INCLEXCL "DIRMC NT_DIRECTORIES" INCLEXCL "include '*:\...\*.xls'" INCLEXCL "include '*:\...\*.doc'" INCLEXCL "include '*:\...\*.ppt'" INCLEXCL "include '*:\...\*.pst'" INCLEXCL "exclude '*:\...\*.*'" Is there not a simpler method of just stating all .xls, .doc, .ppt etc Thanks Adrian Compton
