If I understand this correctly, include/exclude isn't really the issue since from the GUI you were picking the specific subdirectories that you wanted to process. Why not simply do the same thing from the CLI?
For example, if from the GUI you were selecting directories C:\Some Dir, D:\MyDir, and D:\work\datafiles, then why not just do this? dsmc i "c:\some dir\*" d:\mydir\ d:\work\datafiles\ -subdir=yes Note that the asterisk is required in the first example because the embedded space in the file specification necessitates using quotation marks. If you don't care why, then you can skip the rest of this. For those who want to know, it has to do with how the Windows command processor parses quotes, backslashes, and escape characters. If I had used a command like this, without the asterisk: dsmc i "c:\some dir\" d:\mydir\ d:\work\datafiles\ -subdir=yes Then the Windows command processor would have treated the ending slash-quote combination in "c:\some dir\" as an embedded quotation mark rather than a delimiter, passing the following arguments to the TSM client: arg1: i arg2: c:\some dir" d:\mydir\ d:\work\datafiles\ -subdir=yes which would make the client think that arg2 was the entire file specifications, rather than three file specs and an option. What we really want to pass to the client is: arg1: i arg2: c:\some dir arg3: d:\mydir\ arg4: d:\work\datafiles\ arg5: -subdir=yes If this doesn't make sense, don't worry about it.... just use the asterisk as I showed above and it should work fine. Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. > > > Hi, > > > > > > I'm backing up a NAS device with 1M+ files. As > > other > > > posts indicate, the only way to get any > > performance in > > > this setup is to split the file backups across > > > multiple sessions. In my case I have two backup > > hosts, > > > each running two backup streams. I can start each > > of > > > the four backup streams using the GUI and > > selecting > > > appropriate folders. A kind of load balancing is > > > achieved by picking an appropriate mix of folders > > for > > > each backup stream. Each backup runs in a few > > hours > > > each stream processing a subset of the 1M files. > > > > > > My problem is I can't figure out how to accomplish > > the > > > same thing using the command line and associated > > > include/excludes. I'd like to schedule the four > > > streams to run the same way, each with an > > appropriate > > > set of folders/files to process. It would be > > wonderful > > > if I could somehow see how this is accomplished > > via > > > the GUI, as I can't seem to get the same behavior > > > using commands. Each combination I have tried > > always > > > results in each backup stream processing/scanning > > all > > > of the 1M files! This takes way too many hours and > > > doesn't provide the same parallel behavior I get > > when > > > running the GUI. How can I limit each stream to > > > processes only the files/folders I desire without > > > scanning everything; the same way as the GUI seems > > to > > > function? > > > > > > Thanks for your help, > > > Rodney Hroblak > > > ADP > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' > > > > > > http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861 > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' > http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861
