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Tivoli Storage Manager for NetWare Backup-Archive Client Installation and User's Guide


Creating an Include-Exclude List (Optional)

This is an optional task but an important one. If you do not create an include-exclude list, Tivoli Storage Manager considers all files for backup services and uses the default management class for backup and archive services.

You can create an include-exclude list to exclude a specific file or groups of files from backup services, and to assign specific management classes to files. Tivoli Storage Manager backs up any file that is not explicitly excluded. You should exclude Tivoli Storage Manager client directories from backup services. You can use the query inclexcl command to generate a list of the files that are currently being excluded from backup.

Specify your include-exclude list in your client options file (dsm.opt) . This list can also contain include-exclude statements obtained from include-exclude files which you specify with the inclexcl option.

When processing occurs, the include-exclude statements within the include-exclude file are placed at the position occupied by the inclexcl option in dsm.opt, in the same order, and processed accordingly.

See Inclexcl for detailed information about specifying an include-exclude file using the inclexcl option.

You can also create an include-exclude list by performing the following steps:

  1. Determine your include and exclude requirements
  2. Locate the include-exclude section in your client options file
  3. Enter your include and exclude statements using the appropriate include-exclude options as described in Using Include-Exclude Options. Because Tivoli Storage Manager processes your include-exclude list from the bottom of the list up, it is important to enter all your include-exclude statements in the proper order. For example, in the following include-exclude list the includefile.txt file is not backed up:
    include servera\one:dev/includefile.txt
    exclude servera\one:dev/.../*
    

    However, in the following include-exclude list the includefile.txt file is backed up:

    exclude servera\one:dev/.../*
    include servera\one:dev/includefile.txt
    
  4. If you wish, you can specify an include-exclude file using the inclexcl option. The file can be located in any directory to which all users on your workstation have read access. See Inclexcl for more information.
  5. Save the file and close it.
  6. Restart Tivoli Storage Manager client to enable your new client options file.


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