Topics: Backup & restore, Spectrum Protect

Excluding a directory from the TSM backup

If you need to exclude a specific file system from the TSM backup, than you would add the following line to the dsm.sys file:

DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL -/opt/archive
This examples will avoid backing up file system /opt/archive.

Now, what if you wish to exclude a certain directory within a file system from the backup:

Create the following enty in the dsm.sys file:
INCLExcl /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/inclexcl
Then create the inclexcl file and add the following line:
Exclude.dir /opt/archive/tmp
This will only exclude the tmp folder in file system /opt/archive.

You can check with the following command:
# dsmc q inclexcl
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