Exclude-Include question
I still pretty new to our ADSM system and some of the settings are still confusing to me. One thing I'm trying to do is to backup just the contents of one directory on a server. The database on the server (WinNT4) does it's own database dumps at certain times during the day. All we need is to grab the contents of that directory, nothing else. In case of disaster, we would reload the OS and the database structure from CD's and then repopulate the database from the last database dump via ADSM. I would rather just use the ADSM system and back the entire server up. But, I've been told to backup only the dumps and nothing else on the server. Here's the details: Server: NT4 SP5 Client: version 3.7.2 (We are going to 4.1 on the clients shortly if that would help) Data path of the dumps F:\backup\data dumps\*.* I'm running version 3.7.3 on the ADSM server itself (NT4 SP5). The Exclude-Include info would go in the dsm.opt file on the server that is being backed up. I've worked with the documentation and tried different things in the dsm.opt file but I haven't had much luck. Any ideas? David Tyree Microcomputer Specialist South Georgia Medical Center 229.333.1155
Re: Exclude-Include question
One thing I'm trying to do is to backup just the contents of one directory on a server. ... David - To accomplish that, the simplest way is to perform an Incremental (dsmc i) or Selective (dsmc sel) backup, specifying what you want to back up. Include-Exclude specifications are really for when you are specifying a file system backup but want to include or exclude just certain things. In your case, you should not need to get into that complexity. Data path of the dumps F:\backup\data dumps\*.* Because of the space within the directory name, be sure to enclose the path name in quotes. Richard Sims, BU