On Aug 6, 2010, at 2:48 PM, yoda woya wrote: > Actually... /tmp is included
Are you saying that on the basis of belief from reading, or from actual experience? The Unix client has historically omitted the /tmp file system from default processing backup, due to its nature. That is documented under the DOMain option, where "all-local" is the default, and with that default, the documentation says "The /tmp directory is not included." If you perform a default backup and find that the /tmp file system is being included, do 'dsmc query inclexcl' and see if /tmp is being included by some client-side or server-side specification. If not, you have basic to contact TSM Support with that issue. If /tmp is a not a file system, but a subdirectory of /, you can, if necessary, use Exclude.Dir for it. Normally, you would not want to back up the root file system, as it usually contains system elements that are planted via kickstart or the like, and would be reconstructed via that method in case of disk or system failure. > My question question is the syntax > > domain ALL-LOCAL - /x -/y or > domain ALL-LOCAL - /x /y or > domain ALL-LOCAL - /x, /y ... etc The manual specifies that each should have a minus sign abutted to the front of it. In any case, there should be no need for you to perform an explicit exclusion for /tmp as a file system. If /tmp were a subdirectory and you wanted to exclude it via a Domain spec, you would have to force it to be a domain via the VIRTUALMountpoint option - which is more than you would want to do. > > > *Storage Archive Manager, Version 5.4* > ------------------------------ > How special file systems are > handled<http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/topic/com.ibm.itsmfdt.doc_5.4/ans5000002.htm#ToC_189> > > Special file systems contain dynamic information generated by the operating > system; they contain no data or files. The Tivoli Storage Manager client > ignores special file systems and their contents. Special file systems > include the following: > > - the /proc file system on most of the UNIX platforms > - the /dev/fd file system on Solaris > - the /dev/pts on Linux > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 5, 2010 at 5:35 PM, Richard Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The client manual explains that /tmp and /proc are not inherently >> included in Unix backups. >> And to exclude some other file system on the Domain statement, precede >> it with a minus sign (not a tilde); or use Exclude.Fs. >> >> Richard Sims >> >> >> On Aug 5, 2010, at 4:53 PM, yoda woya wrote: >> >> I am trying to exclude /proc and /tmp and backup everything else... >>> >>> >>> is it domain ALL-LOCAL ~/tmp ~/proc?? >>> >>
