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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:
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