Installation and User's Guide

The default is File.exclude.dirExcludes a directory, its files, and all its subdirectories and their files frombackup processing. For example, the statement exclude.dir c:\test\dan\data1excludes the c:\test\dan\data1 directory, its files, and all its subdirectoriesand their files.If you exclude a directory that was previously included, Tivoli StorageManager expires existing backup versions of the files and directories beneath itduring the next incremental backup. Use this option to exclude a portion ofyour data that has no underlying files to back up.Note: Avoid performing a selective backup of an individual file within anexcluded directory. The next time that you perform an incremental backup, anyfiles backed up in this manner is expired.Note: Defining an exclude statement without using a drive letter, such asexclude.dir code, excludes the code directory on any drive from processing.exclude.encryptExcludes the specified files from encryption processing. This option does notaffect whether files are excluded from backup or archive processing, onlywhether they are excluded from encryption processing.exclude.fs.nasExcludes file systems on the NAS file server from an image backup when usedwith the backup nas command. The NAS node name must be prefixed to thefile system name, for example: netappsj1/vol/vol1. To apply the exclude to allNAS nodes, replace the NAS node name with a wildcard, for example:*/vol/vol1. The backup nas command ignores all other exclude statementsincluding exclude.dir statements. This option is valid for all Windows clients.exclude.imageExcludes mounted file systems and raw logical volumes that match thespecified pattern from full image backup operations. This option is valid forWindows XP clients only.exclude.subfileExcludes files from adaptive subfile backup processing. This option does notapply to archive processing.exclude.systemobjectExcludes individual system objects from backup services. Excluded systemobject types that you backed up previously are not expired during subsequentbackups. This option only excludes the system object types that you specifyfrom subsequent backups. This option is valid for Windows XP clients only.exclude.systemserviceExcludes individual system services components from system state backup.Input can be the keyword or component name to be excluded from processing.If you specify the component name and there are spaces, enclose the name inquotation marks. Table 58 on page 369 shows valid system servicescomponents and their corresponding keywords.If you are specifying a component that is not listed in Table 58 on page 369,you can specify the component name. This option is valid for Windows Server2003 and Windows Vista only.368 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients: Installation and User's Guide