When we were still on 3.4.1 we had core in the exclude list for Unix
(Solaris) file servers.
On restoring a partition we discovered that all files and directories
named core were not backed up. It had nothing to do with the file being
a core file. Only explicitly exclude core files with a known path and
name unless you are certain none of your users will ever use the name
core. I don't know if this is fixed in a later release.
David
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 12:06:05 +0000
From: Dave Markham <dave.markham < at > fjserv.net>
Reply-To: dave.markham < at > fjserv.net
To: "Hindle, Greg" <Greg.Hindle < at > constellation.com>
CC: veritas-bu < at > mailman.eng.auburn.edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] Does anyone use file excludes
Hindle, Greg wrote:
Hello,
Does anyone use file excludes when they backup a UNIX or windows
server? For example excluding the paging file 'pagefile.sys' when
backing up a windows server? A situation came up here where I work and
I need to push out a "standard" set of files to exclude on UNIX and
windows servers.
Thanks in advance,
Greg
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On unix i make good use of exclude files
The standard exclude_list i roll out to all clients is as follows
core
/proc
/tmp
/cdrom
/dev/fd
/var/crash
/var/run
/var/tmp
/etc/mnttab
Then i exclude files for certain backups which are not required, eg
log_files which i have in a separate log_archiving policy
Hope this helps
Dave
