Networker 2018.2 directives issues

Question

Hi, I have a large saveset (130TB) and a folder within (~70TB) called 'Temis' and would like to exclude this folder, all files and subfolders, so that I can back up the Temis folder as a seperate NDMP policy (from Isilon to Data Domain, and also clone to tape)I have created a directive to exclude the folder and files / subfolders but every combination I try and test, the folder backs up. The unsuccessful examples I have tried (amongst numerous others) are: << /ifs/Dublin/GnG/MIXED/archivelonisicl02/Temis >> +skip: * .?* << /ifs/Dublin/GnG/MIXED/archivelonisicl02/Temis >> +skip: *.* Would anyone be able to provide the correct directive text to exclude all files and folders inside the path below: /ifs/Dublin/GnG/MIXED/archivelonisicl02/Temis Many thanks, Stuart.

bingo.1 · Accepted Answer

You cannot use directives with NDMP save sets. You must define each path by itself.

Why? - because no backup client/agent can be installed who could help you reading and following it when creating the worklist. This is general NDMP behavior and not even NW specific.

smccudden · Answer

Hi, Thanks for the information. This of course makes sense, the directives work our Linux clients with the Networker client installed.

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