Supported Wildcards for the IBM i File System Agent with Commvault VTL

You can use a wildcard to represent one or more characters when you define the content for backups and filters for a subclient.

The syntax for wildcards is limited to a generic-name string, which consists of one or more characters followed by an asterisk (*), which substitutes any number of valid characters.

Note

If the subclient content consists of wildcard characters and no eligible files are found for the backup, the backup operation can still successfully complete.

Wildcards	Description	Examples
*	Any number of characters. Use this wildcard in the following scenarios Back up all files of a specific extension Back up all files under a specific directory Back up all files with a specific file extension that start with the pattern	`/var/data`* backs up all the files and directories that start with the string "data" under the /var directory (for example, /var/data001). `/QSYS.LIB/ABC*.LIB` backs up or filters all libraries that have names starting with "ABC" (for example, ABC01, ABC02).

Wildcards

Description

Examples

Any number of characters.

Use this wildcard in the following scenarios

Back up all files of a specific extension
Back up all files under a specific directory
Back up all files with a specific file extension that start with the pattern

/var/data* backs up all the files and directories that start with the string "data" under the /var directory (for example, /var/data001).

/QSYS.LIB/ABC*.LIB backs up or filters all libraries that have names starting with "ABC" (for example, ABC01, ABC02).