Hi Michal, I am happy to hear that you found my presentation materials useful! :-)
Question regarding your statement: > ... but in fact I wasn't looking for a way to > exclude the whole drive ... Your original question seemed to regard how to exclude the e: drive... if you did not want to exclude the entire drive, then what were you trying to do? 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] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. The command line is your friend. "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 04/29/2006 07:23:55: > Thank you. > > I have restarted TSM scheduler services and it has now worked as > expected. I would have expected that the change would be effective if I > have run through the wizard in the BA Client and it said 'Scheduler > service successfully updated'. I got the clue after seeing slide 6 from > Raibeck's "TSM Client Diagnostics" ("Check the usual suspects: If you > changed the client options, did you remember to restart the > scheduler?"). > > Andy, you are most probably wrong then, 'exclude.dir drive:* + exclude > drive:*' works on Windows to exclude the drive from backups. The 'domain > -drive:' syntax works too but in fact I wasn't looking for a way to > exclude the whole drive, I was baffled that the normal exclude syntax > doesn't work. > > The 'exclude.dir drive:....' syntax is definitely documented on multiple > places (see e.g. > http://publib.boulder.ibm. > com/tividd/td/TSMC/SH26-4117-01/en_US/HTML/ans60014.htm - I believe > that I copied the exmample from this particular document (syntax > with '...' (e:\....\*), which probably is meaningless when followed by '*')). > > Andy Huebner wrote: > > I do not mean to be disagreeable, but my testing has indicated that you > > cannot exclude a drive in Windows with an exclude or exclude.dir > > command. I use the domain -z: and that works. > > > > This may also have to do with versions and other stuff. > > > > Andy Huebner > > -----Original Message----- > > From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > Michal Mertl > > Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 2:20 AM > > To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU > > Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] dsm.opt not fully effective for server induced > > backups > > > > Thanks for the fast answer. > > > > Andrew Raibeck wrote: > > > As with any issue like this, it would help to see the detail, such as > > the > > > specific logs you are looking at, options file, server-side client > > option > > > set (if you have it), etc. > > > > Here are some more details: > > > > BA Client version 5.1.5.0 > > > > dsm.opt: > > ------- > > COMMMETHOD TCPIP > > NODENAME S-EU-VIE01DB01 > > TCPServeraddress s-at-vie-prdb > > TCPPORT 1500 > > TCPBUFFSIZE 512 > > TCPNODELAY NO > > TCPWINDOWSIZE 512 > > TXNBYTELIMIT 2097152 > > *TXNBYTELIMIT 20480 > > MEMORYEFFICIENTBACKUP NO > > LARGECOMMBUFFERS YES > > USEUNICODEFILENAME YES > > COMPRESSION NO > > SUBDIR YES > > REPLACE ALL > > SCHEDMODE PROMPTED > > SCHEDLOGNAME "C:\Program Files\Tivoli\Tsm\TSMSched.log" > > ERRORLOGNAME "C:\Program Files\Tivoli\Tsm\TSMError.log" > > SCHEDLOGRETENTION 14 D > > ERRORLOGRETENTION 14 D > > LANGUAGE AMENG > > PASSWORDACCESS GENERATE > > DATEFORMAT 4 > > NUMBERFORMAT 5 > > QUIET > > BACKUPREGISTRY YES > > DOMAIN all-local > > EXCLUDE "*:\_inst\...\*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\_inst\...\*.*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\...\Content IE5\...\*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\...\Content IE5\...\*.*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\...\RECYCLED\*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\...\RECYCLED\*.*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\...\cache\*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\...\cache\*.*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\microsoft uam volume\...\*.*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\microsoft uam volume\...\*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\...\ea data. sf" > > EXCLUDE "*:\...\pagefile.sys" > > EXCLUDE "*:\...\ibmbio.com" > > EXCLUDE "*:\ibmdos.com" > > EXCLUDE "*:\msdos.sys" > > EXCLUDE "*:io.sys" > > EXCLUDE.DIR "c:\MSSQL7" > > EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\recycled" > > EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\recycler" > > EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\system32\wins" > > EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\system32\LServer" > > EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\system32\dhcp" > > EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\system32\config" > > EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\system volume information" > > EXCLUDE "*:\...\system32\perflib*.dat" > > EXCLUDE.DIR "*:\...\temporary internet files" > > EXCLUDE "*:\Documents and Settings\...\ntuser.dat.LOG" > > EXCLUDE "*:\Documents and Settings\...\NTUSER.DAT" > > EXCLUDE "*:\Documents and Settings\...\usrclass.dat.LOG" > > EXCLUDE "*:\Documents and Settings\...\usrclass.dat" > > EXCLUDE "*:\Documents and Settings\...\ntuser.ini" > > EXCLUDE "*:\Allgemein\install\...\*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\Allgemein\install\...\*.*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\...\sqldata\...\*" > > EXCLUDE "*:\...\sqldata\...\*.*" > > Exclude.Dir "e:\...\*" > > ------- > > > > I believe that dsm.opt shouldn't need to contain these double lines > > (with '*' and '*.*'). > > > > This is the Client Option Set on the server (5.1.9.5): > > ------- > > Option Sequence Override Option Value > > number > > ------------------------- -------- -------- > > --------------------------------------------------------- > > DOMAIN 0 Yes all-local > > INCLEXCL 0 Yes EXCLUDE *:\_inst > > \...\* > > INCLEXCL 1 Yes EXCLUDE *:\_inst > > \...\*.* > > INCLEXCL 2 No exclude "*: > > \...\Content IE5\...\*" > > INCLEXCL 3 No exclude "*: > > \...\Content IE5\...\*.*" > > INCLEXCL 4 Yes EXCLUDE *: > > \...\RECYCLED\* > > INCLEXCL 5 Yes EXCLUDE *: > > \...\RECYCLED\*.* > > INCLEXCL 6 Yes EXCLUDE *: > > \...\cache\* > > INCLEXCL 7 Yes EXCLUDE *: > > \...\cache\*.* > > INCLEXCL 8 No exclude "*: > > \microsoft uam volume\...\*.*" > > INCLEXCL 9 No exclude "*: > > \microsoft uam volume\...\*" > > INCLEXCL 10 No exclude "*: > > \...\ea data. sf" > > INCLEXCL 11 Yes EXCLUDE *: > > \...\pagefile.sys > > INCLEXCL 12 Yes EXCLUDE *: > > \...\ibmbio.com > > INCLEXCL 13 Yes EXCLUDE *: > > \ibmdos.com > > INCLEXCL 14 Yes EXCLUDE *: > > \msdos.sys > > INCLEXCL 15 Yes EXCLUDE *:io.sys > > INCLEXCL 16 Yes EXCLUDE.dir *: > > \recycled > > INCLEXCL 17 Yes EXCLUDE.dir *: > > \recycler > > INCLEXCL 18 Yes EXCLUDE.dir *: > > \...\system32\wins > > INCLEXCL 19 Yes EXCLUDE.dir *: > > \...\system32\LServer > > INCLEXCL 20 Yes EXCLUDE.dir *: > > \...\system32\dhcp > > INCLEXCL 21 Yes EXCLUDE.dir *: > > \...\system32\config > > INCLEXCL 22 No EXCLUDE.dir "*: > > \system volume information" > > INCLEXCL 23 Yes EXCLUDE *: > > \...\system32\perflib*.dat > > INCLEXCL 24 No EXCLUDE "*: > > \Documents and Settings\...\ntuser.dat.LOG" > > INCLEXCL 25 No EXCLUDE "*: > > \Documents and Settings\...\ntuser.dat" > > INCLEXCL 26 No EXCLUDE "*: > > \Documents and Settings\...\usrclass.dat.LOG" > > INCLEXCL 27 No EXCLUDE "*: > > \Documents and Settings\...\usrclass.dat" > > INCLEXCL 28 No EXCLUDE "*: > > \Documents and Settings\...\ntuser.ini" > > INCLEXCL 29 No > > exclude.systemobject > > QUIET 0 Yes YES > > SCHEDMODE 0 Yes PROMPTED > > SUBDIR 0 Yes YES > > ------- > > > > > > In the tsmerror.log on the client I see 'Invalid option > > 'EXCLUDE.SYSTEMOBJECT' found in cloptset and multiple warnings about > > duplicate include/exclude entries. > > > > There is again the small error with using '*' and '*.*'. I can clean it > > up (someobody else created all the configurations and he isn't available > > anymore) if needed. > > > > In the tsmsched.log I see that the scheduler is sending the data from e: > > (there is e.g. lines ".. ANS1228E Sending of object '\\s-eu-vie01db01\e > > $\...' failed" and ".. ANS4987 Error processing '\\s-eu-vie01db01\e > > $...': the object is in use by another process". > > > > The backup which includes e: drive won't fit in my backuppool on the > > server and often failed. But that's expected and I don't want to backup > > the multiple file backups of the database backups (that's what is on > > e:). > > > > > One thing that stands out is that, in and of itself, your exclude.dir > > > statement does not prevent the backup of files that reside in the root > > of > > > the drive. > > > > > > If you want to exclude all files on a Windows drive with exclude.dir, > > here > > > is what I recommend: > > > > > > exclude e:\* > > > exclude.dir e:\* > > > > > > (note that you don't need the \... syntax). > > > > I noticed that I would backup the files in the root of the drive but > > there aren't any there. The ... syntax was taken from an example in the > > official documentation. > > > > > Alternatively, you can use: > > > > > > domain -e: > > > > Yes, I did in effect this. I created a new client option set on the > > server specifically for this machine which has option "domain all-local > > -e:". > > > > > > > > This alternative is relatively simple, although this only affects > > domain > > > incremental backups, i.e.: > > > > > > dsmc i > > > > > > Thus you can still do backups that explicitly target this drive, like > > > this: > > > > > > dsmc i e: > > > dsmc i e:\mydir\* -subdir=yes > > > > > > Using the excludes above will prevent *any* backup of the drive. > > > > > > Andy Raibeck > > > IBM Software Group > > > Tivoli Storage Manager Client Development > > > Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: > > > > > http://www-306.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorag > > eManager.html > > > > > > The only dumb question is the one that goes unasked. > > > The command line is your friend. > > > "Good enough" is the enemy of excellence. > > > > > > "ADSM: Dist Stor Manager" <ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU> wrote on 2006-04-27 > > > 16:19:17: > > > > > > > I have "exclude.dir e:\...\*" in a client config to prevent it from > > > > backing up the e: drive. When I run BA client, select backup and > > local > > > > filesystems and run estimate, it looks reasonable (the total cannot > > be > > > > including e: drive). I am not now completely sure but I also think I > > did > > > > run it by hand and it didn't backup e:. The backup started by the > > > > existing association on the server seems to ignore at least this > > setting > > > > in dsm.opt. What can be wrong? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > > > > Michal > > > > > > This e-mail (including any attachments) is confidential and may be > legally privileged. If you are not an intended recipient or an > authorized representative of an intended recipient, you are > prohibited from using, copying or distributing the information in > this e-mail or its attachments. If you have received this e-mail in > error, please notify the sender immediately by return e-mail and > delete all copies of this message and any attachments. > > Thank you.
