I've figured this problem out - after poring over the documentation, it turns out that updating INCLEXCL rules requires running "mmbackup -q" to update its shadow database.
On Mon, Apr 03, 2017 at 02:37:59PM +0000, Skylar Thompson wrote: > I'm wondering if anyone has experience assigning non-default management > classes to new files via mmbackup (I know that it's not possible to rebind > existing files). Until recently, we've gotten away with just using the > policy domain default management class, but the documentation here suggests > that it should be possible to assign non-default management classes as > well: > > http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21699569 > > Unfortunately, when I've tested it, all I get is the default. For > instance, we have this rule in dsm.sys to assign all files in > /gpfs/gs1/noble in directories marked "backups" to the noble_lab > management class: > > SErvername gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3 > ... > include /gpfs/gs1/noble/.../backups/.../* noble_lab > > And I make a test file: > > dd if=/dev/zero of=/gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7 bs=1M count=1000 > > I create a snapshot (noble_vol3 is in a fileset so we can manage quotas for > it): > > # mmcrsnapshot gs1 noble_vol3:TSMsnap > > And run mmbackup: > > # mmbackup /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3 \ > -t incremental \ > --tsm-servers gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3 \ > -N tsm_clients \ > -S TSMsnap \ > --tsm-errorlog /var/log/dsmerror-gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3.log \ > -a 4 \ > --expire-threads 4 \ > --backup-threads 4 \ > --scope inodespace > > Querying the backups afterwards shows that it's in the DEFAULT management > class, not NOBLE_LAB: > > # dsmc q b -se=gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3 /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7 > ... > Size Backup Date Mgmt Class A/I > File > ---- ----------- ---------- --- > ---- > 104,857,600 B 04/03/2017 07:25:53 DEFAULT A > /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7 > > But I know that rule is valid, because I can run "dsmc incremental" > afterwards and thefile gets rebound: > > # dsmc i -se=gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3 /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/ > ... > Rebinding--> 104,857,600 /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7 [Sent] > > # dsmc q b -se=gpfs-gs1-noble-vol3 /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7 > ... > Size Backup Date Mgmt Class A/I > File > ---- ----------- ---------- --- > ---- > 104,857,600 B 04/03/2017 06:48:24 NOBLE_LAB A > /gpfs/gs1/noble/vol3/backups/test7 > > Thanks! > > -- > -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) > -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator > -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 > -- University of Washington School of Medicine -- -- Skylar Thompson (skyl...@u.washington.edu) -- Genome Sciences Department, System Administrator -- Foege Building S046, (206)-685-7354 -- University of Washington School of Medicine