You need something else in the dsm.opt file, too... archsymlinkasfile YES
>From the documentation: "Specifies whether you want TSM to follow a symbolic link and archive the file or directory it points to, or archive the symbolic link only." I don't see anything in my documentation about hard links, except that they are backed up as individual files, and the link re-established at restoration. One supposes you could build an exclude list using a find command, but I'm not sure what you're after by not backing up hard links. -drs- David Stabler, CATE/AIX, CNCE Senior Systems Analyst >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 08/27/02 09:20AM >>> Hi, I have a Linux Machine with TSM Client ver 4.2. I need to backup a directory with nothing but softlinks pointing to some directories. I have set the subdir option in the dsm.opt file as given below. SUbdir YES I have selected the directory in the GUI for a Incremental(Complete) But it does not process the link to take backup of the directories the links point to. It just takes backup of only the links. How do i make the TSM client backup the directories the links point to. Also is there a way i can stop the TSM client from backing up hardlinked files. Help in understanding how Hard & Soft links are processed would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in Advance murthy V S Murthy Gongala Bangalore, INDIA Tel : 91-80-5094232