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Status Future consideration
Workspace Storage Protect Family
Categories Spectrum Protect (Server)
Created by Guest
Created on Jun 21, 2023

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EXCLUDE.DIR Command for archive operations

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My client is trying to archive and doesn't want to archive an entire directory (including subdirectories)

In backup operations, there is a command that is exclude.dir through which that directory is not included in the copy.

We wanted to request the IDEA of being able to have a similar command for archiving operations since it currently does not exist.

Currently the archives take all the paths and there are only two possibilities, which are to exclude files or launch a command specifying only the paths that you want to archive.

Regarding the first option, we have a workaround that can help not take the files from directories and subdirectories, but it will always take the folders even if they are empty.

Example of exclude commands to not archive files:


The other option is to launch a command "archive /directory1 /directory2 /directory3" and thus archive only the directories that you want, but this option is not good if you use clientoptionset since it affects several client servers and not all have the same directories to include, with which they can lose data in the archiving process.

The creation of an exclude for directories and subdirectories in archiving operations is requested, since we believe that it may be interesting for many clients

Idea priority Medium
  • Admin
    Juan Carlos Jimenez Fuentes
    Reply
    |     Jun 30, 2023

    This request may not be delivered within the release currently under development, but the theme is aligned with the current multi-year strategy. IBM may consider and evaluate any RFE Community feedback for this request through activities such as voting. IBM will update this request in the future.

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