Installation and User's Guide

exclude.dedup e:\*\* ieobjtype=imageexclude.dedup ALL ieobjtype=systemobjectexclude.dedup ALL ieobjtype=systemstateexclude.dedup ALL ieobjtype=ASRCommand line:Does not apply.Related informationSee “Exclude files with UNC names” on page 71 for examples of statements usingUNC file names.See “System files to exclude” on page 71 for a list of files that you should alwaysexclude.“Inclexcl” on page 394See “Include and exclude groups of files with wildcard characters” on page 73 fora list of wildcard characters that you can use. Then, if necessary, use the includeoption to make exceptions.Controlling compression processingThis topic lists some items to consider if you want to exclude specific files orgroups of files from compression processing during a backup or archive operation.vvvRemember that Tivoli Storage Manager compares the files it processes againstthe patterns specified in the include-exclude statements, reading from the bottomto the top of the options file.You must set the compression option to yes to enable compression processing. Ifyou do not specify the compression option or you set the compression option tono, Tivoli Storage Manager does not perform compression processing.If you set the compression option to yes and no exclude.compression statementsexist, Tivoli Storage Manager considers all files for compression processing.Tivoli Storage Manager processes exclude.dir and other include-excludestatements first. Tivoli Storage Manager then considers any exclude.compressionstatements. For example, consider the following include-exclude list:exclude c:\test\*.*exclude.compression c:\test\file.txtinclude c:\test\file.txtTivoli Storage Manager examines the statements (reading from bottom to top)and determines that the c:\test\file.txt file is a candidate for backup, but isnot a candidate for compression processing.v Include-exclude compression processing is valid for backup and archiveprocessing only. The exclude.compression option does not affect whether files areexcluded from backup or archive processing, only whether they are excludedfrom compression processing.Related reference“Compression” on page 327Adaptive subfile backup processingThis topic lists some items to consider if you want to exclude files from adaptivesubfile backup processing using the exclude.subfile option.370 IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients: Installation and User's Guide