Mr Sims and Mr Parker have it! When I was running "q inclexl" as the logged in user, it wasn't showing the exclusion. It looks like this environment variable is set for the account that the service is running under.
The Quick.Facts "Scheduler process, see its options" procedure pointed to the registry key. Regards, Shawn ________________________________________________ Shawn Drew Internet j...@co.clark.nv.us Sent by: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU 01/06/2009 08:06 PM Please respond to ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU To ADSM-L cc Subject Re: [ADSM-L] Windows temp directory inadvertently excluded..sort of Is the 'temp' environment variable for the system set to 'c:\temp'? If so, TSM won't back up your 'c:\temp' folder because it is honoring the exclusion set in the 'HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\Files NotToBackup\Temporary Files' registry key. John C. Parker Clark County IT -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Shawn Drew Sent: Tuesday, January 06, 2009 9:02 AM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Windows temp directory inadvertently excluded..sort of I'm trying to track down exactly why the c:\temp directory wasn't backed up on 2 Windows servers, and only these 2 Windows servers OS: Win2003 TSM: 5.3.4 - When trying to restore some data in the C:\Temp directory (On both servers), we found that the directory structures were all backed up, but none of the files were. - The logs show the directories being updated/backed up, but no files - The q inclexcl doesn't show anything to indicate why these files might be excluded - The GUI backup doesn't have any "X's" or that "circle-with-line-through-it" symbol which typically denotes exclusions - running "dsmc i c:\temp" DOES back up the files, but then get expired when the scheduled nightly backup runs. - The only thing I noticed that makes this different from the other hosts. In the dsm.opt there are 2 options: include.fs c: FILELEVEL=dynamic include.fs d: FILELEVEL=dynamic I think these are remnants from trying to troubleshoot snapshot issues. I can't imagine why this would exclude the temp directory. I'm removing these lines tonight to see what happens. Any ideas? Regards, Shawn ________________________________________________ Shawn Drew This message and any attachments (the "message") is intended solely for the addressees and is confidential. If you receive this message in error, please delete it and immediately notify the sender. Any use not in accord with its purpose, any dissemination or disclosure, either whole or partial, is prohibited except formal approval. The internet can not guarantee the integrity of this message. BNP PARIBAS (and its subsidiaries) shall (will) not therefore be liable for the message if modified. Please note that certain functions and services for BNP Paribas may be performed by BNP Paribas RCC, Inc.
