Alex, There is a dsm.opt file option "archsymlinkasfile no" and command line option "-archsyml=no'. According to the Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide=, this will archive the symbolic link and not the associated file or directory.
Cheers, Jim Schneider -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Alexander Lazarevich Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2006 9:41 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] symbolic links TSM 5.3.1 server on windows 2K server. TSM client 5.1.7 on RHEL4-AS. The client has some recursive symbolic links, and whenever the client backs up, the server tries to backup every directory within the sym link, which is infinite and the backup dies. Is there a flag to ignore backups of sym links? I searched the list back a couple of years, one other person asked, but no answer. I also checked the install readme, and it only mentions how to restore an object within a symlink, not to avoid backing then up alltogether. Thanks for your time, Alex
