Richard, Thanks so much! The volumes on a manual dsmc i does NOT (or rather, did not) agree with the scheduled backup. I thought I had actually attached a snippet of the dsmsched.log showing the volume backup initiating, but it seems I did not. I had not run the "query inclexcl" earlier. After running the options query I thought it was amoot point, but I should have been more thorough. Now it shows exclusion of the Y: drive: Exclude All Y:\ dsm.opt
01/19/2011 20:27:53 --- SCHEDULEREC OBJECT BEGIN 8PM-DAILY-INCR 01/19/2011 20:00:00 01/19/2011 20:27:54 Incremental backup of volume '\\NodeName\c$' 01/19/2011 20:27:54 Incremental backup of volume '\\NodeName\d$' 01/19/2011 20:27:54 Incremental backup of volume '\\NodeName\y$' 01/19/2011 20:27:54 Incremental backup of volume '\\NodeName\z$' The "Y:" is the one I don't want. -----Original Message----- From: ADSM: Dist Stor Manager [mailto:ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU] On Behalf Of Richard Sims Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2011 3:45 PM To: ADSM-L@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: Re: [ADSM-L] Client domain statement exclude not working as expected When looking into exclusion problems, use 'dsmc q inclexcl'. Don't rely upon visual inspection of files, as the information there is often only part of the story. Also check your backup log file to see what "volumes" it reports as participating when it starts, and compare that against the query output to correlate ingredients. Outside the backup window, initiate a manual 'dsmc i' (which you can cancel) and see if its "volumes" list agrees with what's in the scheduled backup. Richard Sims IMPORTANT: E-mail sent through the Internet is not secure. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send any confidential or sensitive information to us via electronic mail, including social security numbers, account numbers, or personal identification numbers. Delivery, and or timely delivery of Internet mail is not guaranteed. Legg Mason therefore recommends that you do not send time sensitive or action-oriented messages to us via electronic mail. 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.