experience and reading the /tmp is and was backed up unless you exclude it ... at least in 5.4
On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 3:22 PM, Richard Sims <[email protected]> wrote: > 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?? > >>> > >> >
