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Hello

I'm running TSM client in an authorized user configuration.
This authorized user has specific ACL set on the directory we want to
backup.

It drived me to launch my backup by specifying the filespace I want to
backup while calling dsmc ; for exemple :
dsmc incr /appli/myappli /config/myconfig/ /data/mydata/

As far i understand, I only perform partial backup in this way, meaning
that :
- changes on security attributes (ACL, unix rights) are not detected
- old-dated files new to client are not detected
- deleted files are not expired

I thought changing my use of the TSM Client using domain and inclexl
list but I'm encoutering the following problem :
- I set my domain to "domain /appli/ /config/ /data/"
-I set an inclexcl list to something like :
exclude.dir /.../*
include /appli/myappli/
include /config/myconfig/
include /data/mydata/

The problem is that "exclude.dir" is processed first and then overrides
all my include statements.
I can't exclude.dir all the directories but the ones I want to backup as
I don't want to modify my configuration everytime a new directory is
created in the filesystem
I can't use virtualmountpoint as it would be an hassle to maintain (I
have a several myappli, myconfig, mydata) and restoration to a directory
other than the original one would be a mess.

Has someone a good idea for my case ?

Regards
mrs

Marc -

A 'dsmc Incremental <Fspec>' type backup where the Fspec identifies a
directory or file within a file system constitutes a partial
incremental backup. It is still an Incremental, where the TSM server
(or JBB database) is referred to for the list of Active files within
the involved area. An Incremental is supposed to observe ACLs. A
partial incremental will not update the TSM filespace's last backup
time, whose intent is to signify when the file system was last fully
protected.

An Incrbydate backup is an intentionally more limited type of backup
whose reduced overhead is achieved by inspecting the file
modification timestamp relative to the last backup time. By design,
that avoids a comparative files list and so cannot detect deleted
files or files which were imported to the file system (as via 'tar -
xvf') rather than normally written within the file system.

Employ a test directory to verify that the partial incremental is
achieving all that you desire.

Richard Sims