There are two methods of excluding files and directories from a journal-based backup.
- On AIX and Linux, one method is to add exclude statements to the client options file to prevent the files or directories from being backed up during backup processing.
- On AIX and Linux the other method is to add exclude statements
to the journal configuration file tsmjbbd.ini, to
prevent journal entries from being added for the files or directories,
which prevents them from being processed during a journal-based backup. If you are running AIX® Version 6.1 or later, add an exclude
.snapshot statement to the tsmjbbd.ini file
to prevent JFS2 internal snapshot directories from being monitored
by the journal-based backup daemon.
- One method is to add exclude statements to the client options file to prevent the files or directories from being backed up during backup processing.
- The other method is to add exclude statements to the journal configuration file tsmjbbd.ini, to prevent journal entries from being added for the files or directories, which prevents them from being processed during a journal-based backup.
Note: There is no correlation between the two exclude statements.
The preferred place for exclude statements in tsmjbbd.ini to
prevent them from entering the journal database and being processed
during a journal-based backup.