Specify the directories in the command line, e.g.: dsmc i /dir1/ /dir2/ /etc/ -subdir=yes
etc. You can define a separate schedule for the machine and put the directories in the OBJECTS field of the schedule, e.g.: def schedule standard special objects="/dir1/ /dir2/ /etc/" options="-subdir=yes" Regards, Andy Andy Raibeck IBM Software Group Tivoli Storage Manager Client Product Development Level 3 Team Lead Internal Notes e-mail: Andrew Raibeck/Tucson/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Internet e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] IBM Tivoli Storage Manager support web page: http://www.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 2007-07-18 10:06:49: > I have a few systems I'd like to add to TSM but only backup a few > directory hierarchies. These aren't always mount points (for example, > the /etc directory under the / mount point.) Does TSM really not have a > way for me to define "just back up X" without worrying about anything > else on that mount? I know I can do a > > exclude /.../* > include /etc/.../* > > but then I get all the directories backed up all over /. I could append > exclude.dirs for the larger hierarchies (/lib, /usr, etc.) but that > seems awkward too. I feel like I'm going at this problem the wrong way, > but I haven't found a right way. > > I tried putting a non-mount point in the domain line, but the client > didn't like that. Recommendations? > > Thanks, > Dave