Zoltan - As you indicate, the reality seems to contradict the include-exclude options shown by a current query.
Whereas you are running the TSM scheduler directly, rather than via CAD, you have a persistent dsmc scheduler process performing your backups, using option values which it grabbed when it initated. It would be desirable to see what those actual settings are, to fully verify the situation. That's somewhat challenging, but can be accomplished via the following procedure: - Create an ASCII file on the client, giving it a name such as /tmp/ tsmcmd, containing: Query SYSTEMInfo -FILEName=/tmp/TSM.systeminfo - On the TSM server, invoke the command: define clientaction <YourNodename> action=macro objects=/tmp/ tsmcmd After the client action completes, the resulting /tmp/TSM.systeminfo file will contain an INCLEXCL section which will show what the prevailing dsmc process is using for includes and excludes. Richard Sims