If you do not create an include-exclude list, Tivoli® Storage Manager considers all files for backup services and uses the default management class for backup and archive services.
This is an optional task, but an important one.
You can create an include-exclude list to exclude a specific file or groups of files from backup services, and to assign specific management classes to files. Tivoli Storage Manager backs up any file that is not explicitly excluded. You should exclude Tivoli Storage Manager client directories from backup services. You can use the query inclexcl command to display a list of include and exclude statements in the order they are examined when determining whether an object is to be included.
Specify your include-exclude list in your client options file (dsm.opt). The include-exclude list can also go into a separate file, which is referred to by the inclexcl option. The include-exclude statements are not case-sensitive.
The client options file, dsm.opt, must be in a non-Unicode format. However, if you are using a separate include-exclude file, it can be in Unicode or non-Unicode format.
Specify the include-exclude list in your dsm.sys file. If you define more than one server in your dsm.sys file, each server must have its own include-exclude list. This list can also contain include-exclude statements obtained from the include-exclude files you specify with the inclexcl option.
When the client processes include-exclude statements, the include-exclude statements within the include-exclude file are placed at the position occupied by the inclexcl option in dsm.opt, in the same order, and processed accordingly.
When the client processes include-exclude statements, the include-exclude statements within the include-exclude file are placed at the position occupied by the inclexcl option in dsm.sys, in the same order, and processed accordingly.
You can use the following methods to create an include-exclude list or specify an include-exclude file:
You can create an include-exclude list manually by performing the following steps:
include /Users/user01/Documents/includefile.cpp
exclude /Users/user01/Documents/.../*
However, in the following include-exclude list the includefile.cpp file is backed up:
exclude /Users/user01/Documents/.../*
include /Users/user01/Documents/includefile.cpp
include c:\test\includefile.txt
exclude c:\test\...\*
However, in the following include-exclude list the includefile.txt file is backed up:
exclude c:\test\...\*
include c:\test\includefile.txt