Exclude Lists - Amanda 2.5.0
Could somebody please point me to a good explanation of the exclude lists? I am trying to create an exclude list for some windows machines that I back up. Will excludes work on the windows machines (using smbclient backup in Amanda 2.5.0)? If they will work, I would like a good explanation of the syntax of the file, specifically wildcards. i.e. can I specify /*/somedirectory/file???.chk? How about file paths with spaces in them. Do I just put them with the spaces or do I have to use some special syntax for that? I tried searching the net and the wiki but I did not find the answers. I found some references to it, but it did not answer the questions above. Thanks for the help. Regards, Gordon
Re: Exclude Lists - Amanda 2.5.0
Hello, Please take look at this link for information about exclude lists: http://wiki.zmanda.com/index.php/Exclude_and_include_lists Thanks Pavel Pragin Could somebody please point me to a good explanation of the exclude lists? I am trying to create an exclude list for some windows machines that I back up. Will excludes work on the windows machines (using smbclient backup in Amanda 2.5.0)? If they will work, I would like a good explanation of the syntax of the file, specifically wildcards. i.e. can I specify /*/somedirectory/file???.chk? How about file paths with spaces in them. Do I just put them with the spaces or do I have to use some special syntax for that? I tried searching the net and the wiki but I did not find the answers. I found some references to it, but it did not answer the questions above. Thanks for the help. Regards, Gordon
Re: Exclude Lists - Amanda 2.5.0
If your situation permits, you could use an administrator-friendly, rational operating system, such as Linux or Mach, that permits you to backup a working system comprehensively, and, after a disk crash, fire, or other mishap, to quickly restore a *working* system from a *comprehensive* backup image. That would solve a bunch of problems all at once. Of course, your situation may not permit that, but it's something to think about. Gordon J. Mills III [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a question about Exclude lists. I am finally sick of seeing all of the missed open files for my windows boxes, so I want to put the common ones in an exclude list. First, is there any difference in specifying a directory or a file? Second, how do I specify a path that has spaces in it (in the exclude list file)? And finally, does anyone out there have a generic exclude list for windows servers? If not, I may post mine after I get it working correctly if anyone is interested. Regards, Gordon -- -- Steve Steven R. Newcomb, Consultant Coolheads Consulting Co-editor, Topic Maps International Standard (ISO/IEC 13250) Co-editor, draft Topic Maps -- Reference Model (ISO/IEC 13250-5) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.coolheads.com direct: +1 540 951 9773 main: +1 540 951 9774 fax:+1 540 951 9775 208 Highview Drive Blacksburg, Virginia 24060 USA (Confidential to all US government personnel to whom this private letter is not addressed and who are reading it in the absence of a specific search warrant: You, along with the corrupt and pusillanimous 109th Congress, are co-conspiring to subvert the Constitution that you are sworn to defend. You can either refuse to commit this crime, or you can expect to suffer criminal sanctions in the future, when the current administration of the United States of America has been replaced by one that respects the rule of law. I do not envy you for having to make this difficult choice, but I urge you to make it wisely.)
Exclude Lists - Amanda 2.5.0
I have a question about Exclude lists. I am finally sick of seeing all of the missed open files for my windows boxes, so I want to put the common ones in an exclude list. First, is there any difference in specifying a directory or a file? Second, how do I specify a path that has spaces in it (in the exclude list file)? And finally, does anyone out there have a generic exclude list for windows servers? If not, I may post mine after I get it working correctly if anyone is interested. Regards, Gordon
