BE12.5 does not honour selection list, cannot delete one.

[Gijben]

L.S.

We run Backup Exec 12.5 rev 2213

In the days of limited tape space we had a selection list that excluded EXPIRED directories. Now we have a selection list that backups all. But in effect the EXPIRED directories are still not backed up.

I've use BEMCMD -o251 to list all selection lists, and saw that a list called "Excludes"exists. Trying to remove this script gives return value -1.

Made some screendumps below to show more than 1000 words.

I'm out of options here... HELP!

Daily Backup selection:

Trying to restore: Expired is missing!

Gee, i see a "Excludes" selection list which does not show in the GUI. What does it do?

Hm, that one explaines the erratic behaviour.

Cannot delete though.... bummer!

Now what?

Thanks in advance,

Loek Gijben

[CraigV]

...open up the selection list in Text View and then remove the exclusion there.

Thanks!

[VJware]

Try deleting the associated job as well before deleting the selection list

Use bemcmd o202 -ds instead.

[pkh]

The title of your post is misleading. The job is honoring your selection list which is why the Expired directory is not backed up. Rather than using BEMCMD, you should edit the selection list of your job. Click on the Exclude/include button and then delete the exclusion for the Expired directory. In future, rather than using Exclude/Include, it is easier to just uncheck the directory in your selection list

[Colin_Weaver · Accepted solution]

if the list you are trying to delete is the global exclusion list then yes it is a default selection list that cannot be deleted Iand I think applies to all jobs in addtion to the actual job selection list

The way to edit a global exlusion list is documented here

http://www.symantec.com/docs/TECH29548

[Gijben]

@Colin Weaver: You are absolutely right! I forgot about the global exlusion list. And indeed it cannot be deleted. Unfortunately all links to TECH docs seem dead right now, but a scroll through the menu's was easy enough.

Thanks

@CraigV: This one is not visible in Text view as it is not a selection (there)

@VJware:This one is not associated to a single job, so that is of no good.

@pkh: I'm not aware of any misleading in the title. The global exclusion list does not seem a regular selction list to me. This is (was) not a matter of a user selcting the wrong items in the selection list. And NO: where users are dynamically adding and removing directories that are not to be backed up manually (un)checking selctions is not a way to go.

Thank you all for thinking along!