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. TSM backs up any file that is not explicitly excluded. TSM client directories should be excluded from backup services.
You can create an include-exclude list, by performing the following steps:
Table 7 provides brief descriptions of the include and
exclude options that you can specify in your client options
file. See table references for more information about each
option.
Table 7. Include-Exclude Options
Option | Description | Page |
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exclude | Excludes a file or group of files from backup services. Any file in your client domain that is not specifically excluded with this option is considered for backup. | Exclude Options |
exclude.archive | Excludes a file or group of files from archive services. | Exclude Options |
exclude.backup | Excludes a file or a group of files from backup services only. | Exclude Options |
exclude.dir | Locates matching directory names. If a matching directory is found, that directory, its files, and all its subdirectories and their files are excluded from backup services. | Exclude Options |
exclude.file | Excludes files, but not directories, that match a pattern. | Exclude Options |
exclude.file.backup | Excludes a file from normal backup services. | Exclude Options |
include | Includes files or management classes for backup or archive processing. | Include Options |
include.file | Includes a file for backup services, or assigns a management class to a file. | Include Options |
We recommend that you have the following minimum include-exclude list in your client options file:
Log files:
SYS:VOL$LOG.ERR SYS:TTS$LOG.ERR SYS:SYSTEM\SYS$LOG.ERR SYS:SYSTEM\EVENTS.LOG SYS:SYSTEM\SECAUDIT.LOG SYS:SYSTEM\SYSTEM.LOGBindery files (Valid for NetWare V3 only) :
SYS:SYSTEM\NET$OBJ.SYS SYS:SYSTEM\NET$PROP.SYS SYS:SYSTEM\NET$VAL.SYSGeneral files that NetWare programs always accessed and that cannot be opened for reading:
SYS:SYSTEM\CMASTER.DBA SYS:SYSTEM\BTRIEVE.TRN SYS:SYSTEM\TSA\TSA$TEMP.*
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 8. This table applies to include and
exclude statements only. For information about
using wildcard characters in TSM commands, see Using Wildcard Characters.
Table 8. Wildcard and Other Special Characters
Character | Function |
---|---|
? | The match-one character matches any single character except
the directory separator; it does not match the end of the string.
You cannot use the match-all character (or any wildcard character) when
specifying the high-level qualifier of an object, only use it for the
low-level qualifier. . For example:
|
* | The match-all character. You cannot use the match-all character
(or any wildcard character) when specifying the high-level qualifier of an
object, only use it for the low-level qualifier. 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 drive specification), a match all directories is appended to the pattern. For example, these patterns are equivalent: sys:* sys:.../* |
[ | 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 causes the next character to be treated literally. When used outside a character class, it is used as a directory separator. This is also a server name delimiter when it is placed before a volume delimiter (:). For example: servername\volumename:/directoryname/file.name |
] | The close character-class character ends the enumeration of a character class. |
: | The volume separator character separates a file specification. The
characters before the colon identify a volume name. The
characters after the colon identify either a directory name or a
file name. For example:
volumename:/directoryname/file.nam |
TSM accepts the exclude.dir option which can be used to exclude directory entries. However, include and exclude.dir cannot be used together. For example, the following statements will not produce the desired results:
exclude.dir dir:.o=adsm include nds:.o=adsm.ou=tucson.*
You must code the following statements to include only the objects in the .o=adsm.ou=tucson branch of the NDS:
exclude nds:.o=adsm include nds:.o=adsm.ou=tucson.*
Table 9 contains examples of ways you might use wildcard characters with
include and exclude patterns.
Table 9. Using Wildcard Characters with Include and Exclude Patterns
Task | Pattern |
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Exclude all files with an extension of .bak, except those found on servera in the one:/dev directory. |
exclude servera\*:.../*.bak include servera\one:dev/*.bak |
Exclude all files and directories under any tmp directory that might exist on servera, except for the file, vol:/tmp/save.fil. Include this file. |
exclude servera\*:.../tmp/.../* include servera\vol:tmp/save.fil |
Exclude any .obj file in any directory on volumec, volumee, volumef, and volumeg. |
exclude servera\volume[ce-g]:/.../ *.obj |
Exclude the .obj files found in the root directory in the volumed drive only. |
exclude servera\volumed:*.obj |
Exclude any file that resides under the tmp directory found on any volume. |
exclude servera\*:tmp/.../* |
Include-exclude options can be defined on the server using the inclexcl parameter. The include-exclude statements specified by the server are evaluated along with those in the client options file. The server include-exclude statements are always enforced and placed at the bottom of the include-exclude list and evaluated before the client include-exclude statements. TSM processes the include-exclude list from the bottom up, and stops when it finds an include or exclude statement that matches the file it is processing. The order in which the include and exclude options are listed therefore affects which files are included and excluded. See Chapter 8, "Setting Common Options" for more information about the order in which all options are processed.
The TSM client program processes the include and exclude options as follows:
You can use the exclude.dir option in your options file to exclude directories and subdirectories from backup. See Exclude Options for more information.
If a match is found, the processing stops and checks whether the option is include or exclude. If the option is include, the file is backed up. If the option is exclude, the file is not backed up.
The following examples demonstrate bottom up processing.
Note: | In a NetWare environment, if you do not specify a server name, the TSM client program uses the local server name. |
exclude servera\*:*.obj include servera\data:foo/.../*.obj exclude servera\data:foo/junk/*.obj
The current file that processes is: servera\data:foo/dev/test.obj. Processing follows these steps:
exclude servera\*:*.obj include servera\data:foo/.../*.obj exclude servera\data:foo/junk/*.obj
The current file that processes is: servera\data:widg/copyit.bat. Processing follows these steps:
exclude servera\*:*.obj include servera\data:foo/.../*.obj exclude servera\data:foo/junk/*.obj
The current file that processes is: servera\data:lib/objs/printf.obj. Processing follows these steps:
Note: | include and exclude.dir cannot be used
together. For example the following example is not valid:
exclude.dir dir:.o=adsm include nds:.o=adsm.ou=tucson.* To achieve the desired results, enter: exclude nds:.o=adsm.* include nds:.o=adsm.ou=tucson.* |
exclude nds:.o=greece.* include nds:.o=greece..ou=Islands.*
You must specify the syntax as it appears in the examples.
Notes: