[Dump-users] Inode exclusion list limitation

[Kirk H. <kho...@co...>]

Greetings,
    I have run into a dump problem, and I am hoping for some =
suggestions.

We allow users to store personal files in their home directories on a =
particular server.  Consequently scattered amongst the legitimate more =
critical files, are mp3's, mov's, avi's etc.  I was hoping to exclude =
these files from the tape backup rotation by using find to generate an =
inode exclusion list.  However, the list was over 800 entries, and will =
grow with more time.  Has anyone encountered a similar situation that =
they might be able to enlighten me on?  We need to backup the majority =
of the files stored on this file system, but we don't have the space to =
continuously backup these more frivolous files.  I don't believe that =
the individual users in this situation can be relied upon to store these =
types of files in specific directories that I could exclude.  The =
perfect solution (prior to becoming acquainted with the entry limit), =
was to use find to automatically generate a list of these dynamic files. =
 Any other possible suggestions would be appreciated.

Kirk