AIX operating systemsWindows operating systemsLinux operating systems

Exclude files and directories from a journal-based backup

There are two methods of excluding files and directories from a journal-based backup.

AIX operating systemsLinux operating systems
  • 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.

    AIX operating systemsIf 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.

Windows operating systems
  • 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.