Another solution is to use a customized schedule for this node that targets the desired directory:
DEFINE SCHEDULE domain schedname OBJECTS=E:\Oracle\ OPTIONS=-SUBDIR=YES And keep the INCLUDE statement in dsm.opt: Include "E:\Oracle\...\*" 3mth_grp2_MC Best regards, Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Hartford/IBM@IBMUS Internet e-mail: [email protected] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/portal/Overview/Software/Tivoli/Tivoli_Storage_Manager "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> wrote on 2011-07-18 07:25:48: > From: "Lee, Gary D." <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: 2011-07-18 07:33 > Subject: Re: Backup specific folder only > Sent by: "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <[email protected]> > > Try the following. > > Add > > Exclude.dir e:\dir1 > Exclude.dir e:\dir2 > . . . > > For each major tree on the e: drive. This will keep tsm from > traversing the trees at all. > More administration, but the only thing I can think of. > Exclude.dir is processed before standard excludes, therefore you > cannot exclude.dir e:\ then include what you wanted. > > Hope this helps. > > > > Gary Lee > Senior System Programmer > Ball State University > phone: 765-285-1310 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gibin > Sent: Monday, July 18, 2011 2:26 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ADSM-L] Backup specific folder only > > Thanks Paul ,Made the changes in the server dsm.opt > > > DOMAIN E: > Exclude "E:\...\*" > Include "E:\Oracle\...\*" 3mth_grp2_MC > > > Now only files/folders from "E:\Oracle" get backed up.But i noticed > a problem when using the mentioned include/exclude , all the sub > folders from all the other excluded folders get backed up as > well.This i feel can cause unnecessary TSM DB growth .As each file/ > folder backed up consumes 4KB of TSM database space. > > > Is there some way to avoid TSM backing up the sub folder structure > from all the other excluded directories...?? > > +---------------------------------------------------------------------- > |This was sent by [email protected] via Backup Central. > |Forward SPAM to [email protected]. > +----------------------------------------------------------------------
