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Managing Exception and Exclusion Files

Exception files let you process selected entities differently from other data included in the job template file. These entities can include user IDs, minidisks, account numbers, ACI security groups, SFS file spaces, or BFS file spaces. For example, you can back up a single minidisk physically when all other minidisks are backed up in CMS format. To do so, specify in an exception file the user ID and virtual address of the minidisk to be processed physically. You can use an exception file to specify which of the following entities to include in or exclude from the job:

• Files, tracks, or blocks from some or all minidisks
• Account numbers
• ACI security groups
• SFS file spaces

Exclusion files prevent a job from processing the listed entities. The exclusion file can exclude the following entities:

• User IDs
• Minidisks
• Account numbers
• ACI security groups
• SFS file spaces
• BFS file spaces

For example, to restore data for all but one user ID in an account, take the following steps:

• Specify the account number in the restore job template file
• List the user ID to exclude in an exclusion file

This chapter explains how to create and maintain exception and exclusion files through Option 5, Manage exception/exclusion files, on the System Administrator Main Menu.

This section contains the following topics:

Exception and Exclusion File Information

Exception and Exclusion File Commands

Creating or Updating an Exception File

Creating or Updating an Exclusion File