Adaptive subfile backup processing

This topic lists some items to consider if you want to exclude files from adaptive subfile backup processing using the exclude.subfile option.

• Tivoli® Storage Manager processes exclude.dir and other include-exclude statements first. Tivoli Storage Manager then considers any exclude.subfile statements. For example, consider the following include-exclude list:

  exclude c:\test\*.*
  exclude.subfile c:\test\file.txt
  include c:\test\file.txt

  Tivoli 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 is not a candidate for adaptive subfile backup.

• Include-exclude adaptive subfile backup processing is valid for backup and restore processing only. The exclude.subfile option does not affect whether files are excluded from backup or restore processing, only whether they are excluded from adaptive subfile backup processing.

The subfilebackup option does not work correctly for migrated files. If you use a combination of subfilebackup and non-subfilebackup for migrated files, your data might be corrupted on the server.