Tivoli Storage Manager Exclusions

To only include the data on the C-drive in the backup create an Option Set and add the following Client Options:

DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL -A: -B: -D: -E: -F: -G: -H: -I: -J: -K: -L: -M: -N: -O: -P: -Q: -R: -S: -T: -U: -V: -W: -X: -Y: -Z: -systemobject
Use Option Set Value (FORCE) Yes

Don't forget to associate the clients with the Option Set!

This includes all data but excludes all of your system services.

DOMAIN ALL-LOCAL -systemservices -systemstate
Use Option Set Value (FORCE)     Yes

These two options exclude the filesystems /tmp and /proc from the backup.

INCLEXCL exclude.fs /tmp
Use Option Set Value (FORCE)     Yes

INCLEXCL exclude.fs /proc
Use Option Set Value (FORCE)     Yes

And these options enable you to exclude directories from includes filesystems:

exclude.dir /var/data/.../oracle/*
Use Option Set Value (FORCE)     Yes
exclude.dir /var/data/.../ldap/*
Use Option Set Value (FORCE)     Yes

If there is data on the C-drive which is not necessary to backup, and it's not possible to move the data to another local drive there is a way to manually define exclusions per client. To do so, edit the config file C:\Program Files\Tivoli\TSM\baclient\dsm.opt (In case you accepted the defaults during the install). You can do that with a editor like notepad.
In the file there is allready a list of system files which should not be included in the backup. You can add your own exclusions directly under the last exlusion.

To exclude a music directory:

exclude.dir c:\path_to_directory\music

To exclude all mp3 files:

exclude c:\...\*.mp3

To exclude a database directory, but including the dump section:

Exclude c:\path_to_directory\db\...\*
Include c:\path_to_directory\db\dump\...\*

If your path has spaces in it please put the path between “double quotes”.

Files which can be excluded to reduce the number of warnings of open files (will speed up your backup and might prevent you from receiving an email):

Exclude.dir c:\NALCache
Exclude.dir "c:\...\temp"