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Tivoli Storage Manager Client Java GUI allow you to select files and directories toinclude or exclude. You should use this Preview command to make sure that youinclude and exclude the correct files. The following is a sample scenario for usingthe include-exclude preview function.For example, follow these steps to back up the files on your /Users/home file space:1. Bring up the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Java GUI and open the Backup tree.You can see all of the directories and files that have been excluded by youroptions file and other sources.2. Scroll down the tree and notice that all of the *.o files in your/Volumes/home/mary/myobjdir will be backed up.3. You don’t want to back up all of the *.o files, so you right click a .o file, andchoose ″View File Details″ from the popup menu.4. The dialog shows that these files are included, so click the ″Advanced″ buttonand create a rule to exclude all .o files from the DATA:\home file space.5. A rule is created at the bottom of your options file. The current directory isrefreshed in the Backup tree, and the .o files have the red 'X', meaning theyare excluded.6. When you look at other directories, they show the new excludes that you haveadded. Press ″Backup″ and back up the files on your /home file space.Related reference“Preview” on page 476The preview command simulates a backup or archive command without sendingdata to the server. The preview command generates a tab delineated text file thatcan be imported into a spreadsheet program. The preview contains informationsuch as whether the file is excluded or included. If the file is excluded, the pattern,or reason, the file is excluded will be listed, along with the source for the pattern.Processing include and exclude optionsThe Tivoli Storage Manager server can define include-exclude options using theinclexcl parameter in a client option set. The include-exclude statements specifiedby the server are evaluated along with those in the client options file. The serverinclude-exclude statements are always enforced and placed at the bottom of theinclude-exclude list and evaluated before the client include-exclude statements.If the dsm.sys file include-exclude list contains one or more inclexcl options thatspecify include-exclude files, the include-exclude statements in these files areplaced in the list position occupied by the inclexcl option and processedaccordingly.A very large include-exclude list can decrease backup performance. Use wildcardsand eliminate unnecessary include statements to keep the list as short as possible.When performing an incremental backup, Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates allexclude.fs and exclude.dir statements first, and removes the excluded file spaces,directories, and files from the list of objects available for processing.After evaluating all exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements, Tivoli Storage Managerevaluates the include-exclude statements for controlling symbolic link or aliasprocessing (exclude.attribute.symlink and include.attribute.symlink) fromthebottom up and stops if it finds an include or exclude statement that matches thefile it is processing. After the include-exclude statements for controlling symboliclink or alias processing are processed, Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates theChapter 2. Configuring the Tivoli Storage Manager client 89