exclude.rootvg file using NIM mksysb ???

[TSch]

Hi folks,

we're using NIM to perform an mksysb backup of several servers every weekend.

On each of these servers there are certain files to be excluded from the mksysb backup operation.

We can't use an exclude resource because the files differ between the servers and some servers have specific files that have to be excluded ...

Now there's supposed to be some option

-a mksysb_flags="-e"

to tell NIM to use the server's local /etc/exclude.rootvg file ...

But somehow this isn't working ...
He's still backing up files he isn't supposed to.

Or could it be an error in the syntax ...

We're trying something like that in the exclude file:

/Path/*.bak

alternatively we've already tried:

/Path/*bak

'/Path/*.bak'

neither of these were working ...

What's wrong here ?

Any idead ?

Thanks in advance !

Regards
Thomas

 

[columb]

Try

./Path/*.bak

though man mksysb only shows how to do directories, not files

Columb Healy