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This section provides the following:
Use Exclude.fs and Exclude.dir
statements to exclude file spaces and all files and sub-directories in the
specified directory from processing. Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates
all Exclude.fs and Exclude.dir statements
first, and removes the excluded file spaces, directories, and files
from the list of objects available for processing. The
Exclude.fs and Exclude.dir statements
override all include statements that match the pattern.
Table 6. Options for Excluding File Spaces and Directories
Option | Description | Page |
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exclude.fs | Excludes file spaces matching the pattern. The client does not consider the specified file space for processing and the usual deleted-file expiration process cannot occur. If you exclude a file space that was previously included, existing backup versions remain on the server subject to retention rules specified in the associated management class definition. See Exclude Options for more information. | Exclude Options |
exclude.fs.nas | Excludes file systems on the NAS filer from an image backup when used with the backup nas command. If you do not specify a NAS node name, the file system identified applies to all NAS filers. The backup nas command ignores all other exclude statements including exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements. This option is for AIX, AIX 5L, and Solaris clients only. | Exclude Options |
exclude.dir | Excludes a directory, its files, and all its subdirectories and their
files from backup processing. For example, exclude.dir
/test/dan/data1 excludes /test/dan/data1, its files, and all
its subdirectories and their files.
However, you can still back up /test/dan/data1, its files, and all its subdirectories and their files using a selective backup, as follows: dsmc sel -subdir=yes /test/dan/data1/ However, the next time you perform an incremental backup, these backup versions are expired. If you exclude a directory that was previously included, Tivoli Storage Manager marks existing backup versions of the files and directories beneath it inactive during the next incremental backup. Use this option to exclude a portion of your data in which no underlying files need to be backed up. The Tivoli Storage Manager Client API does not support this option. | Exclude Options |
After Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates all exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements, the following options are evaluated against the remaining list of objects available for processing.
If you exclude an object that was previously included, Tivoli Storage
Manager marks existing backup versions inactive during the next incremental
backup.
Table 7. Options for Controlling Backup, Archive, and Image Processing
Option | Description | Page |
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Backup Processing | ||
exclude exclude.backup exclude.file exclude.file.backup | These options are equivalent. Use these options to exclude a file or group of files from backup services and space management services (if the HSM client is installed). The exclude.backup option only excludes files from normal backup, but not from HSM. | Exclude Options |
include include.backup include.file | These options are equivalent. Use these options to include files or assign management classes for backup processing. | Include Options |
Archive Processing | ||
exclude.archive | Excludes a file or group of files from archive services. | Exclude Options |
include include.archive | These options are equivalent. Use these options to include files or assign management classes for archive processing. | Include Options |
Image Processing | ||
exclude.image | Excludes mounted file systems and raw logical volumes that match the pattern from image processing. This option is valid for AIX, AIX 5L, HP-UX, Solaris, and Linux86. | Exclude Options |
exclude.fs.nas | Excludes file systems on the NAS filer from an image backup when used with the backup nas command. If you do not specify a NAS node name, the file system identified applies to all NAS filers. The backup nas command ignores all other exclude statements including exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements. This option is for AIX, AIX 5L, and Solaris clients only. | Exclude Options |
include.image | Includes a file space or logical volume, assigns a management class, or allows you to assign one of several image backup processing options to a specific logical volume when used with the backup image command. The backup image command ignores all other include options. This option is valid for AIX, AIX 5L, HP-UX, Solaris, and Linux86 only. | Include Options |
include.fs.nas | Assigns a management class when used with the backup nas command. If you do not specify a NAS node name, the file system identified applies to all NAS filers. The backup nas command ignores all other include statements. This option is for AIX, AIX 5L, and Solaris clients only. | Include Options |
After Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates Exclude.fs,
Exclude.dir, and any other include-exclude options
controlling backup, archive, image, and system objects, it uses the following
options to determine which files undergo compression, encryption, or subfile
processing.
Table 8. Options for Controlling Compression and Encryption Processing
Option | Description | Page |
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Compression Processing | ||
exclude.compression | Excludes files from compression processing if compression=yes is specified. This option applies to backups and archives. | Exclude Options |
include.compression | Includes files for compression processing if compression=yes is specified. This option applies to backups and archives. | Include Options |
Encryption Processing | ||
exclude.encrypt | Excludes files from encryption processing. | Exclude Options |
include.encrypt | Includes files for encryption processing. | Include Options |
For UNIX, we recommend that you have the following minimum include-exclude list in your include-exclude options file:
exclude /unix/ exclude.dir /unix/ exclude /.../core
If you are using AFS, also specify:
exclude /usr/vice/cache/* exclude /var/vice/cache/*
These are system files that cannot be recovered without possibly corrupting the operating system.
To specify groups of files that you want to include or exclude, use the
wildcard characters listed in Table 9. This table applies to include and
exclude statements only. For information about
using wildcard characters in Tivoli Storage Manager commands, see Using Wildcard Characters.
Table 9. Wildcard and Other Special Characters
Character | Function |
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? | The match-one character matches any single character except
the directory separator; it does not match the end of the string.
For example:
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* | The match-all character. For example:
|
/... | The match-n character matches zero or more directories. |
/ |
The directory separator character limits the scope of the search for the matching n characters and directories. If a pattern does not begin with a directory separator (or one does not follow the file system specification), a match-all directories is appended to the pattern. For example, these patterns are equivalent: core /.../core |
[ | The open character-class character begins the enumeration of a character
class. For example:
xxx[abc] matches xxxa, xxxb, or xxxc. |
- | The character-class range includes characters from the first character to
the last character specified. For example:
xxx[a-z] matches xxxa, xxxb, xxxc, ... xxxz. |
\ | The literal escape character. When used within a character class, it treats the next character literally. When used outside of a character class, it is not treated in this way. For example, if you wish to include the ']' in a character class, enter [...\]...]. The escape character removes the usual meaning of ']' as the close character-class character. |
] | The close character-class character ends the enumeration of a character class. |
Table 10 contains examples of ways you might use wildcard characters with include and exclude patterns. For more information about using the exclude.backup option, see Exclude Options.
include /u/tmp/save.fil
enter:
include /home/tmp/save.fil
You cannot use wildcard characters with the
include.fs.nas and
exclude.fs.nas options.
Table 10. Using Wildcard Characters with Include and Exclude Patterns
Task | Pattern |
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Exclude all files during backup with an extension of bak, except those found on the /usr file system in the dev directory. |
exclude *.bak include /usr/dev/*.bak |
Exclude all files and directories in any tmp directory that might exist, except for the file /home/tmp/save.fil. Include this file. |
exclude /.../tmp/.../* include /home/tmp/save.fil |
Exclude any .o file in any directory on the /usr1, /usr2, and /usr3 file systems. |
exclude /usr[1-3]/.../*.o |
Exclude the .o files found in the root directory in the usr2 file system only. |
exclude /usr2/*.o |
Exclude any file that resides under the tmp directory found in any file space . |
exclude /.../tmp/.../* |
Exclude the entire directory structure /var/spool from all processing. |
exclude.dir /var/spool |
Exclude all file systems mounted anywhere in the /test/myfs/fs01 and /test/myfs/fs02 directory tree from backup processing. |
exclude.fs /test/myfs/.../* exclude.fs /test/myfs/* |
Exclude the /home/mydir/test1 directory and any files and subdirectories under it. |
exclude.dir /home/mydir/test1 |
Exclude all directories under the /home/mydir directory with names beginning with test. |
exclude.dir /home/mydir/test* |
Exclude all directories directly under the /mydir directory with names beginning with test, on any file system. |
exclude.dir /.../mydir/test* |
Exclude the raw logical volume from image backup. (You must use the */* suffix to include or exclude logical volumes). |
exclude.image /dev/hd0/*/* |