Re: Why is is dedup cache file not excluded by default ?

Hi all, I think we all agree that backing up this dedup cache fiche is useless and that it can considered as as a best pratice to exclude it since trying to back it up generate retries. Stephan is right when it writes that almost nothing is excluded, except this .TsmCacheDir directory (and

Re: Why is is dedup cache file not excluded by default ?

Ha, I didn't know that! I guess there is one directory excluded by default. Thanks for pointing that out. On Mon, Feb 26, 2018 at 10:59 AM, Martin Janosik wrote: > Hello, > > your presumtion doesn't seems accurate to me (Windows, Linux, AIX clients, > mostly v7.1): >

Re: Why is is dedup cache file not excluded by default ?

Hello, your presumtion doesn't seems accurate to me (Windows, Linux, AIX clients, mostly v7.1): tsm> q inclexc *** FILE INCLUDE/EXCLUDE *** Mode Function Pattern (match from top down) Source File - -- - No exclude filespace statements

Re: Why is is dedup cache file not excluded by default ?

For as far as I know nothing is excluded by the code itself and I think this is a policy thing. Since you can install the software in different locations and you can use different names for different files (ie log files) IBM can never be 100% sure that the file it is hardcoded to exclude is the

Re: Why is is dedup cache file not excluded by default ?

Hi Rick, Yes, this is what I always do. But I was wondering why it's not excluded by the code itself. -- Best regards / Cordialement / مع تحياتي Erwann SIMON - Mail original - De: "Rick Adamson" À: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Envoyé: Vendredi 23 Février 2018

Re: Why is is dedup cache file not excluded by default ?

Erwann, I have client option sets defined on the server that I use to globally exclude it from all file level backups. -Rick Adamson -Original Message- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Erwann SIMON Sent: Friday, February 23, 2018 1:14 AM To:

Why is is dedup cache file not excluded by default ?

Hi all, I'm wondering why the dedup cache file (TSMDEDUPDB_servernamenodename.DB, located in the dedupcachepath directory) is not excluded by default ? I generally exclude it because it causes somes retries and do think that there's no need to back it up. But I may be wrong. So, must we really