You spend a lot of time at Renfaire don't you sire. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ads...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of Robben Leaf Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:21 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [ADSM-L] Exclude Files From Restore?
Greetings, In our environment, restores are by and large performed by the Operations group. These are a simple folk, unschooled in the murky depths of ADvanced STorage And Retrieval. It has come to pass that the Threat and Vulnerability group is battling a virus contamination. The infection takes the form of a file of a specific name, which can appear anywhere on an infected server. It is too late to prevent this file name from getting backed up to TSM. A representative of the Threat and Vulnerability group has appealed to me to configure TSM to prevent the possibility of this file name from being restored inadvertently by Operations, for they are many, and work in shifts, and are unlikely to consistently heed our admonitions. >From what I can tell, Excludes in an option file or client option set only apply to backups and archives, not to restores or retrievals. I have considered waylaying each of the Operations group and tattooing the offending file name on the inside of their eyelids, but that seems impractical. They are scattered among multiple locations across the country. Seriously, though, is there a way in TSM to prevent already-backed-up files from being restored? Thanks, Robben Leaf U.S. BANCORP made the following annotations --------------------------------------------------------------------- Electronic Privacy Notice. This e-mail, and any attachments, contains information that is, or may be, covered by electronic communications privacy laws, and is also confidential and proprietary in nature. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you are legally prohibited from retaining, using, copying, distributing, or otherwise disclosing this information in any manner. Instead, please reply to the sender that you have received this communication in error, and then immediately delete it. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. --------------------------------------------------------------------- IMPORTANT: E-mail sent through the Internet is not secure and timely delivery of Internet mail is not guaranteed. Legg Mason therefore, recommends that you do not send any action-oriented or time-sensitive information to us via electronic mail, or any confidential or sensitive information including: social security numbers, account numbers, or personal identification numbers. This message is intended for the addressee only and may contain privileged or confidential information. Unless you are the intended recipient, you may not use, copy or disclose to anyone any information contained in this message. If you have received this message in error, please notify the author by replying to this message and then kindly delete the message. Thank you.
