Excluding files automatically from backup processing

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The backup application does not back up particular files because they are not necessary for backup, or IBM Storage Protect uses the files for internal processing.

If particular files must be included in the backup processing, IBM Storage Protect can include them if you put INCLUDE statements in the client options that are set on the server.

Important: Because some files were explicitly identified as files not being backed up, do not include them in the server client options set.

Issue the backup-archive client DSMC QUERY INCLEXCL command to identify the files that were not backed up. The output from the DSMC QUERY INCLEXCL command shows Operating System as the source file for files that were automatically excluded from backup processing.

For example, the following output is displayed when you issued the DSMC QUERY INCLEXCL command:

tsm> q inclexcl
*** FILE INCLUDE/EXCLUDE ***
Mode Function Pattern (match from top down) Source File
---- --------- ------------------------------ -----------------
Excl All C:\WINDOWS\Registration\*.clb Operating System
Excl All C:\WINDOWS\netlogon.chg Operating System

See Table 1 for the files that are automatically excluded.

Table 1. Files automatically excluded during backup processing
Platform	Files Excluded
	Files that are enumerated in the HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\FilesNotToBackup registry key The client staging directory C:\ADSM.SYS Internet Information Server (IIS) metafiles (these files are processed in the system object or system state backup) Registry files (these files are processed in the system object or system state backup) Client trace files System files TSM Password lock file (*:\...\tsmpswd.lck) Windows system files are silently excluded from the system drive backup processing and cannot be included. To process these Windows system files, you must issue a DSMC BACKUP SYSTEMSTATE command. The Windows system files are excluded from the system drive backup processing because they are sent during the system object or system state backups. System files are boot files, catalog files, performance counters, and files that are protected by the Windows system file protection (sfp). These files are not processed during backup of the system drive. However, the files are excluded internally from the system drive processing instead of relying on explicit exclude statements due to the sheer number of exclude statements that would be needed to represent all of these files. Backup performance can be adversely affected. You can issue the backup-archive client DSMC QUERY SYSTEMINFO command to identify the Windows system files. The output of this command is written to the dsminfo.txt file. `(partial contents of the dsmfino.txt file) ============================================= SFP c:\windows\system32\ahui.exe (protected) c:\windows\system32\apphelp.dll (protected) c:\windows\apppatch\apphelp.sdb (protected) c:\windows\system32\asycfilt.dll (protected`
	Client trace file TSM Password lock file (/etc/security/adsm/tsmpswd.lck)
	Client trace file TSM Password lock file (/etc/adsm/tsmpswd.lck)
	Volatile, temporary, and device files that are used by the operating system Client trace files TSM Password lock file (/Library/Preferences/Tivoli Storage Manager/tsmpswd.lck)