Installation and User's Guide

Note: Because a drive specification can consist of only one letter, you should notuse more than one wildcard or a combination of a wildcards with a letter todesignate a drive specification. The following patterns are not allowed, and ifspecified in the client options file (dsm.opt), stops the client program immediatelyafter it starts:?*:\test.txt*?:\...\pagefile.sysH*:\test.**H:\test.txtmyvolume*:\myvolume?*:\If you are using UNC names, Table 14 shows how to correctly specify shareddrives.Table 14. Specifying a drive specification using wildcardsIncorrect\\remote\*:\...\*.*\\remote\?:\...\*.*\\remote\*:\...\pagefile.sysCorrect\\remote\*$\...\*.*\\remote\?$\...\*.*\\remote\*$\...\pagefile.sysRelated concepts“Wildcard characters” on page 527Examples using wildcards with include and exclude patternsTivoli Storage Manager accepts the exclude.dir option which can be used toexclude directory entries. However, the include and exclude.dir options cannot beused together.Table 15 shows how to use wildcard characters to include or exclude files.Table 15. Using wildcard characters with include and exclude patternsTaskExclude all files during backup with an extensionof bak, except those found on the d: drive in thedev directory.Exclude all files in any directory named "tmp"and its subdirectories, except for the filed:\tmp\save.fil.Exclude any .obj file for backup in any directoryon the c: e: f: and g: drives.Exclude the .obj files found in the root directoryin the d: drive only.Exclude any file that resides under the tmpdirectory found on any drive.Exclude the c:\mydir\test1 directory and anyfiles and subdirectories under it.Exclude all directories under the \mydir directorywith names beginning with test.Patternexclude ?:*.bakinclude d:\dev\*.bakexclude ?:\...\tmp\...\*include d:\tmp\save.filexclude [ce-g]:\...\*.objThe c: e: f: and g: drives are local orremovable.exclude d:\*.objexclude ?:tmp\...\*exclude.dir c:\mydir\test1exclude.dir c:\mydir\test*74 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients: Installation and User's Guide