Issued a PMR and from what I can gather it is theoretically impossible to include subfolders due to VMware design.
BTW , anyone know if there is any effort towards the ability to exclude pagefile.sys? That one is killing my dedup ratio. Hans Chr. On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 11:12 AM Hans Christian Riksheim <bull...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Matthew. > > I do mostly cluster level backups but for some installations we have > folders assigned to different customers and need a separate data mover for > each. Without a subdir=yes type backup we get into the fun situation where > someone has made a new sub folder without informing us. > > TSM has advanced and granular rules for file inclusion/exclusion but the > TDP Vmware rules are too rudimentary to be useful in my opinion. > > As I understand IBM is abandoning the TSM way of doing things where the > TSM admin controls the backup process with rules and policies and we will > probably not see any improvement. If the responsibility of doing image > backups is transferred to our VMware guys they will choose the backup > software and TSM won't be on the short list. IBM should be aware of that. > > Hans Chr. > > On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 4:36 PM Matthew McGeary < > matthew.mcge...@nutrien.com> wrote: > >> Good morning Hans, >> >> Subfolders have never worked with the -vmfolder option, which has driven >> me crazy for years. I gave up and went to cluster-level backups. >> >> __________________________ >> Matthew McGeary >> Senior Advisor, Datacenter >> Information Technology >> T: (306) 933-8921 >> www.nutrien.com >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of >> Hans Christian Riksheim >> Sent: Wednesday, July 4, 2018 12:21 AM >> To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU >> Subject: [EXT] [ADSM-L] VMFolder in VMware backups >> >> WARNING: This email originated from outside of the organization. Exercise >> caution when viewing attachments, clicking links, or responding to requests. >> >> >> Any tip to include any sub folder? I have always believed they were >> included but now I see they are not. Not sure if this behavior has changed >> with versions. Not helping that the documentation tells nothing about this >> very important matter and turning yet another simple thing into a research >> project. >> >> Hans C. Riksheim >> For more information on Nutrien's email policy or to unsubscribe, click >> here: https://www.nutrien.com/important-notice >> Pour plus de renseignements sur la politique de courrier électronique >> d’Nutrien ou pour vous désabonnez, cliquez ici : >> https://www.nutrien.com/avis-important >> >
