Controlling symbolic link and alias processing
Tivoli® Storage Manager treats symbolic links and aliases (aliases apply to Mac OS X only) as actual files and backs them up. However, the file referenced by the symbolic link is not backed up.
In some cases symbolic links and aliases can be easily recreated and need not be backed up. In addition, backing up these symbolic links or aliases can increase backup processing time and occupy a substantial amount of space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.
You can use the exclude.attribute.symlink option
to exclude a file or a group of files that are symbolic links or aliases
from backup processing. If necessary, you can use the include.attribute.symlink option
to include symbolic links or aliases within broad group of excluded
files for backup processing. For example, to exclude all symbolic
links or aliases from backup processing, except those that exist under
the /home/spike directory, enter these statements
in your dsm.sys file:
exclude.attribute.symlink /.../*
include.attribute.symlink /home/spike/.../*