Protected files are specified by including files and by explicitly excluding files.
Tivoli® Storage Manager FastBack for Workstations keeps a list of files that are included for protection, and a list of files that are explicitly excluded from protection. The list of included files is separated into those files that are included for continuous protection, and those files that are included for scheduled protection. If a file is excluded, it is excluded from both continuous and scheduled protection.
A file is on the include list for continuous protection if it is defined in the Protected Folders and Files field in the Files to Protect panel of the Groups Configuration notebook of the central administration console.
A file is on the include list for scheduled protection if it is defined in the E-mail Protection panel in the Groups Configuration notebook of the central administration console. A file can be defined in the E-mail application data files or folders field or in the field of additional files or folders you want to be backed up when your e-mail is backed up.
A file is on the exclude list if it is defined in the Excluded Folders and Files field in the Files to Protect panel in the Groups Configuration notebook of the central administration console.
It is possible that a file can be on both the include list and the exclude list.
If a file (or folder) is on the exclude list, it is not protected by continuous protection or by scheduled protection. Even if the file (or folder) is also on an include list, it is not protected.
If a file is on an include list and not on the exclude list, it is protected.
If a file is not on an include list, it is not protected.
File is not specified in Include list. | File is specified in Include list. | |
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File is specified in Exclude list. | File is not protected. | File is not protected. |
File is not specified in Exclude list. | File is not protected. | File is protected. |
If you have leading or trailing blank spaces in your file specifications, or if you use wildcards in your file specifications, the specifications in your files list can match more than one folder or file. See Wildcards in file specifications for an explanation of how specifications match file and folder names.
For example, consider a small variation to an excluded specification: \temp\. If you use instead \temp (without the closing folder delimiter), there is a very different effect. This small change has a potentially large impact. All files which have \temple, \temptation\, \temperature\, \template\, and other variations of \temp*, would be excluded from protection.
Consider another example. You choose to exclude *.gif so you can avoid backing up files saved by your browser when you open different Web sites. This specification also excludes all .gif files in \My Pictures\ folder.
Vaulted folders, and the files in them, are not affected by the lists of files that are included for continuous or scheduled protection. However, excluded files and folders are not vaulted. All objects that you define in the Vaulting box in the Files to protect panel of the Groups Configuration notebook of the central administration console are vaulted, unless they are excluded.