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


Creating an Include-Exclude List (Optional)

System Administrator

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 folders from backup services.

Specify your include-exclude list in your TSM System Preferences file. If you define more than one server in your TSM System Preferences file, each server must have its own include-exclude list.

You can use one of the following methods to create an include-exclude list or specify an include-exclude file:

  1. From the client GUI, open the Edit menu and select Preferences. Then, in the Preferences dialog, click the Include/Exclude section.
  2. From the client GUI, open the Utilities menu and select Setup Assistant.

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

  1. Determine your include and exclude requirements
  2. Open your TSM System Preferences file with SimpleText or another Macintosh text editor
  3. Locate the include-exclude section in your TSM System Preferences file
  4. 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.cpp file is not backed up:
    include "La Pomme:Documents:includefile.cpp"
    exclude "La Pomme:Documents:...:*"
    

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

    exclude "La Pomme:Documents:...:*"
    include "La Pomme:Documents:includefile.cpp"
    
  5. Save the file and close it. Ensure that you save the file as plain text. Do not add the .txt extension
  6. Restart Tivoli Storage Manager client to enable your new TSM System Preferences file.


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