Andy, I must be confused (what else is new). I believe I tried running a backup as you suggested. I think that I still ran through all the directories/folders in the backup domain, this still took too long. Maybe I missed something.
--- Andrew Raibeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Movies - Buy advance tickets for 'Shrek 2' http://movies.yahoo.com/showtimes/movie?mid=1808405861
