Resolving problems with client option sets

With client option sets, administrators can specify additional options that might not be included in the option file of the backup-archive client. The backup-archive client uses these options during a backup, archive, restore, or retrieve process.

An administrator for IBM Spectrum Protect™ can create a set of client options to be used by a client node on IBM Spectrum Protect. The client options are defined on the IBM Spectrum Protect server. The client options that are specified in the client option set are used in conjunction with the client options file.

The order in which the options are processed can be controlled. Multiple options can be defined and then assigned a sequence number, with these options then processed from low to high sequence. The following example displays the INCLEXCL options:

Option            Sequence    Override    Option Value
                   number
------------      --------    --------    ----------------------------------
INCLEXCL             0           No        exclude 'sys:\backup\*'
INCLEXCL             1           No        include 'sys:\system\*'
INCLEXCL             2           No        include 'sys:\tmp\*'

This sequence results in the exclusion of all files in the sys:\backup\* path, while the files in the sys:\system\* and sys:\tmp\* paths are backed up.