Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX and Linux

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Backup-Archive Clients Installation and Users Guide

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Tivoli Storage Manager for UNIX and Linux

Version 5.4

Backup-Archive Clients Installation and Users Guide

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Note Before using this information and the product it supports, read the general information under Notices on page 523.

First Edition (January 2007) This edition applies to Version 5.4 of IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (5608-ISM), IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition (5608-ISX), IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Storage Area Networks (5608-SAN), IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management (5608-HSM), and to all subsequent releases and modifications until otherwise indicated in new editions or technical newsletters. Order publications through your IBM representative or the IBM branch office serving your locality. Your feedback is important in helping to provide the most accurate and high-quality information. If you have comments about this manual or any other IBM Tivoli Storage Manager documentation, see Contacting customer support on page xvi. Copyright International Business Machines Corporation 1993, 2007. All rights reserved. US Government Users Restricted Rights Use, duplication or disclosure restricted by GSA ADP Schedule Contract with IBM Corp.

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Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix About this book . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Who should read this manual . . . . . . . . xi IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Web site . . . . . xii Conventions used in this book . . . . . . . . xii Reading syntax diagrams . . . . . . . . . xiii Related publications . . . . . . . . . . . xv Downloading or ordering publications . . . . xvi Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi Contacting customer support . . . . . . . xvi Reporting a problem . . . . . . . . . . xvii Internet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xviii

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Installing the Solaris clients . . . . . . Uninstalling Tivoli Storage Manager on Sun Solaris clients . . . . . . . . . . .

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Chapter 2. Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Root and authorized user tasks . . . . . . . Creating and modifying the client system options file (required root user or authorized user task) . Creating a default client user options file (optional root user or authorized user task) . . Setting options in an options file . . . . . Setting environment variables . . . . . . . Setting language environment variables . . . Setting processing environment variables . . Setting Bourne and Korn shell variables . . . Setting C shell variables . . . . . . . . Setting API environment variables . . . . . Configuring the Web client . . . . . . . . Configuring the client scheduler . . . . . . Starting the client scheduler . . . . . . . . Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager client/server communication across a firewall . . . . . . Configuring the journal daemon . . . . . . Registering your workstation with a server (required root user or authorized user task) . . Using closed registration . . . . . . . . Using open registration . . . . . . . . Associating your client node with a host system (optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Creating an include-exclude list (optional root user or authorized user task) . . . . . . . . . Using include-exclude options . . . . . . Controlling symbolic link processing . . . . Controlling compression and encryption processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . Testing an include-exclude list with the Preview command . . . . . . . . . . . . . Processing include and exclude options . . . . 41 . 43 . . . . . . . . . . . 44 45 46 46 48 49 50 50 50 51 52

Summary of changes for Tivoli Storage Manager . . . . . . . . . . xix

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Migrating from earlier versions . . . . . . . . 1 Upgrade path for clients and servers . . . . . 1 Additional migration information . . . . . . 2 Client environment requirements . . . . . . . 3 AIX client environment . . . . . . . . . . 3 HP-UX PA-RISC client environment . . . . . 4 HP-UX Itanium 2 client environment . . . . . 5 Linux x86/x86_64 client environment . . . . . 6 Linux on POWER client environment . . . . . 7 Linux for IBM eServer zSeries client environment 9 z/OS UNIX System Services client environment 10 Solaris client environment . . . . . . . . 10 NDMP support requirements (Extended Edition only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Client installation media on product CD-ROMs . . 12 Installing the backup-archive client . . . . . . 13 Installing the AIX client . . . . . . . . . 14 Uninstalling the AIX client . . . . . . . . 17 Installing the HP-UX PA-RISC client . . . . . 18 Uninstalling the HP-UX PA-RISC client . . . . 21 Installing the HP-UX Itanium 2 client . . . . . 22 Uninstalling the HP-UX Itanium 2 client . . . . 24 Installing the Linux x86/x86_64 client . . . . 25 Uninstalling the Linux x86/x86_64 client . . . 27 Installing the Linux for zSeries client . . . . . 28 Uninstalling the Linux for zSeries client . . . . 30 Installing the Linux on POWER clients . . . . 31 Uninstalling the Linux on POWER clients . . . 33
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Chapter 3. Getting started . . . . . . 69

Tivoli Storage Manager client authentication . . Starting a GUI session . . . . . . . . . . Using your Tivoli Storage Manager password . Setup Wizard . . . . . . . . . . . . Starting a command line session . . . . . . Using batch mode . . . . . . . . . . Using interactive mode . . . . . . . . Starting: Additional considerations . . . . . Starting a Web client session . . . . . . . . Setting user privileges . . . . . . . . . Starting the client scheduler automatically . . . Changing your password . . . . . . . . . Sorting file lists using the Tivoli Storage Manager Java GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 70 70 70 71 71 71 72 72 74 75 75

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Chapter 4. Backing up your data

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Planning your backups . . . . . . . . . . 79 When to back up and when to archive files . . . . 80 Pre-backup considerations . . . . . . . . . 81 LAN-free data movement. . . . . . . . . 81 Configure memory-constrained systems to run incremental backups . . . . . . . . . . 82 Configure systems with large numbers of files to run incremental backups . . . . . . . . . 82 Using an include-exclude options list to control processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Encrypting data during backup or archive operations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 File system and ACL support . . . . . . . 84 Maximum file size for operations . . . . . . 86 How Tivoli Storage Manager handles long user and group names . . . . . . . . . . . 86 Performing an incremental, selective, or incremental-by-date backup . . . . . . . . . 87 Full and partial incremental backup . . . . . 87 Incremental-by-date backup . . . . . . . . 90 Comparing full incremental, partial incremental, and incremental-by-dateIncremental-by-date, and journal-based backups . . . . . . . . . . 90 Selective backup . . . . . . . . . . . . 91 Solaris global zone and local zones backup . . . 91 Saving access permissions . . . . . . . . 91 Setting a virtual mount point . . . . . . . 92 Backing up data using the Java GUI . . . . . 92 Backing up data using the command line . . . 93 Deleting backup data . . . . . . . . . . 95 Deleting file spaces . . . . . . . . . . . 95 Group backup: Backing up files from one or more file spaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Backup with client node proxy support . . . . . 97 Scheduling with client node proxy support . . . 98 Associating a local snapshot with a server file space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101 Performing an image backup . . . . . . . . 102 Before you perform an image backup . . . . 102 Utilizing image backup to perform file system incremental backup . . . . . . . . . . 105 Performing an image backup using the GUI . . 106 Performing an image backup using the command line . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Backing up NAS file systems . . . . . . . . 108 Backing up NAS file systems using the Web client GUI . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109 Backing up NAS file systems using the command line . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 Backing up NFS file systems . . . . . . . . 111 Backing up the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Displaying backup processing status. . . . . . 112 Backup: Additional considerations . . . . . . 114 Understanding how files are stored . . . . . 114

How special file systems are handled . . . Understanding how files are managed . . . Understanding how symbolic links are handled Understanding how hard links are handled . Understanding how sparse files are handled . Understanding how NFS hard and soft mounts are handled . . . . . . . . . . . . Backing up opened files . . . . . . . . Using wildcard characters . . . . . . .

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Chapter 5. Restoring your data . . . . 121

Restoring an active or inactive backup . . . . . Restoring data using the GUI . . . . . . . . Restoring data using the command line . . . . Performing large restore operations . . . . . No query restore . . . . . . . . . . . Performing point-in-time restores . . . . . . . Restoring an image . . . . . . . . . . . Performing an image restore using the GUI . . Performing an image restore using the command line . . . . . . . . . . . . Restoring an image to file . . . . . . . . . Performing an image restore using the GUI . . Performing an image restore using the command line . . . . . . . . . . . . Restoring data from a backupset . . . . . . . Restoring an entire or partial backupset . . . Restoring backupsets using the GUI . . . . . Restoring backupsets using the command line client . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restoring data to a GPFS 3.1 file system with multiple storage pools . . . . . . . . . . Restoring NAS file systems . . . . . . . . . Restoring NAS file systems using the Web client Restoring NAS file systems using the command line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restoring the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Restore: Additional considerations . . . . . . Authorizing another user to restore or retrieve your files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restoring or retrieving files from another client node . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restore or retrieve files to another workstation Restoring a disk in case of disk loss . . . . . Deleting file spaces . . . . . . . . . . 121 122 122 123 124 126 127 128 129 129 129 130 130 131 132 133 133 134 134 135 136 138 138 139 139 140 140

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Chapter 6. Archiving and retrieving your data . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Archiving files . . . . . . . . . . . . . Archiving data using the GUI . . . . . . . Archiving data using the command line . . . Archiving data with client node proxy . . . . Deleting archive data . . . . . . . . . . Archive: Advanced considerations . . . . . Retrieving archives . . . . . . . . . . . Retrieving data using the GUI . . . . . . . Retrieving data using the command line . . . Understanding how your archives are managed 143 143 144 145 147 147 148 149 149 150

Chapter 7. Automating tasks . . . . . 151

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Specifying scheduling options . . . . . . Displaying information about scheduled work Displaying information about completed work Scheduling options for commands . . . . Enabling or disabling scheduled commands . Client return codes . . . . . . . . .

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Chapter 8. Understanding storage management policies . . . . . . . . 157

Using policy domains and policy sets . . . . . Using management classes and copy groups . . . Displaying information about management classes and copy groups . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy group name . . . . . . . . . . . Copy type . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy frequency . . . . . . . . . . . Versions data exists . . . . . . . . . . Versions data deleted . . . . . . . . . . Retain extra versions . . . . . . . . . . Retain only version . . . . . . . . . . Copy serialization . . . . . . . . . . . Copy mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . Copy destination . . . . . . . . . . . Retain versions . . . . . . . . . . . . Selecting a management class for files . . . . . Assigning a management class to files . . . . . Overriding the management class for archived files Selecting a management class for directories . . . Binding management classes to files . . . . . . Rebinding backup versions of files . . . . . . Using a retention grace period. . . . . . . . Using event-based policy retention protection . . Archiving files on a data retention server . . . 157 158 159 160 160 160 160 160 161 161 161 162 162 162 162 163 164 164 165 165 166 166 167

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Chapter 9. Using processing options

Overview of processing options . . . Communication options . . . . . . TCP/IP options . . . . . . . Shared Memory options . . . . . Server and Node options . . . . . Server options . . . . . . . . Node options . . . . . . . . Backup and archive processing options . Restore and retrieve processing options. Scheduling options . . . . . . . Format options . . . . . . . . . Command processing options . . . . Authorization options . . . . . . Error processing options . . . . . . Transaction processing options . . . Web client options . . . . . . . . Diagnostics options . . . . . . . Using options with commands . . . Entering options with a command . Initial command line only options . Client options reference . . . . . . Archmc . . . . . . . . . . . Archsymlinkasfile . . . . . . . . Asnodename . . . . . . . . . Automount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Starting and ending a client command session Process commands in batch mode . . . Process commands in interactive mode . . Entering client commands . . . . . . . Command name . . . . . . . . . Options . . . . . . . . . . . . Parameters . . . . . . . . . . . File specification syntax . . . . . . . Remembering previous commands . . . . Using wildcard characters . . . . . . . Entering commands . . . . . . . . . Client commands reference . . . . . . . Archive . . . . . . . . . . . . . Backup Group . . . . . . . . . . . Backup Image . . . . . . . . . . . Backup NAS . . . . . . . . . . . Backup WAS . . . . . . . . . . . Cancel Process . . . . . . . . . . . Cancel Restore . . . . . . . . . . . Delete Access . . . . . . . . . . . Delete Archive . . . . . . . . . . . Delete Backup . . . . . . . . . . . Delete Filespace . . . . . . . . . . Delete Group . . . . . . . . . . . Expire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Incremental . . . . . . . . . . . . Loop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Macro . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monitor Process . . . . . . . . . . Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . Query Access . . . . . . . . . . . Query Archive . . . . . . . . . . . Query Backup . . . . . . . . . . . Query Backupset . . . . . . . . . . Query Filespace . . . . . . . . . . Query Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395 396 396 397 397 397 398 398 399 400 401 401 402 404 406 410 413 415 416 417 418 420 423 425 427 429 430 435 437 438 439 441 442 444 447 449 451

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Appendix B. Configuring the backup-archive client in an HACMP takeover environment . . . . . . . . 511

Installing the backup-archive client . . . . . . Configuring the backup-archive client to process local nodes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client to process cluster disk resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Step 1: Register the client to a server . . . . Step 2: Configure the client system options file Step 3: Configure the client user options file . . Defining the client as an HACMP application . . Creating an HACMP resource group to add a client Adding the client to an HACMP resource group Using journal-based backup and HACMP . . . . 512 512

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Overview of the Tivoli Storage Manager scheduler Handling spaces in file names in schedule definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preferential start times for certain nodes . . . Understanding scheduler processing options . . . Handling return codes from preschedulecmd and postschedulecmd scripts . . . . . . . Using the client acceptor to manage scheduler services versus the traditional scheduler services . Setting the client scheduler process to run as a background task and start automatically at boot time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Managing multiple schedule requirements on one machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Restarting the scheduler process on a remote machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499 500 500 501 502 503

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JournalSettings stanza . . . . . JournalExcludeList stanza . . . . JournaledFileSystemSettings stanza . Overriding stanzas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517 518 519 521

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Typographical conventions . . . . . . . xii IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client and server publications . . . . . . . . . . . . xv Optimized option default values . . . . . xxvi Client requirements . . . . . . . . . . 3 UNIX client installation reference . . . . . 13 AIX client: Language codes for installation packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Package Names and Directories . . . . . . 18 HP-UX PA-RISC client: Language codes for installation packages . . . . . . . . . 19 HP-UX Itanium 2 client: Language codes for installation packages . . . . . . . . . 22 Package Names and Directories . . . . . . 25 Linux x86/x86_64 client: Language codes for installation packages . . . . . . . . . 26 Package Names and Directories . . . . . . 28 Linux for zSeries client: Language codes for installation packages . . . . . . . . . 29 Linux on POWER clients: Language codes for installation packages . . . . . . . . . 32 Installation package names and descriptions 34 Tivoli Storage Manager server Installation Guides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Root user, Authorized User, and non-Authorized user tasks . . . . . . . 41 Supported language locales . . . . . . . 47 Platforms and default log directories . . . . 49 GUID commands . . . . . . . . . . 58 Options for excluding file spaces and directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Options for controlling backup, archive, and image processing . . . . . . . . . . . 61 Wildcard and other special characters . . . . 62 Using wildcard characters with include and exclude patterns . . . . . . . . . . . 63 Options for controlling symbolic link processing . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 Options for controlling compression and encryption processing . . . . . . . . . 64 Working with your files using the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI . . . . . . . . . 76 Backup: Primary tasks . . . . . . . . . 79 Planning your backups . . . . . . . . . 79 Supported file systems and ACL support 84 Maximum file size . . . . . . . . . . 86 Command line backup examples . . . . . 93 Volume device type support for an image backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 Comparing incremental image backup methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106 LVM1 and LVM2 image operation comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . 107 NAS options and commands . . . . . . 110 Client command line informational messages 112 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. Symbolic link management table for backup and restore . . . . . . . . . . . . Restore: Primary tasks . . . . . . . . Command line restore examples . . . . . NAS options and commands . . . . . . Archive and retrieve: Primary tasks . . . . Command line archive examples . . . . . Symbolic link management table for archive and retrieve . . . . . . . . . . . . Command line examples of retrieving archives . . . . . . . . . . . . . Client return codes and their meanings Default values in the standard management class . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TCP/IP options . . . . . . . . . . . Shared Memory communication options Server and Node Options . . . . . . . Backup and archive processing options Restore and retrieve processing options Scheduling options. . . . . . . . . . Format options . . . . . . . . . . . Command processing options . . . . . . Authorization options . . . . . . . . . Error processing options . . . . . . . . Transaction processing options . . . . . . Web client options . . . . . . . . . . Diagnostics options . . . . . . . . . Client command options . . . . . . . . Options that are valid on the initial command line only . . . . . . . . . . . . . Encrypting or decrypting data . . . . . . Entering commands . . . . . . . . . Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . Command recall and edit functions . . . . Wildcard characters . . . . . . . . . Archive command: Related options . . . . Backup Group command: Related options Backup Image command: Related options Backup NAS command: Related options Backup WAS command: Related options Delete Archive command: Related options Delete Backup command: Related options Delete Filespace command: Related options Delete Group command: Related options Expire command: Related options . . . . . Incremental command: Related options Query Archive command: Related options Query Backup command: Related options Query Backupset command: Related options Query Filespace command: Related options Query Group command: Related options Query Image command: Related options Query Mgmtclass command: Related options Query Node command: Related options Query Options command: Related options Query Systeminfo command: Related options 117 121 123 136 143 144 148 149 155 159 170 170 172 173 179 182 184 184 184 185 186 187 187 188 194 240 393 393 400 400 402 405 409 411 413 418 420 424 425 427 433 442 444 447 449 451 453 456 457 458 463

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About this book

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager is a client-server licensed product that provides storage management services in a multi-platform computer environment. The backup-archive client program permits users to back up and archive files from their workstations or file servers to storage, and restore and retrieve backup versions and archived copies of files to their local workstations. In addition to the backup-archive client, Tivoli Storage Manager includes the following components available on a variety of platforms: v A server program that permits systems to perform either as a backup and archive server or migration server for distributed workstations and file servers. The server program also supplies hierarchical storage management (HSM) services. See Related publications on page xv for available server publications. v An administrative client program that you can access from a Web browser or the command line. The program permits a Tivoli Storage Manager administrator to control and monitor server activities, define storage management policies for backup, archive and space management services, and set up schedules to perform those services at regular intervals. For more information about the Administrative client, see Related publications on page xv for available Tivoli Storage Manager Administrators Reference publications. v An application program interface (API) that permits you to enhance an existing application with storage management services. When an application is registered with a server as a client node, the application can back up, restore, archive, and retrieve objects from storage. For more information about the Tivoli Storage Manager API, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Programming Interface, SC32-0147. v A Web backup-archive client that permits an authorized administrator, help desk person, or end user to perform backup, restore, archive, and retrieve services using a Web browser on a remote machine. See Starting a Web client session on page 72 for more information. Associated with Tivoli Storage Manager, but sold separately, is the Tivoli Space Manager client program which was previously a feature of ADSM known as Hierarchical Storage Manager (HSM). Tivoli Space Manager automatically migrates eligible files to storage to maintain specific levels of free space on local file systems and automatically recalls migrated files when they are accessed. It also permits users to migrate and recall specific files. This client program runs only on AIX, HP-UX PA-RISC, Linux x86/x86_64, and Solaris (SPARC) operating systems. See IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide for more information. The terms hierarchical storage management and space management have the same meaning throughout this publication.

Who should read this manual

This manual provides instructions for an end-user to install, configure, and use the Tivoli Storage Manager client. For installation information and supported operating system levels, see Chapter 1, Installing Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 1. For configuration information, see Chapter 2, Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 41.
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-rwsr-xr-x 1 tivoli dsmdev 2880479 Nov 5 13:42 dsmc*

IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Web site

Technical support information and publications are available at the following address:
http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html

By accessing the Tivoli Storage Manager home page, you can access subjects that interest you. You can also access current Tivoli Storage Manager product information. The Tivoli Storage Manager home page Self help section provides customers with a knowledge base of articles and information on issues with Tivoli Storage Manager that you might be experiencing.

Conventions used in this book

This book uses the following typographical conventions:
Table 1. Typographical conventions Example dsmc.nlm archive dateformat Description A series of lowercase letters with an extension indicates Tivoli Storage Manager program file names. Boldface type indicates a command that you type at a workstation, such as a command you type on a command line. Boldface italic type indicates a Tivoli Storage Manager option. The bold type is used to introduce the option, or used in an example. Occasionally, file names are entered in boldface italic for emphasis. filespec Italicized type indicates either the name of a parameter, a new term, or a placeholder for information that you provide. Italics are also used for emphasis in the text. maxcmdretries plus sign (+) Monospaced type represents fragments of a program or information as it would display on a screen. A plus sign between two keys indicates you should press both keys at the same time.

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Reading syntax diagrams

This section describes how to read the syntax diagrams used in this manual. To read a syntax diagram, follow the path of the line. Read from left to right, and top to bottom. v The symbol indicates the beginning of a syntax diagram. v The symbol at the end of a line indicates the syntax diagram continues on the next line. v The symbol at the beginning of a line indicates a syntax diagram continues from the previous line. v The symbol indicates the end of a syntax diagram. Syntax items, such as a keyword or variable, can be: v On the line (required element) v Above the line (default element) v Below the line (optional element).
Syntax diagram description Abbreviations: Uppercase letters denote the shortest acceptable truncation. If an item appears entirely in uppercase letters, it cannot be truncated. You can type the item in any combination of uppercase or lowercase letters. In this example, you can enter KEYWO, KEYWORD, or KEYWOrd. Symbols: * {} Enter these symbols exactly as they appear in : the syntax diagram. , = () . Variables: Italicized lowercase items (var_name) denote variables. In this example, you can specify a var_name when you enter the KEYWORD command. KEYWOrd var_name Asterisk Braces Colon Comma Equal Sign Hyphen Parentheses Period Space KEYWOrd Example

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Required choices: When two or more items are in a stack and one of them is on the line, you must specify one item. In this example, you must choose A, B, or C. Optional choice: When an item is below the line, that item is optional. In the first example, you can choose A or nothing at all. When two or more items are in a stack below the line, all of them are optional. In the second example, you can choose A, B, C, or nothing at all. Defaults: Defaults are above the line. The default is selected unless you override it. You can override the default by including an option from the stack below the line. In this example, A is the default. You can override A by choosing B or C. You can also specify the default explicitly. Repeatable choices: A stack of items followed by an arrow returning to the left means you can select more than one item or, in some cases, repeat a single item. In this example, you can choose any combination of A, B, or C. A B C A A B C

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The fragment name Some diagrams, because of their length, must fragment the syntax. The fragment name The fragment name: appears between vertical bars in the diagram. The expanded fragment appears between A vertical bars in the diagram after a heading with the same fragment name. B C

Related publications
Table 2 lists the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client and server publications that are referred to in this manual.
Table 2. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager client and server publications Publication title Client publications IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Messages IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients Installation and Users Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for NetWare Backup-Archive Clients Installation and Users Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Macintosh Backup-Archive Clients Installation and Users Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Programming Interface Server publications IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX Installation Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX Administrators Reference IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX Administrators Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX Storage Agent Users Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for HP-UX Installation Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for HP-UX Administrators Reference IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for HP-UX Storage Agent Users Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux Installation Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux Administrators Reference IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux Storage Agent Users Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for z/OS Installation Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for z/OS Administrators Reference IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Sun Solaris Installation Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Sun Solaris Administrators Reference IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Sun Solaris Administrators Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Sun Solaris Storage Agent Users Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Installation Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Administrators Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Storage Agent Users Guide SC32-0134 SC32-0123 SC32-0117 SC32-0129 SC32-0135 SC32-0124 SC32-0130 SC32-0136 SC32-0125 SC32-0131 SC32-0139 SC32-0128 SC32-0137 SC32-0126 SC32-0120 SC32-0132 SC32-0138 SC32-0121 SC32-0133
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Downloading or ordering publications

All Tivoli publications are available for electronic download or order from the IBM Publications Center: http://www.ibm.com/shop/publications/order/. If you have questions or comments regarding Tivoli publications and product documentation, please visit http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/contact.html to send an e-mail. The International Technical Support Center (ITSC) publishes Redbooks, which are books on specialized topics such as using Tivoli Storage Manager to back up databases. You can order publications through your IBM representative or the IBM branch office serving your locality. You can also search for and order books of interest to you at the IBM Redbooks Web site at this address:
http://www.ibm.com/redbooks/

Tivoli Field Guides are designed to address specific technical scenarios or concepts that are often complex to implement or difficult to understand. All completed field guides are available free to registered customers and internal IBM employees at the following Web site:
http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/Field_Guides.html

Accessibility
Accessibility features help users with a physical disability, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use software products successfully. With this product, you can use assistive technologies to hear and navigate the interface. You can also use the keyboard instead of the mouse to operate all features of the graphical user interface.

Contacting customer support

| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | For support for this or any Tivoli product, you can contact Tivoli Customer Support in one of the following ways: v Through the IBM Support Assistant An IBM Support Assistant plugin is available for the Tivoli Storage Manager client to help you to do the following: Locate specific self-help information on the Web based of frequently asked questions and common problems Search for other Tivoli Storage Manager information on the Web Report a problem Automatically collect basic operating system and Tivoli Storage Manager related environmental and diagnostic information You can find more information about the IBM Support Assistant at http://www.ibm.com/software/support/isa. You can also download the IBM Support Assistant from this page. To download the IBM Support Assistant, you will need to login using your IBM ID (the same ID that you use for IBM web sites such as the MySupport Portal and developerWorks). If you do not already have an IBM ID, you can complete the free registration process to obtain one. After downloading the IBM Support Assistant, install it on your computer.

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Next, install the Tivoli Storage Manager client plugin. To do this, open the IBM Support Assistant, select the Updater tab and then the New Products and Tools tab. Locate Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and select the check box next to it. Click Install to install the plugin. After the install finishes, restart the IBM Support Assistant. Then, click Product Information. The Tivoli Storage Manager client should appear in the Products list. To get assistance for the Tivoli Storage Manager client, explore the available items in the IBM Support Assistant. v Visit the Tivoli Storage Manager technical support Web site at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html

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v Visit the IBM Software Support Toolbar Web site at:

http://www.ibm.com/software/support/toolbar/

v Submit a problem management record (PMR) electronically at IBMSERV/IBMLINK. You can access the IBMLINK from the IBM Web site at:
http://www.ibm.com/ibmlink/

v Submit a problem management record (PMR) electronically from the IBM Web site at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/support/probsub.html.

Customers in the United States can also call 1-800-IBM-SERV (1-800-426-7378). International customers should consult the Web site for customer support telephone numbers. You can also review the IBM Software Support Guide, which is available on our Web site at http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/guides/handbook.html. When you contact IBM Software Support, be prepared to provide identification information for your company so that support personnel can readily assist you. Company identification information is needed to register for online support available on the Web site. The support Web site offers extensive information, including a guide to support services (IBM Software Support Guide); frequently asked questions (FAQs); and documentation for all IBM Software products, including Release Notes, Redbooks, and white papers, defects (APARs), and solutions. The documentation for some product releases is available in both PDF and HTML formats. Translated documents are also available for some product releases. Go to the following Web site for the Tivoli Storage Manager home page: http://www.ibm.com/software/tivoli/products/storage-mgr/ We are very interested in hearing about your experience with Tivoli products and documentation. We also welcome your suggestions for improvements. If you have comments or suggestions about our documentation, please complete our customer feedback survey at:
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by selecting the Feedback link in the left navigation bar.

Reporting a problem
Please have the following information ready when you report a problem:

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v The Tivoli Storage Manager server version, release, modification, and service level number. You can get this information by entering the query status command at the Tivoli Storage Manager command line. v It is recommended that you use the Tivoli Storage Manager client query systeminfo command with the filename option to gather Tivoli Storage Manager system information and output this information to a file. This information is intended primarily as an aid for IBM support to assist in diagnosing problems. v The Tivoli Storage Manager client version, release, modification, and service level number. You can get this information by entering dsmc at the command line. v The communication protocol (for example, TCP/IP), version, and release number you are using. v The activity you were doing when the problem occurred, listing the steps you followed before the problem occurred. v The exact text of any error messages.

Internet
To search multiple Internet resources for your product, go to the support web site for the product: v http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/ support/ IBMTivoliStorageManager.html and look for the section to search the support knowledge base. From this section, you can search a variety of resources including: v IBM technotes v IBM downloads v IBM Redbooks v Forums and newsgroups | | | You can also check the following IBM Software Support Toolbar Web site, and choose Tivoli > Tivoli developerWorks > Forums. http://www.ibm.com/ software/support/toolbar/ A newsgroup, [email protected], is implemented by a third party. IBM supports this newsgroup on a best-effort basis only. See Online forums on page 77 for more information.

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Summary of changes for Tivoli Storage Manager

This section summarizes changes made to the Tivoli Storage Manager product and this publication. Technical changes to the text are indicated by vertical lines to the left of the change. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Technical changes for Version 5.4 - January 2007

The following changes have been made to the product for this edition: Password file format changes The format of the Tivoli Storage Manager password file has changed. Your existing password file will be migrated to the new format during the first session with a Tivoli Storage Manager server after you install the client. See Upgrade path for clients and servers on page 1 for more information about the changes. AIX journal support for AIX clients AIX journal now supports JFS, JFS2, and VxFs and HSM-managed JFS2 file systems and the HACMP environment. Linux LVM 2 volume manager image backup support Image backup of volumes created using the Linux LVM 2 volume manager is now supported. This provides the same level of functionality as offered for LVM 1 logical volumes. Only specific Linux distributions (Kernel 2.6) are supported. SLES 10 support on Linux clients SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 is now supported on the Linux x86/x86_64, Linux zSeries, and Linux PPC clients. USS V1R7 and V1R8 support UNIX System Services V1R7 and V1R8 are now supported. HACMP 5.4 support HACMP 5.4 is now supported with the AIX Backup-Archive client and API, if the fix for IY89869 is applied first. Asianux 2.0 support on Linux x86/x86_64 clients Asianux 2.0 now supports the Linux x86/x86_64 clients. Support for srvprepostscheddisabled, srvrprepostsnapdisabled, and schedrestretrdisabled options Three new options: srvprepostscheddisabled, srvprepostssnapdisabled, and schedrestretrdisabled, are now supported, in addition to the existing schedcmddisabled option. These options help to prevent Tivoli Storage Manager administrators from executing inadvertent or malicious operations on Tivoli Storage Manager client nodes. See Srvprepostscheddisabled on page 354, Srvprepostsnapdisabled on page 355, and Schedrestretrdisabled on page 338 for information about these new options. Reducing the memory used during the incremental backup function The memoryefficient diskcachemethod option uses local disk space, which reduces the amount of memory required to complete an incremental backup. See Memoryefficientbackup on page 289 for more information about using memoryefficient diskcachemethod.
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The diskcachelocation option specifies the location where the disk cache database will be created if the option memoryefficientbackup=diskcachem is set during an incremental backup. See Diskcachelocation on page 225 for information about how to use this option. Support for include.fs The include.fs option controls how Tivoli Storage Manager processes your file space for incremental backup. See Include options on page 269 for more information about using the include.fs option. Tivoli Storage Manager client support for Novell Storage Services file system extended attributes The Tivoli Storage Manager Linux x86/x86_64 client can now back up and restore Novell Storage Services file system extended attributes. Novell Storage Services file system Trustee rights are packaged as part of the extended attributes, and they are also backed up and restored. The extended attributes information is automatically backed up with each object that has extended attribute data. Be aware that the first incremental backup using this client will back up all Novell Storage Services files again, whether or not they have extended attributes. Storage pools on GPFS file systems are supported Tivoli Storage Manager now handles storage pools on GPFS file systems. See Restoring data to a GPFS 3.1 file system with multiple storage pools on page 133 for more information. Local zone support for Solaris 10 x86 client Local zone support has been added for the Solaris 10 x86 client. See Solaris global zone and local zones backup on page 91 for more information. Dropped support for HP-UX 11i V1 Beginning with this release of Tivoli Storage Manager, we have dropped support for HP-UX 11i V1. Dropped support for RHEL 3 Beginning with this release of Tivoli Storage Manager, we have dropped support for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3. Dropped support for SLES 8 Beginning with this release of Tivoli Storage Manager, we have dropped support for SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 8. Dropped support for AIX Version 5.1 Beginning with this release of Tivoli Storage Manager, we have dropped support for AIX Version 5.1. Dropped support for Solaris 8 Beginning with this release of Tivoli Storage Manager, we have dropped support for Solaris 8. Dropped support USS V1R4, V1R5, and V1R6 Beginning with this release of Tivoli Storage Manager, we have dropped support for UNIX System Services V1R4, V1R5, and V1R6.

Technical changes for Version 5.3 - March 2006

The following changes have been made to the product for this edition:

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New options, Skipacl and Skipaclupdatecheck Skipacl and Skipaclupdatecheck are new options for controlling the processing of access control lists (ACL) by Tivoli Storage Manager. Skipacl=yes skips ACL processing completely on backup. Skipaclupdatecheck=yes prevents the Tivoli Storage Manager client from performing checksum and size comparisons before and after backup, and during incremental processing. See Skipacl on page 348 and Skipaclupdatecheck on page 349 for more information. Journal-based backup enhancements for AIX Journal-based backup is supported for non-HSM AIX clients. See Configuring the journal daemon on page 56, Journal-based backup on AIX on page 89, and Chapter 10, Using commands, on page 393 for more information. Zones support for Solaris 10 platforms Zones support has been added for the following Solaris 10 platforms: v Solaris 10 x86 32-bit and 64-bit limited support (Global Zone only, API 32-bit only, UFS only, TCP-IP only, no LAN-Free) v Solaris 10 SPARC Local Zones v Solaris 10 SPARC support for Space Management (HSM) (Global Zone only) v Solaris HSM requires Veritas File system (VxFS) 4.1 The standard backup and archive operations can be performed from each Local Zone, just as these operations can be performed on any Solaris system without zoning. HP-UX 11i V2 support HP-UX 11i V2 is supported on the Backup-Archive clients. Java GUI command line parameters Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Java GUI (dsmj) now accepts command line parameters, such as the Java -X options. Because of this, you can also now modify the Java Heap Size.

Technical changes for Version 5.3 - October 2005

The following changes have been made to the product for this edition: Event-based policy retention protection In addition to traditional backup archive processing to a Tivoli Storage Manager server, the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Clients can now archive data to an IBM System Storage Archive Manager server by using the enablearchiveretentionprotection option. When connected to any Tivoli Storage Manager server Version 5.2.2 and above, the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Clients can take advantage of event-based archive management policies. With the new set event command the client can also signal events and request deletion hold and deletion release for specific files. This feature is intended to help customers meet regulatory requirements. See Using event-based policy retention protection on page 166, Enablearchiveretentionprotection on page 235 and Set Event on page 493 for more information. Enhanced encryption Tivoli Storage Manager now supports AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) 128-bit data encryption to encrypt data during backup and archive operations using the include.encryption option.
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See Chapter 1, Installing Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 1, Chapter 4, Backing up your data, on page 79, and Chapter 10, Using commands, on page 393 for more information. Include-exclude enhancements A preview function allows you to view the objects that would be backed up or archived according to the include-exclude list. This enhancement is useful for validating the include-exclude list. The Tivoli Storage Manager Client Java GUI directory tree shows detailed information of included and excluded objects. The directory tree in the Tivoli Storage Manager ClientJava GUI allows you to select files and directories to include or exclude. See Chapter 2, Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 41, Chapter 4, Backing up your data, on page 79, Chapter 6, Archiving and retrieving your data, on page 143, and Chapter 10, Using commands, on page 393 for more information. Enhancements to query schedule command To more accurately determine the status of scheduled events, the query schedule command on a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 and above client reports new parameters. See Chapter 7, Automating tasks, on page 151 and Chapter 10, Using commands, on page 393 for more information about these enhancements. Also see the Administrators Guide and Administrators Reference for your operating system. Dynamic client tracing A new command line utility, dsmtrace, is available to enable tracing, disable tracing, or change trace flags while the client is running. See the Problem Determination Guide for information about using this utility. Note: Tracing is an advanced diagnostic feature intended for use only at the recommendation of IBM support and development, or as outlined in the Problem Determination Guide. Client node proxy support Backup time can be reduced and clustered configurations can store data with client node proxy support. Tivoli Storage Manager nodes, when authorized as agent nodes, can be directed to back up or restore data on behalf of another node (the target node). This enables concurrent operations from multiple nodes to store data to the same target node and file space in parallel. The concurrent operations can reduce backup and restore times in environments such as IBM GPFS. Client nodes can also be configured with proxy node authority to support many of the systems that can be configured to support clustering failover. The asnodename option also allows data to be restored from a different system than the one which performed the backup. See Asnodename on page 197 for more information. Support for deleting individual backups from a server file space If your administrator has given you authority, you can delete individual backup copies from the Tivoli Storage Manager server without deleting the entire file space. This can be useful in the following situations: v You need to delete sensitive files which were mistakenly backed up. v You need to delete a subset of backup files which were inadvertently backed up. v You need to delete files that are found to contain viruses.

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See Deleting backup data on page 95 for more information. Backing up SAN File System data You can now back up and restore SAN file system data belonging to different operating systems using the same client. You can use a single AIX or Linux machine to back up all SAN file system data. The object attributes will be correctly restored, even if backup and restore of Windows-owned files was performed by a UNIX machine. See Full and partial incremental backup on page 87 for more information. NFSV4 support Support has been added for NFSV4 file systems on AIX Version 5.3 and above. Support has also been added for NFSV4 global name space. NFSV4 ACLs are not supported.See Backing up NFS file systems on page 111 for more information. Toleration support for Solaris 10 Toleration support has been added for Solaris 10 on the Backup-Archive clients and the API (no local zones). HP-UX 11i V2 support HP-UX 11i V2 is supported on the Backup-Archive clients.

Technical changes for Version 5.3 - December 2004

The following changes have been made to the product for this edition: New links from the backup-archive client Java GUI to the Tivoli Storage Manager and Tivoli Home Pages From the backup-archive client Java GUI and web client, you can now directly access the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager web site, the IBM Tivoli web site, the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Support web site, and the Tivoli Storage Manager Publications web site. From the backup-archive command line interface help menu screen, the web site address is displayed. You can enter the web site address in a browser to access the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Support web site for technical support on Tivoli Storage Manager. New options, Errorlogmax and Schedlogmax, and DSM_LOG environment variable changes Errorlogmax and Schedlogmax are new options for controlling log size. Errorlogmax specifies the maximum size for the error log, in megabytes. Schedlogmax specifies the maximum size for the scheduler log, in megabytes. See Chapter 9, Using processing options, on page 169 for more information. DSM_LOG environment variable changes have been made to prevent a security or data integrity problem. Logs will no longer be created in the installation directory. In addition, if the client is unable to open a required log for writing, the client process will terminate. The Tivoli Storage Manager command line client, the web client acceptor and agent will not run without a writeable dsmerror.log. See Chapter 2, Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 41, Chapter 9, Using processing options, on page 169, and Chapter 10, Using commands, on page 393 for more information. Enhanced encryption Tivoli Storage Manager now supports AES (Advanced Encryption

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Standard) 128-bit data encryption to encrypt data during backup and archive operations using the include.encryption option. See Chapter 1, Installing Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 1, Chapter 4, Backing up your data, on page 79, and Chapter 10, Using commands, on page 393 for more information. Shared memory protocol support Administrators can now perform backups, restores, archives, and retrieves more quickly by improving communications between the Tivoli Storage Manager server for Linux and Solaris and the backup-archive client for Linux and Solaris. The server and the client must be configured for the shared memory protocol, and they must be on the same server machine. Shared memory is an area of memory that is accessible by several processes at the same time. This support also enables the shared memory communication protocol in the Linux and Solaris storage agent for communication with the UNIX and Linux backup-archive client. See Chapter 10, Using commands, on page 393 for more information. Journal-based backup enhancements Multiple journal-based backup sessions are now possible. See Chapter 4, Backing up your data, on page 79 and Chapter 10, Using commands, on page 393 for more information. Include-exclude enhancements A preview function allows you to view the objects that would be backed up or archived according to the include-exclude list. This enhancement is useful for validating the include-exclude list. The Tivoli Storage Manager Client Java GUI directory tree shows detailed information of included and excluded objects. The Client Configuration Wizard and the directory tree in the Tivoli Storage Manager ClientJava GUI allow you to select files and directories to include or exclude. See Chapter 2, Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 41, Chapter 4, Backing up your data, on page 79, Chapter 6, Archiving and retrieving your data, on page 143, and Chapter 10, Using commands, on page 393 for more information. Enhancements to query schedule command To more accurately determine the status of scheduled events, the query schedule command on a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 and above client reports new parameters. See Chapter 7, Automating tasks, on page 151 and Chapter 10, Using commands, on page 393 for more information about these enhancements. Also see the Administrators Guide and Administrators Reference for your operating system. Dynamic client tracing A new command line utility, dsmtrace, is available to enable tracing, disable tracing, or change trace flags while the client is running. See the Problem Determination Guide for information about using this utility. Note: Tracing is an advanced diagnostic feature intended for use only at the recommendation of IBM support and development, or as outlined in the Problem Determination Guide.

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Client node proxy support Backup time can be reduced and clustered configurations can store data with client node proxy support. Tivoli Storage Manager nodes, when authorized as agent nodes, can be directed to back up or restore data on behalf of another node (the target node). This enables concurrent operations from multiple nodes to store data to the same target node and file space in parallel. The concurrent operations can reduce backup and restore times in environments such as IBM GPFS. Client nodes can also be configured with proxy node authority to support many of the systems that can be configured to support clustering failover. The asnodename option also allows data to be restored from a different system than the one which performed the backup. See Asnodename on page 197 for more information. Tivoli Storage Manager Administration Center The hyperlink from the new Java based Tivoli Storage Manager Administration Center to a Tivoli Storage Manager client machine provides the administrator ID and encrypted password to the web client through a Java portlet. This enables the launching of the web client Java GUI without the administrator signing on again. The Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 or higher web client is required for this support. See Configuring the Web client on page 50 and the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administrators Guide for your operating system, for more information. Java GUI and Web client enhancements You can now perform the following functions from the Java GUI and the Web client: v Find files in the backup, restore, archive or retrieve window. v Back up, restore, archive, or retrieve your files by filtering file names or filtering the directory tree. v Restore your data from backup sets without a server connection. v Archive the file or directory where the symbolic link points. Support for deleting individual backups from a server file space If your administrator has given you authority, you can delete individual backup copies from the Tivoli Storage Manager server without deleting the entire file space. This can be useful in the following situations: v You need to delete sensitive files which were mistakenly backed up. v You need to delete a subset of backup files which were inadvertently backed up. v You need to delete files that are found to contain viruses. See Deleting backup data on page 95 for more information. Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client for HP-UX Itanium 2 The Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client supported features on HP-UX Itanium 2 are the same as those supported by the existing HP-UX client. See Chapter 1, Installing Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 1 for environment and installation information. Linux for zSeries offline image backup You can now perform offline image backups on Linux zSeries, including native zSeries volumes and partitions created by Logical Volume Manager. See Volume device type support for an image backup on page 103 for more information. Optimized option default values The tcpnodelay option specifies whether to send small transactions to the
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server, without buffering them first. Setting the tcpnodelay option to yes (the default) can improve performance in higher-speed networks. This option has been extended to all UNIX and Linux clients, except UNIX System Services client for z/OS. Table 3 lists the default values which have been optimized to improve performance. See Tcpnodelay on page 365 for more information.
Table 3. Optimized option default values Option diskbuffsize Change Page

Allows you to specify I/O 224 buffer size (in kilobytes) that the client can use to optimize backup, archive, or HSM client performance. Recommendation: Use the default value instead of specifying the diskbuffsize option.

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This option has been 224 replaced by the diskbuffsize option. At this time, largecommbuffers will continue to be accepted by the Tivoli Storage Manager client in order to ease the transition to the new option. However, the value specified by largecommbuffers will be ignored in favor of the diskbuffsize setting. Recommendation: Discontinue the use of largecommbuffers because future releases of Tivoli Storage Manager might not accept this option.

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Specifies a separate TCP/IP 360 port number on which the server is waiting for requests for administrative client sessions, allowing secure administrative sessions within a private network. If this option is not specified, the default value is the value of the tcpport option. The default value was 361 changed from 31 kilobytes to 32 kilobytes.

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Table 3. Optimized option default values (continued) Option tcpnodelay Change The default value was changed from no to yes. tcpnodelay yes disables the TCP/IP Nagle algortihm. This algorithm is used to reduce the number of small segments sent across the network, but in some environments this might negatively impact Tivoli Storage Manager performance. Recommendation: Use the default of yes, unless you fully understand the effects of the TCP Nagle algorithm on network transmissions and how its use affects the performance of Tivoli Storage Manager in your environment. tcpwindowsize The default value was 368 changed from 32 kilobytes to 63 kilobytes. The default value was changed from 2048 kilobytes to 25600 kilobytes. 375 Page 365

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Technical changes for Version 5.2.2 - December 2003

The following changes have been made to the product for this edition: Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client Linux on iSeries The Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client supported features on Linux for iSeries are the same as those supported by the Linux for pSeries client. See Chapter 1, Installing Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 1 for environment and installation information. Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client for Linux on Intel Itanium The Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client for Linux on Intel Itanium (Linux IA64 client) supports these file systems and their ACLs: xfs, ext2, and ext3. As with the Linux x86/x86_64 client, the Linux IA64 client supports the reiserfs file system, but not its ACLs. The Tivoli Storage Manager Linux IA64 client supports the same functions as the Linux x86/x86_64 client, except the following: v Backup-archive Native Graphical User Interface (Motif GUI). v LAN-free data transfer. v Cluster support. See Chapter 1, Installing Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 1 for environment and installation information.

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Backup and restore support for IBM TotalStorage SAN File Systems Backup and restore for IBM TotalStorage SAN File Systems is supported on the AIX 5.1 client. See File system and ACL support on page 84 for more information. Support for controlling symbolic link processing Tivoli Storage Manager treats symbolic links as actual files and backs them up. However, the file referenced by the symbolic link is not backed up. In some cases symbolic links can be easily recreated and need not be backed up. In addition, backing up these symbolic links can increase backup processing time and occupy a substantial amount of space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can use the exclude.attribute.symlink option to exclude a file or a group of files that are symbolic links from backup processing. If necessary, you can use the include.attribute.symlink option to include symbolic links within a broad group of excluded files for backup processing. For additional information, see : v Using include-exclude options on page 60 v Exclude options on page 246 v Include options on page 269 Support for WebSphere Application Server (WAS) security If WAS security is enabled, user name and password validation for Data Protection for WebSphere Application Server is required. If you do not set the WAS password for the security, the backup will failover to an offline backup. It is recommended to set the WAS security password to perform consistent backups. Use the set waspassword command to set the user name and password for each installation of WAS on your machine. You only need to perform this task once, unless you change your WAS user name or password. You can only perform this task on the Tivoli Storage Manager command line. See Set Waspassword on page 496 for more information. Removal of operand limits for backup and archive operations Use the removeoperandlimit option to specify that Tivoli Storage Manager removes the 20-operand limit for UNIX and Linux-family platforms. If you specify the removeoperandlimit option with the incremental, selective, or archive commands, the 20-operand limit is not enforced and is restricted only by available resources or other operating system limits. See Removeoperandlimit on page 324 Multi-session backup session enhancements Use the collocatebyfilespec option to specify whether the Tivoli Storage Manager client uses only one server session to send objects generated from one file specification. Setting the collocatebyfilespec option to yes eliminates interspersing of files from different file specifications, by limiting the client to one server session per file specification. Therefore, if you store the data to tape, files for each file specification are stored together on one tape (unless another tape is required for more capacity). See Collocatebyfilespec on page 204 for more information. Language support expanded to include Russian, Hungarian, Polish, and Czech Tivoli Storage Manager client language packs are available in Russian, Hungarian, Polish, and Czech language locales. See Setting language environment variables on page 46 for more information.

Technical changes for Version 5.2 - April 2003

The following changes have been made to the product for this edition:

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Support for backing up files from one or more file space origins You can use the Tivoli Storage Manager command line client to create and back up a group containing a list of files from one or more file space origins to a virtual file space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. A group backup allows you to create a point-in-time backup of a group of files that is managed as a single logical entity. See Group backup: Backing up files from one or more file spaces on page 96 for more information. Support for processing EMC Celerra NAS file system images Through support of NDMP, Tivoli Storage Manager Windows, AIX, and Solaris servers can efficiently back up and restore NAS file system images to tape drives or libraries that are locally attached to Network Appliance and EMC Celerra NAS file servers. NDMP support is available only on IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition. See NDMP support requirements (Extended Edition only) on page 12 for NDMP support requirements. See Backing up NAS file systems on page 108 for information on how to back up and restore NAS file system images using the Web client and command line client. Support for backup and restore of the WebSphere Application Server If you installed the Data Protection for WebSphere Application Server, you can use Tivoli Storage Manager to back up the Version 5.0 WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration information) or the Application Server to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can restore this information from the Tivoli Storage Manager server and use it to recover a corrupted node application or an entire node (or nodes) in the event of an accident or disaster. Data Protection for WebSphere Application Server is a separately priced and licensed product. Data Protection for WebSphere Application Server is only supported on a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.2 server and client. Data Protection for WebSphere Application Server is supported on the AIX 5.1 with Maintenance level 2; Solaris 8; Red Hat Advanced Server 2.1 for x86, SUSE LINUX 7.3 for x86, SUSE LINUX Enterprise Server 7 for x86, and United Linux 1.0 for x86 clients only. See Backing up the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) on page 112 for more information. Enhancements for command line image restore operations You can use the verifyimage option with the restore image command to specify that you want to enable detection of bad sectors on the destination target volume. If bad sectors are detected on the target volume, Tivoli Storage Manager issues a warning message on the console and in the error log. See Verifyimage on page 380 for more information. If bad sectors are present on the target volume, you can use the imagetofile option with the restore image command to specify that you want to restore the source image to a file. Later, you can use a dd utility (available on Unix) or its equivalent to copy data from this file to a logical volume. See Imagetofile on page 264 for more information. Support for an external snapshot provider in the backup-archive clients Use the snapshotroot option with the incremental, selective, or archive commands in conjunction with a third-party application that provides a snapshot of a logical volume, to associate the data on the local snapshot with the real file space data that is stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The snapshotroot option does not provide any facilities to take a
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volume snapshot, only to manage data created by a volume snapshot. See Snapshotroot on page 351 for more information. Enhancements to the Web client interface The following functions are now supported in the Tivoli Storage Manager Web client interface: Access Another Node Displays the backup versions and archive copies of another node. You can then restore the backup versions or retrieve the archives from the other user to your workstation. You must have authorization to access the stored data of another node. Node Access List Allows you to authorize other users to access your backup versions and archive copies. View Policy Information Displays storage management policy information for your node. Enhanced firewall security Security for back up and restore operations and Tivoli Storage Manager administrative functions is enhanced to allow the Tivoli Storage Manager server to control whether the server or client initiates sessions through a firewall. See Sessioninitiation on page 344 for more information. Both the server and client can also specify a separate TCP/IP port number on which the server is waiting for requests for administrative client sessions, allowing secure administrative sessions within a private network. See Tcpadminport on page 360 for more information. Veritas file systems, ACLs, and Veritas Volume Manager support on AIX (32-bit and 64-bit) clients Tivoli Storage Manager supports backup, restore, archive, and retrieve of Veritas file systems (VxFS) including ACLs on the AIX (32-bit and 64-bit) clients. Image backup and restore of Veritas Volume Manager logical volumes is also supported. Automounter support for Linux x86/x86_64 and Linux zSeries clients The Tivoli Storage Manager Linux x86/x86_64 and Linux zSeries clients now support the back up of automounted NFS and loopback file systems. Use the automount option with the domain option to specify all automounted file systems the Tivoli Storage Manager client tries to mount at the following points in time: v When Tivoli Storage Manager client starts v When the back up is started v When the Tivoli Storage Manager client has reached an automounted file system during backup See Automount on page 199 and Domain on page 227 for more information. Support for displaying options and their settings via the command line Use the query options command to display all or part of your options and their current settings. This command accepts an argument to specify a subset of options. The default is to display all options. See Query Options on page 458 for more information. Support for gathering Tivoli Storage Manager system information Use the query systeminfo command to gather information on one or more of the following items and output this information to a file name that you specify: v DSMOPTFILE - The contents of dsm.opt file.

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ENV - Environment variables. ERRORLOG - The Tivoli Storage Manager error log file. FILE - Attributes for the file name that you specify. INCLEXCL - Compiles a list of include-exclude in the order in which they are processed during backup and archive operations. v OPTIONS - Compiled options. v OSINFO - Name and version of the client operating system (includes ULIMIT information for UNIX and Linux). v v v v v POLICY - Policy set dump. v DSMSYSFILE - The contents of the dsm.sys file. v CLUSTER - AIX cluster information. See Query Systeminfo on page 462 for more information. Enhancements for the query filespace command The query filespace command is enhanced to allow you to query a single file space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. See Query Filespace on page 449 for more information. Separately installable language packs available Language packs are separately installable packages that contain only language-specific files (such as message catalog, resource file, help files, etc.). You can now install these additional language packs on top of your Tivoli Storage Manager client base install. To change your language preferences, specify the LANG environment variable or use the Preferences editor.

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The Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client helps you protect information on your workstation. Using Tivoli Storage Manager, you can maintain backup versions of your workstation files that you can restore if the original files are damaged or lost. You can also archive workstation or server files that you do not currently need, preserve them in their current state, and retrieve them when necessary. You can access Tivoli Storage Manager backup and archive features: v Locally through the Java Graphical User Interface (Java GUI) v Locally through the client command line interface v Remotely or locally through the Web client interface | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Migrating from earlier versions

The following sections explain what you need to do if you are migrating to Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4 from a previous version.

Upgrade path for clients and servers

As part of a migration plan from Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 to Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4, Tivoli Storage Manager clients and servers can be upgraded at different times. This configuration is supported as long as the older version is supported. To help prevent disruption to your backup and archive activities during the migration, note the following: v A Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 client can perform backup, restore, archive, and retrieve functions to a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4 server. v A Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4 client can perform backup, restore, archive, retrieve, and query functions to a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 server. v A Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 HSM client can perform migrate and recall functions to a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4 server. v A Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4 HSM client can perform migrate and recall functions to a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 server. v If you back up, archive, or migrate data from a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.2 or Version 5.3 client to any Tivoli Storage Manager server, you can restore, retrieve, or recall that data using a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4 client. v If you back up, archive, or migrate data from a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4 client, except for the Windows, Linux, and NetWare clients, you can restore, retrieve, or recall that data using a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 client. v All command line administrative clients can administer Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 and Version 5.4 servers. v The format of the journal database is changed from past client versions. The journal will be reset after starting the Tivoli Storage Manager 5.4 journal service for the first time, even if the PreserveDbOnExit=1 setting is used. As a result, the next incremental backup will be a full incremental backup, after which journaled backups can resume. v The format of the Tivoli Storage Manager password file changed in Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4. Your existing password file will be migrated to the new format during the first session with a Tivoli Storage Manager server after you install the Version 5.4 client. Once the password file has been migrated, previous versions of the Tivoli Storage Manager client will not process the
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updated password file correctly. If you use Tivoli Storage Manager client data encryption and you ever need to go back to an older client version, follow these steps to avoid problems restoring your data with the updated password file and the older client: 1. Before installing the new version, make a copy of the password file. See Passworddir on page 307 for information about finding the location of the password file. 2. After installing, run a backup and enter the encryption key password when prompted. If data encryption is used, you will be prompted for the encryption key password on the first backup after the upgrade, to ensure that the correct encryption key is now used. 3. If you need to go back to an older version, follow these steps: a. Uninstall the client. b. Restore the saved passwords file. c. Install the older version. Note: The Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4 client can restore encrypted data that is backed up with a previous version of Tivoli Storage Manager. You do not need to install an older Tivoli Storage Manager client or to restore the older passwords file (as described above) to perform this task.

Additional migration information

Tivoli Storage Manager V5.3 contained the following three AIX packages: v AIX without HSM v AIX with JFS2 HSM v AIX with GPFS HSM All of these AIX packages are now contained in one package. When you install the Web client, you must install the Web client language files that correspond to those languages you want to use. To view the non-English online help from the Web Client applet, you must install the language versions of the help files on the agent, the machine where the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive client was installed. If the language versions are not installed or are not available, the online help will be displayed in English. A command line administrative client is available on all client platforms. The primary intended interface to the server is the Web administrative interface and requires a Web browser. The Web administrative interface is packaged and installed with the server. For more information about the command line administrative client and the Web administrative interface, see Related publications on page xv for the appropriate Tivoli Storage Manager Administrators Reference. See the client_message.chg file in the client package for a list of new and changed messages since the Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 release. Previous Tivoli Storage Manager client versions incorrectly allowed directories in the domain option, and that caused problems during domain backup. Now the client checks whether a domain name is valid. If the domain name is not a file system, the Tivoli Storage Manager client will issue the following message:

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Client environment requirements

This section contains Tivoli Storage Manager client environment information, components, and hardware and software requirements for the UNIX and Linux platforms. Table 4 lists the location of the environment prerequisites for each supported platform. Attention: For current information concerning the client environment prerequisites for all Tivoli Storage Manager supported client platforms, go to the Web site at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html Table 4. Client requirements Operating system AIX client environment HP-UX PA-RISC client environment HP-UX Itanium 2 client environment Linux x86/x86_64 client environment Linux on POWER client environment Linux for IBM eServer zSeries client environment z/OS UNIX System Services client environment Solaris client environment NDMP support requirements (Extended Edition only) Page 3 4 5 6 7 9 10 10 12

AIX client environment

This section contains client environment information, Tivoli Storage Manager client components, and hardware and software requirements for the AIX platform.

Client components
v v v v v v v Backup-archive client (command line) Administrative client (command-line) Backup-archive Java Graphical User Interface (Java GUI) Web backup-archive client Tivoli Storage Manager API (32-bit and 64-bit) XOpen API (32-bit) Hierarchical Storage Management client

Notes: 1. The IBM Tivoli Space Manager HSM Client and documentation for AIX, while contained on the client CD, is a separate product, and therefore subject to the fees and licensing required by Tivoli and IBM. 2. For more information about the Tivoli Storage Manager API and X/Open API, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Programming Interface, SC32-0147. 3. For more information about the Administrative client, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX Administrators Reference, SC32-0123 4. For more information about the Hierarchical Storage Management client, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide, SC32-0148
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Hardware requirements
v A RISC System/6000, pSeries, iSeries, or compatible hardware, as supported by AIX v For HACMP: One additional network adapter for each machine v Memory: 128 MB v A minimum screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels is required to display the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client Java GUI and Web GUI. v The following are the minimum disk space requirements: Backup-archive client with 32-bit API: 43 MB 64-bit API: 9 MB Web client: 32 MB Journal-based backup: 3 MB Non-English language packs: 82 MB JFS2 HSM client: 82 MB GPFS HSM client: 91 MB

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v Backup-Archive client AIX 5.2 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel mode) bos.rte 5.2.0.30 (Maintenance Level 3) or higher bos.rte.libpthreads 5.2.0.10 AIX 5.3 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel mode) HACMP support: - AIX 5.2 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel mode), with AIX APAR IY37779 - AIX 5.3 (32-bit or 64-bit kernel mode) - HACMP 5.3 (with IY80002) or 5.4 (with IY89869) C Set ++ Runtime (libC) level 8 or above. Note: All of the needed packages are included in the Tivoli Storage Manager AIX package or they can be downloaded here:
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Communication methods
To use this communication method: TCP/IP Install this software: To connect to these Tivoli Storage Manager servers: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS AIX

TCP/IP (Standard with supported AIX platforms) TCP/IP (Standard with supported AIX platforms)

Shared Memory

HP-UX PA-RISC client environment

This section contains client environment information, Tivoli Storage Manager client components, and hardware and software requirements for the HP-UX PA-RISC platform.

Client components
v v v v Backup-archive client (command-line and GUI) Administrative client (command line) Backup-archive Java Graphical User Interface (Java GUI) Tivoli Storage Manager API (32-bit and 64-bit)

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v X/Open API v Web backup-archive client v Hierarchical Storage Management client Notes: 1. The IBM Tivoli Space Manager HSM Client and documentation for HP-UX PA-RISC, while contained on the client CD, is a separate product, and therefore subject to the fees and licensing required by Tivoli and IBM. 2. For more information about the Hierarchical Storage Management client, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide, SC32-0148 3. For more information about the Tivoli Storage Manager API and X/Open API, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Programming Interface, SC32-0147. 4. For more information about the Administrative client, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for HP-UX Administrators Reference, SC32-0124

Hardware requirements
v An HP 9000 Series 700 or 800 workstation or server v Disk space: 100 MB for installed files, database, recovery log, and utilities; 60 MB for swap space v Memory: 256 MB v A minimum screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels is required to display the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client Java GUI and Web GUI.

Software requirements
| v HP-UX 11i v2 (32-bit or 64-bit) v Java JRE 1.4.x (where x>=1) for the Java GUI v A Mozilla 1.4 or higher browser for the Web client and to access online help and documentation v Hierarchical Storage Management client: Veritas Filesystem 4.1 (VxFS), Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) 3.5 or higher, OnlineJFS 3.3 or 3.5

Communications methods
To use this communication method: TCP/IP Install this software: To connect to these Tivoli Storage Manager servers: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS HP-UX PA-RISC

TCP/IP (Standard with HP-UX)

Shared Memory

TCP/IP (Standard with HP-UX)

HP-UX Itanium 2 client environment

This section contains client environment information, Tivoli Storage Manager client components, and hardware and software requirements for the HP-UX Itanium 2 platform.

Client components
v v v v v Backup-archive client (command-line and GUI) Administrative client (command line) Backup-archive Java Graphical User Interface (Java GUI) Tivoli Storage Manager API (32-bit and 64-bit) Web backup-archive client

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Hardware requirements
v An HP-UX Itanium 2 processor v Disk space: 72 MB hard disk space (includes full install, 9 MB recovery log, 17 MB database) v Memory: 256 MB v A minimum screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels is required to display the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client Java GUI and Web GUI.

Software requirements
| v HP-UX 11i V2 for Itanium 2 v Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.x (where x>=1) for the Java GUI v A Mozilla 1.4 or higher browser for the Web client and to access online help and documentation

Communications methods
To use this communication method: TCP/IP Install this software: To connect to these Tivoli Storage Manager servers: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS HP-UX Itanium 2

TCP/IP (Standard with HP-UX)

Shared Memory

TCP/IP (Standard with HP-UX)

Linux x86/x86_64 client environment

This section contains client environment information, Tivoli Storage Manager client components, and hardware and software requirements for the Linux on Intel x86 (Linux x86/x86_64) platform.

Client components
v v v v v v Backup-archive client (command line) Administrative client (command line) Backup-archive Java Graphical User Interface (Java GUI) Tivoli Storage Manager API (32-bit and 64-bit) Web backup-archive client Hierarchical Storage Management client

Notes: 1. The Tivoli Space Manager HSM Client and documentation for Linux x86/x86_64, while contained on the client CD, is a separate product, and therefore subject to the fees and licensing required by Tivoli and IBM. 2. For more information about the Tivoli Storage Manager API, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Programming Interface, SC32-0147. 3. For more information about the Administrative client, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux Administrators Reference, SC32-0125 4. For more information about the Hierarchical Storage Management client, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide, SC32-0148

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| | | | | v x86-based PC (Pentium or newer) or AMD64/EM64T processor v The following are the minimum disk space requirements: 8 MB for the API 32-bit 13 MB for the API 64-bit (this includes the API 32-bit) 26 MB for the Backup-Archive client 102 MB for the HSM client v Memory: 128 MB v A minimum screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels is required to display the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client Java GUI and Web GUI.

Software requirements
| | | | The backup-archive client requires the following software to run: v One of the following: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 SUSE SLES 9 or 10 Asianux 2.0 Novell OES v Java JRE 1.4.x (where x>=1) v For GPFS ACL support on Linux x86/x86_64, the Tivoli Storage Manager client uses libgpfs.so library (which comes in the standard GPFS package). For Ext2/Ext3/XFS ACL support on Linux x86/x86_64, the Tivoli Storage Manager client uses libacl.so (which comes in the libacl package). v A Mozilla 1.4 or higher browser for the Java GUI and to access online help and documentation For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0, you need to install the compat-libstdc++-2962.96-132.7.2.i386.rpm package You also need to install the compat-libstdc++-333.2.3-47.3.i386.rpm package, before you install the API and Backup-Archive packages, for the RHEL 4 AMD64/EM64T environment. For SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 64-bit support, you need to install the glibc-locale-32bit-9 package. For EXT2/EXT3/XFS ACL support, you also need the acl-2.0.19-17 package. | | | | The libdevmapper.so is no longer a prerequisite. The required level is only needed for image function for LVM2 support. This check is now performed at runtime. If the library is lower level than required or is not available, image function will not support LVM2 volumes.

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To use this communication method: TCP/IP Install this software: To connect to these Tivoli Storage Manager servers: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS Linux x86/x86_64

TCP/IP (Standard with Linux)

Shared Memory

TCP/IP (Standard with Linux)

Linux on POWER client environment

This section contains client environment information, Tivoli Storage Manager client components, and hardware and software requirements for the Linux on POWER client platforms.
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Client components
v v v v v Backup-archive client (command-line) Administrative client (command line) Backup-archive Java Graphical User Interface (Java GUI) Tivoli Storage Manager API (32-bit and 64-bit) Web backup-archive client

Notes: 1. For more information about the Tivoli Storage Manager API, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Programming Interface, SC32-0147. 2. For more information about the Administrative client, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux Administrators Reference, SC32-0125

Hardware requirements
| | | | | | | | | | | | | v Machine: Linux on POWER - pSeries, iSeries, JS20 Blades, OpenPower v The following are minimum requirements for the Backup-Archive client: 64 MB of memory (RAM) 80 MB of available disk space v The following are minimum requirements for the API: 64 MB of memory (RAM) 20 MB of available disk space 20 MB of available disk space for the API 64-bit The default installation path for the Backup-Archive client is /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba. The default installation path for the API is /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api. v The GUI interface requires at least 16-bit color to display properly on the local console

Software requirements
The backup-archive client requires the following software to run: v SUSE SLES 9 or 10 or RHEL 4 v Java JRE 1.5 or 1.4.x (where x>=1) for the Java GUI v A Mozilla 1.4 or higher browser for the Java GUI and to access online help and documentation. For EXT2/EXT3/XFS ACL support, you need the acl-2.0.19-17 package. The Tivoli Storage Manager client uses the libacl.so library, so it is searched for in the following locations: A colon-separated list of directories in the users LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable The list of libraries cached in /etc/ld.so.cache. /usr/lib, followed by /lib Ensure that there is a valid library or symbolic link present in each of the specified locations. GPFS file data is backed up by this client; however, there is no ACL support. Attention: To use the Shared Memory Commmethod or LAN-free functions, the client must meet the Tivoli Storage Manager server or Storage Agent software requirements.

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To use this communication method: TCP/IP Install this software: To connect to these Tivoli Storage Manager servers: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS Linux on POWER

TCP/IP (Standard with Linux)

Shared Memory

TCP/IP (Standard with Linux)

Linux for IBM eServer zSeries client environment

This section contains client environment information, Tivoli Storage Manager client components, and hardware and software requirements for the Linux for zSeries platform.

Client components
v v v v Backup-archive client (command line) Administrative client (command line) Tivoli Storage Manager API (32-bit and 64-bit) Web backup-archive client

Notes: 1. For more information about the Tivoli Storage Manager API, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Programming Interface, SC32-0147. 2. For more information about the Administrative client, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux Administrators Reference, SC32-0125

Hardware requirements
| | | | v A 9672 G5 or G6, Multiprise 3000, or zSeries 800 or 900 (31-bit and 64-bit mode) v The following are the minimum disk space requirements: 6 MB for the API 32-bit 11 MB for the API 64-bit (this includes the API 32-bit) 15 MB for the Backup-Archive client v Memory: 128 MB v A minimum screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels is required to display the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client Web GUI.

Software requirements
| | | | | | | | | The backup-archive client requires the following software to run: v One of the following: SUSE SLES 9 or 10 for zSeries For SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 64-bit support, you also need to install the glibc-locale-32bit-9 package. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0 for zSeries For Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 support, you also need the following compatibility packages:
compat-libstdc++-33-3.2.3-47.3.s390.rpm libgcc-3.4.3-22.1.s390.rpm

v Java JRE 1.4.x (where x>=1) for the Java GUI v A Mozilla 1.4 or higher browser for the Web client and to access online help and documentation For EXT2/EXT3/XFS ACL support, you need the acl-2.0.19-17 package.

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To use this communication method: TCP/IP Install this software: To connect to these Tivoli Storage Manager servers: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS Linux

TCP/IP (Standard with Linux)

Shared Memory

TCP/IP (Standard with Linux)

z/OS UNIX System Services client environment

This section contains client environment information, Tivoli Storage Manager client components, and hardware and software requirements for the z/OS UNIX System Services platform.

Client components
v v v v Backup-archive client (command-line) Administrative client (command-line) Tivoli Storage Manager API (32-bit and 64-bit) Web backup-archive client

Notes: 1. For more information about the Tivoli Storage Manager API, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Programming Interface, SC32-0147. 2. For more information about the Administrative client, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for z/OS Administrators Reference, SC32-0128

Hardware requirements
| | | v Any zSeries architecture CPU v The following are the disk space requirements: 50 MB of available disk space for the Backup-Archive client 15 MB of available disk space for the API v A minimum screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels is required to display the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client Web GUI.

Software requirements
v z/OS V1R7 or V1R8 v Java JRE 1.4.x (where x>=1) for the Java GUI

Communication methods
To use this communication method: TCP/IP Install this software: To connect to these Tivoli Storage Manager servers: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS

IBM TCP/IP

Solaris client environment

This section contains client environment information, Tivoli Storage Manager client components, and hardware and software requirements for the Sun Solaris platform.

Client components
v Backup-archive client (command line) v Administrative client (command-line)

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Backup-archive Java Graphical User Interface (Java GUI) Tivoli Storage Manager API (32-bit and 64-bit) X/Open API (SPARC only) Web backup-archive client Hierarchical Storage Management client (SPARC only) IBM Tivoli Enterprise Space management console (GUI) (SPARC only)

Notes: 1. The IBM Tivoli Space Manager HSM Client for Solaris SPARC, while contained on the client CD, is a separate product, and therefore subject to the fees and licensing required by Tivoli and IBM. 2. For more information about the Tivoli Storage Manager API and X/Open API, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Programming Interface, SC32-0147. 3. For more information about the Administrative client, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Sun Solaris Administrators Reference, SC32-0126 4. For more information about the Hierarchical Storage Management client, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide, SC32-0148

Hardware requirements
| | v A SPARCstation based on sun4u architecture or compatible workstation v x86 32bit and 64bit (AMD64/EM64T) based system that is explicitly compatible and fully capable of running the Solaris 10 x86 operating system v 100 MB of available disk space Note: The installation procedure requires up to 200 MB of temporary disk space in the /var file system. v Memory: 512 MB v A minimum screen resolution of 800 by 600 pixels is required to display the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client Java GUI and Web GUI.

Software requirements
| | | | | | | | | | | One of the following operating systems: v Sun Solaris 9, 10 32bit or 64bit kernel mode (SPARC) v Sun Solaris 10 32bit and 64bit kernel mode (x86) The following Solaris patches are required: v Solaris 9 SPARC: 111711-12 SunOS 5.9 32-bit shared library patch for C++ 111712-12 Sun OS 5.9 64-bit shared library patch for C++ 112963-22 Linker Patch v Solaris 10 SPARC: 120034-01 mntfs patch v Solaris 10 x86: 120035-01 mntfs patch Make sure to install these patches in the given order. Solaris patches are available from this Website:http://sunsolve.sun.com The backup-archive client Java GUI requires: v The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.x that you can download from the following Website: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

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Note: The java executable needs to be found in the system PATH. To verify that you have the right JRE installed you can use the java -version command from a UNIX system window. v A Mozilla 1.4 or higher browser for the Java GUI and to access online help and documentation

Communication methods
To use this communication method: TCP/IP Install this software: To connect to these Tivoli Storage Manager servers: AIX, HP-UX, Linux, Solaris, Windows, z/OS Solaris

TCP/IP (Standard with Solaris)

Shared Memory

TCP/IP (Standard with Solaris)

NDMP support requirements (Extended Edition only)

Through support of Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP), Tivoli Storage Manager can efficiently back up and restore NAS file systems to tape drives or libraries that are locally attached to Network Appliance and EMC Celerra NAS file servers. NDMP support is available only on IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition. NDMP support requires the following hardware and software: v Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition Version 5.2 AIX or Sun Solaris server or higher. Note: A Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 server is required for directory level backup. See IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX Administrators Guide or IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Sun Solaris Administrators Guide for details on this function. v Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition Version 5.2 Sun Solaris or AIX 32-bit client or higher. v Network Appliance or EMC Celerra NAS file server. For supported models and operating systems, refer to:
http://www.ibm.com/tivoli/storage

v Tape drive and tape library. For supported combinations, refer to:
http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html

See Backing up NAS file systems on page 108 for further information, including how to back up and restore NAS file system images using the web client and the command line client.

Client installation media on product CD-ROMs

The client images are contained on the following Tivoli Storage Manager product CD-ROMs: IBM Tivoli Storage Manager AIX Clients Contains the AIX client images. The AIX client images are in the /usr/sys/inst.images directory IBM Tivoli Storage Manager HP Clients Contains the HP-UX client images. The images reside in the

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tsmcli/platform/ directory structure, where platform is one of the following platform designations: hp11, hp11ia64. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Solaris Clients (SPARC and x86) Contains the Solaris client images. The images reside in the tsmcli/platform/ directory structure, where platform is one of the following platform designations: solaris, solaris x_86. IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Linux Clients Contains the Linux x86/x86_64, Linux for zSeries and LinuxPPC client images. The images reside in the tsmcli/platform/ directory structure, where platform is one of the following platform designations: Linux x86/x86_64, Linux for zSeries, LinuxPPC (for Linux on POWER clients). See the following Web site for the program directories with information about available UNIX client installation media:
http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support /IBMTivoliStorageManager.html

You can install the clients using any of the following methods: v Install directly from the CD-ROM. v Create client images to install. v Transfer installable files from the UNIX and Linux CD-ROMs to a target workstation. v xcopy h:\setup\* x:\ /s

Installing the backup-archive client

This section provides instructions to install and set up Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX and Linux clients. Note: A root user must install Tivoli Storage Manager on a UNIX workstation. After installation completes, see Chapter 2, Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 41 for required and optional tasks to perform before using Tivoli Storage Manager. Table 5 lists the supported UNIX clients and the location of the installation instructions for each client.
Table 5. UNIX client installation reference Installation instructions Installing the AIX client Installing the HP-UX PA-RISC client Installing the HP-UX Itanium 2 client Installing the Linux x86/x86_64 client Installing the Linux for zSeries client Installing the Linux on POWER clients Installing the Solaris clients For information on Installing the z/OS UNIX System Services Client, see the program directories on the following Web site: http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support /IBMTivoliStorageManager.html Page 14 18 22 25 28 31 34

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Installing the AIX client

There is no longer a separate 64-bit AIX Backup-Archive client package. The client can be used on either 32-bit or 64-bit machines. If you are migrating from versions prior to Version 5.3 of the 32-bit client, do a migrate install, or uninstall the older client and then install the new client. If you are migrating from older versions of the 64-bit client, you need to uninstall your older client before installing the new client. Due to the compiler upgrade for the AIX client in Tivoli Storage Manager V5.4, the newer version of libC (C Set ++) runtime is required. All of the needed packages are included in the Tivoli Storage Manager AIX client package, and they will overwrite the older runtime on your system during installation. Note: The packages can also be downloaded here:
http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24012187

When using INSTALLP to install this client, do not change the default field values for the following two choices: v AUTOMATICALLY install requisite software? v OVERWRITE same or newer versions? Disabling or changing the values will allow a lower level Tivoli Storage Manager component to install over a currently higher installed component. Under such circumstances, function calls between components at different levels might not be valid any longer. You can install only one of these clients: v tivoli.tsm.client.ba (includes the HSM JFS2 client) v tivoli.tsm.client.ba.gpfs (required when using the GPFS HSM client) You can install these APIs: v tivoli.tsm.client.api.32bit v tivoli.tsm.client.api.64bit Notes: 1. All of these packages are available on the installation media. 2. HSM installation information is in the Tivoli Storage Manger for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide. You need an HSM license to install and use those file sets. 3. You need Extended Edition to use the NAS client. AIX client tivoli.tsm.client.ba Installs the following Tivoli Storage Manager files: v Backup-archive base files v Backup-archive common files v Backup-archive Web client v Image backup client v NAS backup client tivoli.tsm.client.ba.gpfs Installs the following Tivoli Storage Manager files: v Backup-archive GPFS files

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v GPFS common files tivoli.tsm.client.hsm.gpfs Installs the Tivoli Storage Manager Hierarchical Storage Management GPFS client. tivoli.tsm.client.hsm Installs the Tivoli Storage Manager Hierarchical Storage Management JFS2 client. tivoli.tsm.client.jbb Installs the Tivoli Storage Manager journal-based backup component. tivoli.tsm.client.api.32bit Installs the 32-bit API. tivoli.tsm.client.api.64bit Installs the 64-bit API. tivoli.tsm.client.msg.lang Installs the NL messages for API, where lang is the appropriate language code from Table 6. During installation: v The Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive, Web client, and administrative client (dsmadmc) files are installed in the /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin directory. v The administrative client is installed in the /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/admin/bin directory. v The Tivoli Storage Manager API files are installed in the /usr/tivoli/tsm/ client/api/bin directory. v The Tivoli Storage Manager API 64 files are installed in the /usr/tivoli/tsm/ client/api/bin64 directory.
Table 6. AIX client: Language codes for installation packages Language Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Czech French German Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Polish Brazilian Portuguese Russian Spanish Language code zh_CN zh_TW, Zh_TW cs_CZ fr_FR de_DE hu_HU it_IT ja_JP, Ja_JP, JA_JP ko_KR pl_PL pt_BR ru_RU es_ES

This installation procedure is designed to install directly from the CD-ROM using a local or remote-mounted CD-ROM drive.

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If you are copying the client files into a local directory first, a .toc file is automatically created by the installp command. You can create a .toc file manually by running /usr/sbin/inutoc in the local directory to which you copied the Tivoli Storage Manager image. From the AIX command line, enter:
/usr/sbin/inutoc /usr/sys/inst.images

A .toc file is created in that directory. To install Tivoli Storage Manager from the CD-ROM: 1. Log in as the root user, insert the CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive device. You will need to manually mount the CD-ROM device for remote or NFS installations. 2. From the AIX command line, type smitty install and press Enter. 3. Select Install and Update Software and press Enter. 4. Select Install and Update From ALL Available Software and press Enter. 5. At the INPUT device/directory for software prompt, press the F4 key and select the CD-ROM device containing the installation CD-ROM or specify the directory containing the installation images, and press Enter. 6. At the SOFTWARE to install prompt, press the F4 key. Select the Tivoli Storage Manager filesets you want to install by pressing the F7 key. Then press Enter. 7. On the Install and Update From ALL Available Software panel, press the F4 key to change any entry fields, or use the default fields. Press Enter twice to begin the installation. 8. After installation completes, select F10 to exit. Notes: 1. When installing the clients in a non-English locale, the corresponding local message filesets are required in addition to the clients from the Install and Update From ALL Available Software panel. For example, when installing the Tivoli Storage Manager client in es_ES locale, the following message fileset is also required:
TSM Client Messages - Spanish msg.es_ES

2. When filesets are installed, the filesets are automatically committed on the system. The previous version of Tivoli Storage Manager software is completely replaced by the newly installed version. 3. The 32-bit Application Programming Interface (tivoli.tsm.client.api.32bit) is an install prerequisite to the 64-bit Application Programming Interface (tivoli.tsm.client.api.64bit). The Tivoli Storage Manager files are installed in the /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/ bin directory. If you move the Tivoli Storage Manager files to another directory, you must perform the following steps: 1. Make sure the permissions of the installed files have not changed. 2. Update the symbolic links for the installed files in the following directories: v The /usr/bin directory v The /usr/lib directory for Tivoli Storage Manager libraries v The directory that contains symbolic links for each language package you install (for example, /usr/lib/nls/msg/en_US). 3. Ensure that every user of Tivoli Storage Manager sets the DSM_DIR environment variable to the newly installed directory. After installation completes, see Chapter 2, Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 41 for required and optional tasks to perform before using Tivoli Storage Manager.

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Uninstalling the AIX client

1. From the AIX command line, type:
smitty remove

2. Hit the ENTER key. 3. In the SOFTWARE name field, press F4 to list the TSM file sets that you want to uninstall; hit the ENTER key. 4. Select the TSM file sets that you want to uninstall; press the ENTER key. 5. In the PREVIEW only? (remove operation will NOT occur) field, select No; hit the ENTER key. Note: Tivoli Storage Manager client modules and components are tightly integrated and installed file sets are automatically committed. There is no option for rollbacks.

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Installing the HP-UX PA-RISC client

If a previous version of Tivoli Storage Manager is installed, remove it before installing a new version. This installation procedure is designed to install directly from the Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX client CD-ROM from a local or remote-mounted CD-ROM drive. A Tivoli Storage Manager installation administration file (tsmadmin) is used in place of the default administration file (/var/sadm/install/admin), so that you are not asked about setuid, setgid or superuser permission during installation. If you want to use the default administration file, remove the -a ./tsmadmin option from the commands listed, and answer the questions about setuid, setgid, or superuser permission during installation with y.
Table 7. Package Names and Directories This software package TIVsmCapi TIVsmCapi64 TIVsmCba TIVsmChsm TIVsmC.msg<xx_Xx> Is in this directory /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/hsm /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/lang/<xx_Xx> Where <xx_Xx> defines the language installed

Installation steps: Follow these steps to install Tivoli Storage Manager on HP-UX PA-RISC clients: 1. Login as the root user and mount the Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX client CD-ROM to /cdrom. 2. Change to the directory where the packages are stored: cd /cdrom/tsmcli/hp11 If the Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX client CD-ROM is not mounted to /cdrom, or if the packages are stored in a different directory (e.g. downloaded by ftp), change to the correct directory. 3. To install the Tivoli Storage Manager API and the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive clients, enter the following command: v /usr/sbin/swinstall -x mount_all_filesystems=false -v -s `pwd`/TIVsmC TIVsm Note: `pwd` can be replaced with the absolute name of the current directory. If you want to install only the API, omit the last TIVsm from the above command, and mark just the fileset in the swinstall user interface that you want to install:
CLIENT for the backup-archive client CLIENT_API for the API, or CLIENT_API64 for the API64

Notes: a. The client needs the API for Raw Logical Volume backup. If you mark CLIENT for installation, the API is also installed.

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b. Make sure that you install these packages in the given order. This is required because the Tivoli Storage Manager API package is a prerequisite of the backup-archive client package. c. The Web client is an integral part of the backup-archive client package and cannot be installed without it. 4. Refer to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide for information about installing the HSM client. 5. The Tivoli Storage Manager default language is English. To install additional languages (optional), enter the commands listed for each additional language.
To install this language NLS French messages NLS German messages NLS Italian messages NLS Spanish messages NLS Portuguese messages NLS Czech messages NLS Hungarian messages NLS Polish messages NLS Russian messages NLS Japanese messages NLS Korean messages NLS Traditional Chinese messages (EUC) NLS Traditional Chinese Big5 messages Enter this command TIVsmC.msg.fr_FR TIVsmC.msg.de_DE TIVsmC.msg.it_IT TIVsmC.msg.es_ES TIVsmC.msg.pt_BR TIVsmC.msg.cs_CZ TIVsmC.msg.hu_HU TIVsmC.msg.pl_PL TIVsmC.msg.ru_RU TIVsmC.msg.ja_JP TIVsmC.msg.ko_KR TIVsmC.msg.zh_CN TIVsmC.msg.zh_TW

Table 8. HP-UX PA-RISC client: Language codes for installation packages Language French German Italian Spanish Brazilian Portuguese Czech Hungarian Polish Russian Japanese Korean Traditional Chinese Language code fr_FR de_DE it_IT es_ES pt_BR cs_CZ hu_HU pl_PL ru_RU ja_JP ko_KR zh_TW

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Increasing the default limit of the data segment size: The default limit of the data segment size of a process in HP-UX PA-RISC 11i V2 is 64 MB. When backing up large file systems, the Tivoli Storage Manager client might exceed this limit and run out of memory. To increase this limit you can modify the kernel as follows: 1. As root user, start sam. 2. Select Kernel Configuration. 3. Select Configurable Parameters. 4. Locate maxdsize and increase its value through the menu entry Actions/Modify Configurable Parameter... (e.g. set maxdsize to 268435456 for a 256 MB max size of the data segment. 5. The kernel is rebuilt by sam after this change. You must reboot for the new setting to take effect.

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Uninstalling the HP-UX PA-RISC client

Follow these steps to uninstall all the packages related to Tivoli Storage Manager and HSM, including the command line, GUI, Web GUI and administrative client components. Make sure that you uninstall the packages in the given order. 1. HSM package: If the HSM client is installed, it needs to be removed first. The steps for removing the HSM client are listed in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide. Or, see Uninstalling Tivoli Storage Manager on Sun Solaris clients on page 40 for detailed information. To completely remove the HSM client, without reinstalling a new version, you must remove HSM support from all managed file system. If you do not completely remove HSM support from all managed file systems, the data of migrated files will not be accessible after removing the HSM package. To remove HSM support from all managed file systems, enter the following command:
dsmmigfs remove <fs>

Then enter the following command, as root user:

/usr/sbin/swremove -x mount_all_filesystems=false -v TIVsm.CLIENT_HSM

To upgrade to the latest version of the HSM client, you do not need to remove HSM support from all managed file systems. In this case, enter the following command as root user:
/usr/sbin/swremove -x mount_all_filesystems=false -v TIVsm.CLIENT_HSM

To install the newer version of the HSM client, follow the instructions in Notes: a. To upgrade the HSM client, you have to uninstall and install the backup-archive client and the API, so that the product will be at the same version and level. Mixed installation is not supported. b. Activity on the HSM-managed file systems should be avoided during software installation. Access to migrated files during the upgrade will not be possible (the process of trying to read a stub would hang). c. There are special considerations for installing HSM. See IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide for these special considerations. 2. Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive package: Enter the following command to uninstall the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client. This will uninstall all of the components of the backup-archive client (command-line, GUI, Web GUI and the administrative client). v /usr/sbin/swremove -x mount_all_filesystems=false -v TIVsm.CLIENT Note: You cannot uninstall a single component of this package (e.g. Web GUI) without uninstalling the complete package. 3. Tivoli Storage Manager Language packages: If one or more language messages packages are installed, they must be removed before removing the API package. Enter the following command as root user: v /usr/sbin/swremove -x mount_all_filesystems=false -v TIVsm.CLIENT_msg_xx_XX . Refer to Table 8 on page 19 for the language codes.

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Installing the HP-UX Itanium 2 client

The following source packages are available on the installation media: tsmcli/hp11/TIVsmC In this package the software selection name used by swlist for the top level product name is TIVsm64. The components under TIVsm64 are TIVsm.CLIENT and TIVsm.CLIENT_API64. TIVsm.CLIENT Contains the backup-archive client (command-line and Java GUI), administrative client (command-line), and the Web client with the English message catalogues. TIVsm.CLIENT_API64 Contains the 64-bit API with the English message catalogues. Note: Additional language support is available under the top level product name of tsmcli/hp11/TIVsmC.msg.lang. In this package, the additional language support is available for all components under the top level product name TIVsm. The component name is TIVsm.CLIENT_msg_lang. Replace lang with the appropriate language code from Table 9. tsmcli/hp11/TIVsmCapi64 In this package the software selection name used by swlist for the top level product name is TIVsm64. The component under TIVsm64 is TIVsm.CLIENT_API64. TIVsm.CLIENT_API64 Contains the 64-bit API with the English message catalogues.
Table 9. HP-UX Itanium 2 client: Language codes for installation packages Language Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Czech French German Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Polish Brazilian Portuguese Russian Spanish Language code zh_CN zh_TW cs_CZ fr_FR de_DE hu_HU it_IT ja_JP ko_KR pl_PL pt_BR ru_RU es_ES

To remove previous Tivoli Storage Manager client versions, log in as the root user and enter the following command:
/usr/sbin/swremove -x mount_all_filesystems=false -v TIVsm64

If you installed additional languages, execute the following command to remove them:
/usr/sbin/swremove -x mount_all_filesystems=false -v TIVsm64.CLIENT_msg_lang

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Replace lang with the appropriate language code from Table 9 on page 22. To install from the CD-ROM, log in as the root user, mount the CD-ROM to /cdrom, and change directory to tsmcli/hp11. If you downloaded from ftp, go to the directory where the installable image is located. Enter the following command:
/usr/sbin/swinstall -x mount_all_filesystems=false -v -s `pwd`/TIVsmC TIVsm64

Note: `pwd` can be used instead of the absolute name of the current directory. To install only the API, omit the last TIVsm64 from the command above, and mark only the fileset for installation in the swinstall user interface you want to install:
CLIENT for the backup-archive client, or CLIENT_API64 for the API

Note: The Client needs the API for Raw Logical Volume backup. Therefore if you mark CLIENT for installation the API is also installed. To install additional languages, execute the following command:
/usr/sbin/swinstall -x mount_all_filesystems=false -v -s `pwd` /TIVsmC.msg.lang TIVsm64.CLIENT_msg_lang

Notes: 1. pwd can be used instead of the absolute name of the current directory. 2. Replace lang with the appropriate language code from Table 9 on page 22. During installation: v The Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive, Web client, and administrative client (dsmadmc) files are installed in the /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin directory. v The Tivoli Storage Manager API 64 files are installed in the /opt/tivoli/tsm/ client/api/bin64 directory. Increasing default limit of data segment size: The default limit of the data segment size of a process in HP-UX 11i v2 is 64 MB. When backing up large file systems, the Tivoli Storage Manager client might exceed this limit and run out of memory. To increase this limit you can modify the kernel as follows: 1. As root user, start sam. 2. Select Kernel Configuration. 3. Select Configurable Parameters. 4. Locate maxdsize and increase its value through the menu entry Actions/Modify Configurable Parameter... (e.g. set maxdsize to 268435456 for a 256 MB max size of the data segment. 5. The kernel is rebuilt by sam after this change. You must reboot for the new setting to take effect. After installation completes, see Chapter 2, Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 41 for required and optional tasks to perform before using Tivoli Storage Manager.

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Uninstalling the HP-UX Itanium 2 client

Follow these steps to uninstall all of the packages related to Tivoli Storage Manager including command line, GUI, Web GUI and administrative Client components. Make sure that you uninstall the packages in the given order. Please note that you cannot uninstall a single component of this package (e.g. Web GUI) without uninstalling the complete package. 1. Enter the following command to uninstall the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client. This will uninstall all of the components of the Backup-Archive Client (command-line, Web GUI and the administrative Client).
/usr/sbin/swremove -x mount_all_filesystems=false -v TIVsm64.CLIENT

2. If one or more Tivoli Storage Manager language messages packages have been installed, these must be removed before removing the API package. Execute the following command as root user:
/usr/sbin/swremove -x mount_all_filesystems=false -v TIVsm64.CLIENT_msg_xx_XX

Where xx_XX is the language you wish to remove. Current supported languages are cs_CZ, de_DE, es_ES, it_IT, fr_FR, hu_HU, ja_JP, ko_KR, pl_PL, pt_BR, ru_RU, zh_CN and zh_TW. 3. If you also want to remove the CLIENT_API fileset, execute the following command:
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Installing the Linux x86/x86_64 client

If a previous version of Tivoli Storage Manager is installed, remove it before installing a new version. This installation procedure is designed to install directly from the Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX client CD-ROM from a local or remote-mounted CD-ROM drive. A Tivoli Storage Manager installation administration file (tsmadmin) is used in place of the default administration file (/var/sadm/install/admin), so that you are not asked about setuid, setgid or superuser permission during installation. If you want to use the default administration file, remove the -a ./tsmadmin option from the commands listed, and answer the questions about setuid, setgid, or superuser permission during installation with y.
Table 10. Package Names and Directories This software package TIVsm-API.i386.rpm TIVsm-API64.i386.rpm TIVsm-BA.i386.rpm TIVsmmsg.<xx_XX>.i386.rpm Is in this directory /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64 /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/lang/<xx_XX> Where <xx_XX> defines the language installed

Installation steps: Follow these steps to install Tivoli Storage Manager: 1. Login as the root user and mount the Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX client CD-ROM to /cdrom. 2. Change to the directory where the packages are stored: cd /cdrom/tsmcli/ linux86 If the Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX client CD-ROM is not mounted to /cdrom, or if the packages are stored in a different directory (e.g. downloaded by ftp), change to the correct directory. Notes: a. Make sure that you install these packages in the given order. This is required because the Tivoli Storage Manager API package is a prerequisite of the Backup-Archive client package. b. The Web client is an integral part of the backup-archive client package and cannot be installed without it. 3. Enter the following commands to install the 32-bit API and the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive (B/A) client. This will install the command-line and the administrative client: v rpm -i TIVsm-API.i386.rpm v rpm -i TIVsm-BA.i386.rpm 4. Enter the following commands to install the 64-bit API and the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive client. This will install the command-line and the administrative client: v rpm -i TIVsm-API.i386.rpm (required for 32-bit and 64-bit) v rpm -i TIVsm-API64.i386.rpm (required for 64-bit only) v rpm -i TIVsm-BA.i386.rpm 5. The Tivoli Storage Manager default language is English. To install additional languages (optional), enter the commands listed for each additional language.
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To install this language NLS French messages NLS German messages NLS Italian messages NLS Spanish messages NLS Portuguese messages NLS Czech messages NLS Hungarian messages NLS Polish messages NLS Russian messages NLS Japanese messages NLS Korean messages NLS Traditional Chinese messages (EUC) NLS Traditional Chinese Big5 messages

Enter this command rpm -i TIVsm-msg.fr_FR.i386.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.de_DE.i386.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.it_IT.i386.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.es_ES.i386.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.pt_BR.i386.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.cs_CZ.i386.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.hu_HU.i386.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.pl_PL.i386.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.ru_RU.i386.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.ja_JP.i386.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.ko_KR.i386.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.zh_CN.i386.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.zh_TW.i386.rpm

Table 11. Linux x86/x86_64 client: Language codes for installation packages Language French German Italian Spanish Brazilian Portuguese Czech Hungarian Polish Russian Japanese Korean Traditional Chinese Language code fr_FR de_DE it_IT es_ES pt_BR cs_CZ hu_HU pl_PL ru_RU ja_JP ko_KR zh_TW

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Uninstalling the Linux x86/x86_64 client

Follow these steps to uninstall all the packages related to Tivoli Storage Manager and HSM, including the command line, GUI, Web GUI and administrative client components. Make sure that you uninstall the packages in the given order. 1. HSM package: Check the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide for instructions on removing HSM and installing a new version. 2. Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive package: Enter the following command to uninstall the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client. This will uninstall all of the components of the backup-archive client (command-line, GUI, Web GUI and the administrative client). v rpm -e TIVsm-BA Note: You cannot uninstall a single component of this package (e.g. Web GUI) without uninstalling the complete package. 3. Tivoli Storage Manager Language packages: If one or more language messages packages are installed, they must be removed before removing the API package. Enter the following command as root user: v rpm -e TIVsm-msg.xx_XX where xx_XX is the language you want to remove. Refer to Table 11 on page 26 for a list of the current supported languages. 4. To remove the 64-bit API package execute the following command as root user: v rpm -e TIVsm-API64 5. To remove the 32-bit API package execute the following command as root user: v rpm -e TIVsm-API

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Installing the Linux for zSeries client

If a previous version of Tivoli Storage Manager is installed, remove it before installing a new version. This installation procedure is designed to install directly from the Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX client CD-ROM from a local or remote-mounted CD-ROM drive. A Tivoli Storage Manager installation administration file (tsmadmin) is used in place of the default administration file (/var/sadm/install/admin), so that you are not asked about setuid, setgid or superuser permission during installation. If you want to use the default administration file, remove the -a ./tsmadmin option from the commands listed, and answer the questions about setuid, setgid, or superuser permission during installation with y.
Table 12. Package Names and Directories This software package TIVsm-API.s390.rpm TIVsm-API64.s390.rpm TIVsm-BA.s390.rpm TIVsmmsg.<xx_XX>.s390.rpm Is in this directory /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin64 /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/lang/<xx_XX> Where <xx_XX> defines the language installed

Installation steps: Follow these steps to install Tivoli Storage Manager: 1. Login as the root user and mount the Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX client CD-ROM to /cdrom. 2. Change to the directory where the packages are stored: cd /cdrom/tsmcli/ linux390 If the Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX client CD-ROM is not mounted to /cdrom, or if the packages are stored in a different directory (e.g. downloaded by ftp), change to the correct directory. 3. To install the 32 Bit API and Backup-Archive client, enter the following commands:
rpm -i TIVsm-API.s390.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-BA.s390.rpm

4. To install the 64 Bit API and Backup-Archive client, enter the following commands:
rpm -i TIVsm-API.s390.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-API64.s390.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-BA.s390.rpm

Notes: 1. This will install the command-line, the GUI and the administrative client. 2. Make sure that you install these packages in the given order. This is required because the Tivoli Storage Manager API package is a prerequisite of the backup-archive client package. 3. The Web client is an integral part of the backup-archive client package and cannot be installed without it.
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To install this language NLS Italian messages NLS Spanish messages NLS Portuguese messages NLS Czech messages NLS Hungarian messages NLS Polish messages NLS Russian messages NLS Japanese messages NLS Korean messages NLS Traditional Chinese messages (EUC) NLS Traditional Chinese Big5 messages

Enter this command rpm -i TIVsm-msg.it_IT.s390.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.es_ES.s390.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.pt_BR.s390.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.cs_CZ.s390.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.hu_HU.s390.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.pl_PL.s390.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.ru_RU.s390.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.ja_JP.s390.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.ko_KR.s390.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.zh_CN.s390.rpm rpm -i TIVsm-msg.zh_TW.s390.rpm

Table 13. Linux for zSeries client: Language codes for installation packages Language French German Italian Spanish Brazilian Portuguese Czech Hungarian Polish Russian Japanese Korean Traditional Chinese Language code fr_FR de_DE it_IT es_ES pt_BR cs_CZ hu_HU pl_PL ru_RU ja_JP ko_KR zh_TW

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Uninstalling the Linux for zSeries client

Follow these steps to uninstall all the packages related to Tivoli Storage Manager and HSM, including the command line, GUI, Web GUI and administrative client components. Make sure that you uninstall the packages in the given order. 1. Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive package: Enter the following command to uninstall the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client. This will uninstall all of the components of the backup-archive client (command-line, GUI, Web GUI and the administrative client). v rpm -e TIVsm-BA Note: You cannot uninstall a single component of this package (e.g. Web GUI) without uninstalling the complete package. 2. Tivoli Storage Manager Language packages: If one or more language messages packages are installed, they must be removed before removing the API package. Enter the following command as root user: v rpm -e TIVsm-msg.xx_XX where xx_XX is the language you want to remove. Refer to Table 13 on page 29 for a list of the current supported languages. 3. To remove the 32-bit API package execute the following command as root user: v rpm -e TIVsm-API 4. To remove the 64-bit API package execute the following command as root user: v rpm -e TIVsm-API64

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Installing the Linux on POWER clients

The following installation options are available in uncompressed packages on the CD: tsmcli/linuxppc/TIVsm-BA.ppc64.rpm Installs the backup-archive client (command-line), administrative client (command-line), the Web client, and documentation. Note: Additional language support is available with component names TIVsm-BA.msg.lang.ppc64.rpm. Replace lang with the appropriate language code from Table 14 on page 32. tsmcli/linuxppc/TIVsm-API.ppc64.rpm Installs the Application Programming Interface (API) containing the Tivoli Storage Manager API shared libraries and samples. Note: Additional language support is available with component names TIVsm-API.msg.lang.ppc64.rpm. Replace lang with the appropriate language code from Table 14 on page 32. To delete previously installed Tivoli Storage Manager client packages, log in as root and enter:
rpm -e TIVsm-BA and for the API: rpm -e TIVsm-API

If an additional Language package is installed, you must uninstall it first:

rpm -e TIVsm-BA-.msg.lang rpm -e TIVsm-API.msg.lang

Replace lang with the appropriate language code from Table 14 on page 32. Note: The package version number is not needed for uninstall. Use the following procedure to install the Tivoli Storage Manager clients: 1. Log in as the root user and mount the CD-ROM to /cdrom. 2. Enter the following directory path where the installation packages reside on the CD:
/cdrom/tsmcli/linuxppc

3. Enter the following commands to install the backup-archive client (command-line and API), the administrative client (command-line), and the Web client:
First: rpm -i TIVsm-API.ppc64.rpm Then: rpm -i TIVsm-BA.ppc64.rpm

To circumvent the dependence check use the --nodeps option. Please be aware to check the dependencies manually:
First: rpm -i --nodeps TIVsm-API.ppc64.rpm Then: rpm -i --nodeps TIVsm-BA.ppc64.rpm

Note: The backup-archive client requires the API package to perform image backups.

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4. To install additional language support (the default is American English), enter the following command:
rpm -i TIVsm-msg.lang.ppc64.rpm

Replace lang with the appropriate language code from Table 14.
Table 14. Linux on POWER clients: Language codes for installation packages Language Simplified Chinese Traditional Chinese Czech French German Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Polish Brazilian Portugese Russian Spanish Language code zh_CN zh_TW cs_CZ fr_FR de_DE hu_HU it_IT ja_JP ko_KR pl_PL pt_BR ru_RU es_ES

During installation : v The Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive, Web client, Java GUI, and administrative client (dsmadmc) files are installed in the /opt/tivoli/tsm/ client/ba/bin directory. v The Tivoli Storage Manager API files are installed in the /opt/tivoli/tsm/ client/api/bin directory. v The Tivoli Storage Manager documentation files are installed in the /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/books/html/tsmunix and /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ books/pdf/tsmunix directories. After installation completes, see Chapter 2, Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 41 for required and optional tasks to perform before using Tivoli Storage Manager.

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Uninstalling the Linux on POWER clients

1. To delete previously installed Tivoli Storage Manager client packages, log in as root and enter:
rpm -e TIVsm-BA

2. For the API, enter this command:

rpm -e TIVsm-API

3. If an additional language package is installed, uninstall it by entering these commands:

rpm -e TIVsm-BA.msg.xx_XX rpm -e TIVsm-API.msg.xx_XX

Replace xx_XX with the language that you installed earlier. Note: The version number of the packages is not needed for uninstall.

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Installing the Solaris clients

This installation procedure is designed to install directly from the Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX client CD-ROM from a local or remote-mounted CD-ROM drive. The following installation packages are available on the CD in the following locations: v /cdrom/tsmcli/solaris (Solaris SPARC packages) v /cdrom/tsmcli/solaris_x86 (Solaris x86 packages) A Tivoli Storage Manager installation administration file (tsmadmin) is used in place of the default administration file (/var/sadm/install/admin), so that you are not asked about setuid, setgid or superuser permission during installation. If you want to use the default administration file, remove the -a ./tsmadmin option from the commands listed, and answer the questions about setuid, setgid, or superuser permission during installation with y.
Table 15. Installation package names and descriptions Package Tivoli Storage Manager Application Programming Interface (API) Package Name TIVsmCapi.pkg Package Description Contains the Tivoli Storage Manager API shared libraries and samples. Note: On Solaris SPARC and x86-based systems the installation process will install both the 32 bit and 64 bit Tivoli Storage Manager API.

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Table 15. Installation package names and descriptions (continued) Package Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive (B/A) Package Name TIVsmCba.pkg Package Description Contains the following components: v Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client (command-line and GUI) v Tivoli Storage Manager Administrative Client (command-line)

v Tivoli Storage Manager Web Backup-Archive Client Notes: 1. The Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive package includes the 32-bit Backup-Archive Client which is used in 32-bit and 64-bit kernel modes on all supported Solaris releases (see Software requirements on page 11). 2. The 32 bit Backup-Archive Client works with 32-bit and 64-bit Tivoli Storage Manager servers. 3. TCP/IP and Shared memory are supported as communication methods. Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management (HSM) (SPARC only) TIVsmChsm.pkg Contains the following components: v Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management (HSM) v Space Management Agent v IBM Tivoli Enterprise Space Management Console (HSM Java GUI) For more information about the HSM Java GUI, refer to the README_hsm_enu.htm file. Tivoli Storage Manager French language TIVsmClFr.pkg Contains French localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client. Contains German localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client.
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Table 15. Installation package names and descriptions (continued) Package Tivoli Storage Manager Italian language Package Name TIVsmClIt.pkg Package Description Contains Italian localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client. Contains Portuguese localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client. Contains Spanish localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client. Contains Czech localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client. Contains Hungarian localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client. Contains Polish localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client. Contains Russian localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client. Contains Japanese localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client. Contains Korean localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client. Contains Simplified Chinese localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client.

Tivoli Storage Manager Portuguese language

TIVsmClPt.pkg

Tivoli Storage Manager Spanish language

TIVsmClEs.pkg

Tivoli Storage Manager Czech language

TIVsmClCs.pkg

Tivoli Storage Manager Hungarian language

TIVsmClHu.pkg

Tivoli Storage Manager Polish language

TIVsmClPl.pkg

Tivoli Storage Manager Russian language

TIVsmClRu.pkg

Tivoli Storage Manager Japanese language

TIVsmClJa.pkg

Tivoli Storage Manager Korean language

TIVsmClKo.pkg

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Table 15. Installation package names and descriptions (continued) Package Tivoli Storage Manager Traditional Chinese (EUC) language Package Name TIVsmClTc.pkg Package Description Contains Traditional Chinese (EUC) localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client. Contains Traditional Chinese (BIG5) localized messages for Tivoli Storage Manager API, Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Client and HSM Client.

Tivoli Storage Manager Traditional Chinese (BIG5) language

TIVsmClBc.pkg

Installation steps: v First installation versus replacement installation If a previous version of Tivoli Storage Manager has been installed, remove it before installing a new version. Refer to Uninstalling Tivoli Storage Manager on Sun Solaris clients on page 40 for information about removing previous Tivoli Storage Manager packages. Follow these steps to install Tivoli Storage Manager: 1. Login as the root user and mount the Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX client CD-ROM to /cdrom. 2. Change to the directory where the packages are stored: cd /cdrom/tsmcli/ solaris If the Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX client CD-ROM is not mounted to /cdrom, or if the packages are stored in a different directory (e.g. downloaded by ftp), change to the correct directory. 3. To install the Tivoli Storage Manager API client, enter the following command: v pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmCapi.pkg TIVsmCapi 4. To install the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive (B/A) client, enter the following command: v pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmCba.pkg TIVsmCba This will install the command-line, the GUI and the administrative client. Notes: a. Make sure that you install these packages in the given order. This is required because the Tivoli Storage Manager B/A is a prerequisite of the HSM client package and the Tivoli Storage Manager API package is a prerequisite of the backup-archive client package. b. The Web client is an integral part of the backup-archive client package and cannot be installed without it. 5. To install the Tivoli Storage Manager HSM client (SPARC only), enter the following command: v pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmChsm.pkg TIVsmChsm This will install the Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management command-line (HSM), the Space Management Agent (hsmagent), and the IBM Tivoli Enterprise Space Management Console (GUI).

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Notes: a. The UNIX IBM Tivoli Enterprise Space Management Console and the Space Management Agent are parts of the UNIX HSM package and cannot be installed without it. b. Tivoli Storage Manager API and backup-archive packages are prerequisites of the HSM Client package and must be installed first. c. On Solaris 10 systems, the HSM package can be installed only by the administrator of the Global Zone and cannot be installed in the Local Zones. Refer to IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide for more information. For a Solaris 10 sparse root non-global zone, the /usr file system is normally mounted as read-only (LOFS) from the global zone, and the following conditions apply: v If Tivoli Storage Manager is already installed in the global zone, creation of the links is not necessary. The links are already present and they are pointing to the correct executable and libraries. v If Tivoli Storage Manager is not installed in the global zone, a warning message will be provided asking the global administrator to create the required links. A list of the links with the related command will be provided in the messages. 6. The Tivoli Storage Manager default language is English. To install additional languages (optional), enter the commands listed for each additional language.
To install this language NLS French messages NLS German messages NLS Italian messages NLS Spanish messages NLS Portuguese messages NLS Czech messages NLS Hungarian messages NLS Polish messages NLS Russian messages NLS Japanese messages NLS Korean messages NLS Simplified Chinese messages NLS Traditional Chinese messages (EUC) Enter this command pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClFr.pkg TIVsmClFr pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClDe.pkg TIVsmClDe pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClIt.pkg TIVsmClIt pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClEs.pkg TIVsmClEs pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClPt.pkg TIVsmClPt pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClCs.pkg TIVsmClCs pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClHu.pkg TIVsmClHu pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClPl.pkg TIVsmClPl pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClRu.pkg TIVsmClRu pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClJa.pkg TIVsmClJa pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClKo.pkg TIVsmClKo pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClSc.pkg TIVsmClSc pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClTc.pkg TIVsmClTc

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Enter this command pkgadd -a ./tsmadmin -d ./TIVsmClBc.pkg TIVsmClBc

After installation completes, see Chapter 2, Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 41 for required and optional tasks to perform before using Tivoli Storage Manager.

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Uninstalling Tivoli Storage Manager on Sun Solaris clients

Follow these steps to uninstall all the packages related to Tivoli Storage Manager and HSM, including the command line, GUI, Web GUI and administrative client components. Make sure that you uninstall the packages in the given order. A Tivoli Storage Manager installation administration file (tsmadmin) is used in place of the default administration file (/var/sadm/install/admin) so that you will not be prompted for questions about setuid, setgid or superuser permission during installation. If you want to use the default administration file, remove the -a ./tsmadmin option from the commands listed below and be sure to answer the questions about setuid, setgid, or superuser permission during installation with y. 1. Hierarchical Storage Manager (HSM) package: See IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide for information about uninstalling HSM. 2. Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive package: Enter the following command to uninstall the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client. This will uninstall all of the components of the backup-archive client (command-line, GUI, Web GUI and the administrative client). v pkgrm -n -a ./tsmadmin TIVsmCba Note: You cannot uninstall a single component of this package (e.g. Web GUI) without uninstalling the complete package. 3. Tivoli Storage Manager Language packages: If one or more language messages packages are installed, they must be removed before removing the API package. Execute the following command as root user: v pkgrm -n -a ./tsmadmin TIVsmClFr TIVsmClDe TIVsmClIt TIVsmClPt \ TIVsmClEs TIVsmClCs TIVsmClHu TIVsmClPl TIVsmClRu \ TIVsmClJa TIVsmClKo TIVsmClSc TIVsmClTc TIVsmClBc 4. Tivoli Storage Manager API package: Enter the following command to uninstall the Tivoli Storage Manager API. The API cannot be removed if the TSM backup-archive client is installed. The Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client must be removed first. v pkgrm -n -a ./tsmadmin TIVsmCapi The Tivoli Storage Manager clients work in conjunction with the Tivoli Storage Manager server. Contact your Tivoli Storage Manager server administrator to obtain backup or archive access to the server, or refer to the following publications to install and configure a Tivoli Storage Manager server:
Table 16. Tivoli Storage Manager server Installation Guides Publication title IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX Installation Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for HP-UX Installation Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux Installation Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for z/OS Installation Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Sun Solaris Installation Guide IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Installation Guide

Order number SC32-0134 SC32-0135 SC32-0136 SC32-0139 SC32-0137 SC32-0138

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Chapter 2. Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager

After successfully installing the Tivoli Storage Manager client, you must configure the client before performing any operations. Note: If you are upgrading your Tivoli Storage Manager client, it is unnecessary to reconfigure the scheduler, Web client, or other configuration settings. If the dsm.opt and dsm.sys files used by the previous client installation are available in the default installation directory or the directory or file pointed to by the DSM_CONFIG and DSM_DIR environment variables, Tivoli Storage Manager accesses these files for configuration information. Required configuration tasks include the following:
Task Creating and modifying the client system options file (required root user or authorized user task) Registering your workstation with a server (required root user or authorized user task) Page 43 57

Optional configuration tasks include the following:

Task Setting environment variables Creating a default client user options file (optional root user or authorized user task) Creating a customized client user options file (optional user task) Configuring the Web client Configuring the client scheduler Configuring the journal daemon Page 46 44 45 50 51 56

Root and authorized user tasks

The phrases root user and Authorized User identify tasks that only root users and Authorized Users can perform. An Authorized User is any user running with a real user ID of 0 (root) or who owns the Tivoli Storage Manager executable with the owner execution permission bit set to s. Table 17 shows the tasks that can and cannot be performed by the root user, Authorized User, and the non-Authorized User.
Table 17. Root user, Authorized User, and non-Authorized user tasks Task Install the backup-archive client. Root User Yes. Authorized User No. Yes. Non-Authorized User No. No, even when the registration is set to open on the server.

Registering new nodes with Yes. Tivoli Storage Manager server.

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Yes, if the password file has Yes, if the password file has No, not if the password file been deleted. been deleted and you have has been deleted. write permission to the file. Yes, if you have write permission to the file. Yes, if you have write permission to the file. Yes. Yes, if you have read permission, regardless of ownership. Yes. However, the operating system will prevent writing to the same location if the file has read only permission. Ownership of all restored objects will be changed to Authorized User. Yes, if you have read permission, regardless of ownership. Yes. However, the operating system will prevent writing to the same location if the file has read only permission. Ownership of all retrieved objects will be changed to Authorized User. Note: Retrieve for an authorized user, using the dsmj GUI only works for individual files and not when selecting directories. Retrieve each file individually using the dsmj client or use the dsmc client to restore an entire package or directory structure. Yes. Yes. No. Yes, if you own the file.

Create and modify dsm.sys. Yes. Create and modify the client user options file (dsm.opt). Create and modify an include-exclude list. Backup Yes.

Yes. Yes.

No. Yes, if you own the file.

Restore

Yes. When restoring to a new location or the same location, file permission and ownership are preserved.

Yes, if you own the file or you are granted access. The ownership of the restored file will change to the non-Authorized user.

Archive

Yes.

Yes, if you have read permission, regardless of ownership. Yes, if you archived the file. Ownership of all retrieved objects will be changed to the non-Authorized user.

Retrieve

Yes. When retrieving to a new location or to the same location, file permissions and ownership are preserved.

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Client scheduler Yes. Grant user access to files on Yes. the Tivoli Storage Manager server. Delete Tivoli Storage Manager server file spaces. Yes, if you are granted backup or archive delete authority by a Tivoli Storage Manager server administrator.

No. Yes, for files that you own on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. No.

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Creating and modifying the client system options file (required root user or authorized user task)
During installation, the sample, dsm.sys.smp, is placed in the installation directory. | | | For systems other than Solaris, if you are a root user or authorized user, copy the dsm.sys.smp file to dsm.sys. You must use the name dsm.sys for this file. It is assumed that the dsm.sys file is controlled by the system administrator. Attention: If you are reinstalling and you want to keep your existing dsm.sys file intact, do not copy the dsm.sys.smp file to dsm.sys. Use the dsm.sys file to specify one or more servers to contact for services, and communications options for each server. This file can also include authorization options, backup and archive processing options, and scheduling options. Edit dsm.sys to include the server or servers to which you want to connect. The following is an example of a client system options file stanza which contains the required options for a server you want users to contact. You can specify options for more than one server:
Servername COMMMethod TCPPort TCPServeraddress server_a TCPip 1500 node.domain.company.com

Note: If you want to use the Web client, you must also specify the passwordaccess=generate option. See Passwordaccess on page 305 for more information. As the default, your client node contacts the first server identified in the dsm.sys file. You can specify a different server to contact by entering the servername option in your own client user options file (dsm.opt), or by entering that option with a command. You can also specify a default server and a migration server (if you have the HSM client installed on your workstation) in your dsm.sys file. For more information, see Defaultserver on page 217. The dsm.sys file can also contain the following option categories: v Communication options v Backup and archive processing options v Restore and retrieve processing options v Scheduling options v Authorization options v Error processing options v Transaction processing option v Web client options Note: See Chapter 9, Using processing options, on page 169 for more information about these options. You can modify your dsm.sys file using one of the following methods: v From the client Java GUI main window, select Edit Preferences. v Use your favorite text editor.
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If you update the dsm.sys file while the client is running, you must restart the process to pick up the changes. See Setting options in an options file on page 45 for information on how to set options in the dsm.sys file.

Creating a default client user options file (optional root user or authorized user task)
During installation, a sample client user options file called dsm.opt.smp is placed in the installation directory. | | For systems other than Solaris, copy the dsm.opt.smp file to dsm.opt in your installation directory and modify the required options according to your needs. This file contains the following options: v Backup and archive processing options v Restore and retrieve processing options v Scheduling options v Format options v Command processing options v Authorization options v Error processing options v Transaction processing option v Web client options See Chapter 9, Using processing options, on page 169 for more information about these options. If you are a root user, you can create or modify a default client user options file for all users on your workstation. From the UNIX command line: v Change to the directory containing the sample file. v For systems other than Solaris, copy the dsm.opt.smp file to dsm.opt or to a new file name of your choice. For the default client user options file: You can store your default client user options file in the same directory as the dsm.sys.smp file, or in any directory for which you have write access. If you rename your client user options file or place it in a different directory, you can set the DSM_CONFIG environment variable or use the optfile option to point to your new client user options file. For the client user options file: You can rename your client user options file and store it in any directory to which you have write access. Recommendation: Use full path names instead of relative path names when you set environment variables. You can then edit your dsm.opt file as appropriate for your system. From the GUI, you can edit this file using the Preferences editor by opening the Edit menu and selecting Preferences. The Preferences editor updates the client configuration files, dsm.opt and dsm.sys, if any options have changed. If you update the dsm.opt file during a session, you must restart the session to pick up the changes. The Preferences editor uses the environment variable DSM_DIR to locate the dsm.sys file and DSM_CONFIG to locate the client user options file (default name dsm.opt). The Preferences editor queries the server for options on the server, but cannot change the server options file.

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Creating a customized client user options file (optional user task)

If you are a user and want to use different options than those specified in the default client user options file (dsm.opt), you can create your own client user options file. You can set all the options that can be set in the default user options file. To create or modify a client user options file, use the following method: 1. Contact the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator on your workstation to determine the location of the sample client user options file dsm.opt.smp. 2. Copy dsm.opt.smp to your home directory as dsm.opt, or a new file name of your choice. You can store your client user options file in any directory to which you have write access. 3. Set the DSM_CONFIG environment variable to point to your new client user options file. For instructions to set this variable, see section, Setting environment variables on page 46. 4. Edit your dsm.opt file as appropriate for your system or use the Tivoli Storage Manager Preferences editor by selecting Edit Preferences from the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI. See Setting options in an options file for more information about setting options in a file. 1. Launch the GUI by either double-clicking the TSM Backup Client icon on your desktop, or going to the Windows task bar and clicking Start Programs Tivoli Storage Manager Backup Archive GUI. 2. From the Utilities menu, select Setup Wizard. This will launch the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Configuration Wizard. 3. On the first panel of the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Configuration Wizard, make sure Help me configure the TSM Backup Archive Client is selected. 4. Follow the prompts to finish creating your options file. Click the Help button if you need assistance completing the wizard. For systems other than Solaris, the wizard places an options file named dsm.opt in the same directory where you installed the client files. For Solaris systems, the configuration files are located in the /usr/bin directory, and links to the configuration files /usr/bin/dsm.opt and /usr/bin/dsm.sys are placed in the installation directory. This placement prevents the configuration files from being removed when the client is completely uninstalled. Note: You need to know a few technical details, such as the TCP/IP address of the backup server you will be connecting to and the port it listens on, in order to successfully create your client options file. If you do not know this information, contact your Storage Manager server administrator. Once you have created an options file, you can use the following steps to edit your options file from the GUI. 1. Open the Edit menu and select Preferences. 2. Make any necessary changes, then click OK to save those changes.

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Setting options in an options file

This section describes how to set options in your dsm.sys file or client user options file (dsm.opt).

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To view or modify an options file, click Edit Preferences from the Tivoli Storage Manager client Java GUI. The Preferences editor updates the client system options file or client user options file. You can also edit an options file with your favorite text editor. To set an option in these files, enter the option name and one or more blank spaces, followed by the option value. For example:
compression nodename yes client_a

Some options consist of only the option name, such as verbose and quiet. You can enter the entire option name or its abbreviation. For example, you can specify the verbose option as either of the following:
verbose ve

Follow these additional rules when entering options in your client user options file (dsm.opt): v Begin each comment with an asterisk (*) as the first character in a line. v Do not enter comments on the same line as an option. v Optionally, indent options with spaces or tabs. v Enter each option on a separate line and enter all parameters for an option on the same line. For example, to specify a group of five different file systems as your default client domain, enter:
domain /home /mfg /planning /mrkting /mgmt

v Enter one or more blank spaces between parameters. v The maximum number of characters for a file name is 256. The maximum combined length of the file name and path name is 1024 characters. If you update the client user options file while a session is active, you must restart the session to pick up the changes. You can use the query options command to display all or part of your options and their current settings. The default is to display all options. See Query Options on page 458 for more information.

Setting environment variables Setting language environment variables

The Tivoli Storage Manager client automatically detects the language of the system locale and displays in that language. For example, a French operating system displays Tivoli Storage Manager in French by default. If Tivoli Storage Manager cannot load the French message catalog, it will default to the English (United States) language pack. For example, if the client is running on an unsupported language/locale combination, such as French/Canada or Spanish/Mexico, Tivoli Storage Manager defaults to English (United States). You can use the LANG environment variable to specify the language for the AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris clients. For all other UNIX clients, only English (United States) is available. Tivoli Storage Manager supports the following language locales:

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Table 18. Supported language locales Languages English (United States) AIX en_US zh_CN zh_TW, Zh_TW.BIG5 HP-UX en_US zh_CN zh_TW.eucTW Solaris en_US, en_US.ISO8859-1 zh, zh_CN.EUC Traditional Chinese: zh_TW, zh_TW.EUC Traditional Chinese BIG5: zh_TW.BIG5 cs_CZ fr, fr_FR de, de_DE hu, hu_HU it, it_IT ja, ja_JP.eucJP ko, ko_KR.EUC pl, pl_PL pt, pt_BR ru, ru_RU es, es_ES All Linux clients en_US zh_CN, zh_TW.big5

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Czech French (Standard) German (Standard) Hungarian Italian (Standard) Japanese Korean Polish Portuguese (Brazil) Russian Spanish

cs_CZ fr_FR de_DE hu_HU it_IT ja_JP, Ja_JP ko_KR pl_PL pt_BR ru_RU es_ES

cs_CZ fr_FR de_DE hu_HU it_IT ja_JP.eucJP ko_KR pl_PL pt_BR ru_RU es_ES

cs_CZ fr_FR de_DE hu_HU it_IT ja_JP.eucJP ko_KR pl_PL pt_BR ru_RU es_ES

Note: v Traditional Chinese BIG5 has locale Zh_TW on Linux, while Zh_TW is used on other platforms for eucTW. v Not all UNIX shells are able to show multi-byte characters. To set the LANG environment variable to French, type the following:
export LANG=fr_FR

You also need to export the LC_ALL environment variable. Notes: 1. To display the Tivoli Storage Manager help browser menus in the language of your current locale, insure that the NLSPATH environment variable in the /etc/profile file contains the following path:
NLSPATH=/usr/dt/lib/nls/msg/%L/%N.cat:$NLSPATH export NLSPATH

2. For double-byte languages (Chinese/Korean/Japanese) on UNIX and Linux, we recommend that you change the language via the Options button on the CDE login screen, rather than exporting LANG environment variable via the command line. If the LANG environment variable is set to C, POSIX (limiting the valid characters to those with ASCII codes less than 128), or other values with limitations for valid characters, the backup-archive client skips files which have file names containing invalid characters with ASCII codes higher than 127. If you are using a single-byte character set (SBCS) like English as your language environment, all file names are valid and backed up by the backup-archive client. Multi-byte characters are interpreted as a set of single bytes all containing valid
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characters. If you are using multi-byte character sets (MBCS) as your language environment, the backup-archive client backs up file names that consist of valid characters in the current environment. For example, a file name consisting of Japanese characters might contain invalid multi-byte characters if the current language environment is a Chinese character set. Files containing invalid multi-byte characters are not backed up and are not shown by the graphical user interface. If such files are found during backup, the dsmerror.log file will list the skipped files. When using the backup-archive client scheduling mode to back up a whole system, it is strongly recommended to set the LC_CTYPE environment variable to en_US (or some other SBCS language) to avoid skipped files.

Setting processing environment variables

Generally, setting the environment variables is an optional task. Setting them will make it more convenient for you to use the command line. However, you must set the environment variables in either of the following circumstances: 1. You want to invoke Tivoli Storage Manager from a directory other than the directory where Tivoli Storage Manager is installed. 2. You want to specify a different options file for the backup-archive client, the administrative client, or both. Note: You can also specify an alternate client options file for the command line client (not the administrative client) using the optfile option. See Optfile on page 303 for more information. There are three environment variables you can set which affect Tivoli Storage Manager processing: PATH Includes the directory where the executable file dsmc resides. DSM_DIR Specifies the directory where the executable file dsmc, the resource files, and the dsm.sys file reside. You cannot specify the root (/) directory for DSM_DIR. If DSM_DIR is not set, the executables are expected in the default installation directory. When you request an image backup, image restore, NAS backup, or NAS restore, Tivoli Storage Manager uses the DSM_DIR environment variable to locate the corresponding plug-in library. If DSM_DIR is not set, the client will look for the plug-in library in the following directories: AIX /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/plugins

HP-UX, all Linux clients, and Solaris /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/plugins DSM_CONFIG Specifies the fully-qualified path and file name of the client user options file for users who create their own personalized options file. The root directory is not a valid value for DSM_CONFIG. If the root directory is specified, the log will be written to the default directory. Specify a directory other than the root directory. If DSM_CONFIG is not set, or the -optfile option is not used, the client user options file is expected to satisfy both of these requirements: 1. The options file must be named dsm.opt.

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2. If DSM_DIR is not set, then the file must reside in the default installation directory. If DSM_DIR is set, then the file must reside in the directory specified by DSM_DIR. DSM_LOG Points to the directory where you want the dsmerror.log, dsmwebcl.log, and dsmsched.log files to reside. You cannot specify the root (/) directory for DSM_LOG. The error log file contains information about any errors that occur during processing. The client creates the error log to help the Tivoli Storage Manager technical support team diagnose severe errors. Table 19 shows the default log directory for the various platforms.
Table 19. Platforms and default log directories Platform Linux Solaris HP AIX z/OS Client default log directory current working directory current working directory current working directory current working directory /var/ibm/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/log API default log directory current working directory current working directory current working directory current working directory /var/ibm/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin/log

Attention: Set the DSM_LOG environment variable to name a directory where read-write permissions allow the required write access for the user to create and write to the log file. This will prevent log write failures and process termination. Use the chmod or setacl commands to give the files permissions that allow all expected client user IDs to read and write them. If the log names are the default names, just set the DSM_LOG environment variable to point to the directory where they reside. When Tivoli Storage Manager cannot write to the log file, an error message is written to stderror and to the syslog daemon. The syslog daemon must be running and configured to process messages with a priority of LOG_ERR for the error message to appear in the system log. Starting and configuring the syslog daemon is system specific. See man syslogd for information on starting the syslog daemon, and man syslog.conf for information on configuring the syslog daemon. Notes: 1. The errorlogname and schedlogname options override DSM_LOG. 2. The log files cannot be symbolic links. Tivoli Storage Manager will detect any such links, delete the links, then exit the operation. This prevents Tivoli Storage Manager from overwriting protected data. The affected logs will be created as files in a subsequent operation. | | | | To set the Java GUI JAVA_BIN_DIR path to find modules, add the java binary directory your PATH variable, where JAVA_BIN_DIR is the path to the java executable.:
export PATH=$PATH:<JAVA_BIN_DIR>

Setting Bourne and Korn shell variables

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DSM_DIR=/home/davehil DSM_CONFIG=/home/davehil/dsm.opt DSM_LOG=/home/davehil export DSM_DIR DSM_CONFIG DSM_LOG
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where /home/davehil/dsm.opt is the path and file name for your client user options file, and the /home/davehil directory is where you want to store the dsmerror.log file, executable file, resource files, and dsm.sys file.

Setting C shell variables

For the C shell, add the DSM_CONFIG, DSM_LOG and DSM_DIR variables to the .cshrc file in your $HOME directory. For example:
setenv DSM_DIR /home/davehil setenv DSM_CONFIG /home/davehil/dsm.opt setenv DSM_LOG /home/davehil

where /home/davehil/dsm.opt is the path and file name for your client user options file, and the /home/davehil directory is where you want to store the dsmerror.log file, executable file, resource files, and dsm.sys file.

Setting API environment variables

If you installed the Tivoli Storage Manager client API, set the following environment variables: DSMI_DIR Points to your installation directory. The files dsmtca, dsm.sys, and the language files must reside in the directory pointed to by DSMI_DIR. This environment variable must be present. DSMI_CONFIG Full path name of your own client user options file (dsm.opt). DSMI_LOG Path for dsierror.log (cannot be a symbolic link). Note: End users of applications developed with the API should consult the installation directions for that application for special path names or guidelines for options. Ensure that directories in the environment variables are specified in the path statement. The location of the API library is especially important. For more information about the Tivoli Storage Manager client API, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Using the Application Programming Interface, SC32-0147.

Configuring the Web client

You can use the command line to configure the Web client. To configure the Web client from the command line, perform the following steps: 1. Ensure that you specify passwordaccess generate in the dsm.sys file. For more information on passwordaccess, see Passwordaccess on page 305. 2. To generate the Tivoli Storage Manager password, start the backup-archive client by entering:
dsmc query session

when prompted, enter your user ID and password. 3. Start the client acceptor daemon (CAD) by entering:
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The Tivoli Storage Manager Remote Client Agent daemon must not be started manually. It is automatically started by the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Acceptor daemon when needed. The options applicable only to the dsmcad program are httpport, managedservices, and webports. Other options such as optfile or errorlogname can also be used. You can use the managedservices option to specify whether the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Acceptor daemon (CAD) also manages the Tivoli Storage Manager scheduler. See Chapter 9, Using processing options, on page 169 for more information about these options. All Web client messages are written to the Web client log file, dsmwebcl.log. Error messages are written to the error log file dsmerror.log, or the file you specify with the errorlogname option. The dsmwebcl.log and dsmerror.log files reside in the directory you specify with the DSM_LOG environment variable or in the current working directory. Set this environment variable to the directory where the log files should reside. The root directory is not a valid value for DSM_LOG. Specify a directory other than the root directory. 4. Add MANAGEDServices webclient to dsm.opt and dsm.sys. 5. To access the Web client, enter the following URL from any supported browser:
http://your_machine_name:1581

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where your_machine_name is the host name of the machine running the Web client. Port 1581 is the default port number. You can set a different port number using the httpport option. See Httpport on page 262 for more information. After installing and configuring the Web client on your workstation you can use the Web client to perform backup, archive, restore, and retrieve operations from any browser with JRE (Java Runtime Environment) Java JRE 1.4.x (where x>=1 or higher). See Starting a Web client session on page 72 for more information.

Configuring the client scheduler

Your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can schedule Tivoli Storage Manager to perform tasks automatically. For example, you can automatically back up files at the end of each day or archive some of your files every Friday. This procedure, known as central scheduling, is a cooperative effort between the server and your client node. Your administrator associates clients with one or more schedules that are part of the policy domain maintained in the server database. The Tivoli Storage Manager administrator defines central scheduling on the server and you start the client scheduler on your workstation. Once you start the client scheduler, further intervention is not necessary. With client scheduling: v Display information about available schedules. v Display information about work that the schedule has completed. v Modify scheduling options in the dsm.sys file. See Scheduling options on page 182 for more information. See Chapter 7, Automating tasks, on page 151 for more information. See Appendix A, Using the Tivoli Storage Manager central scheduler, on page 499 for supplemental information about the Tivoli Storage Manager central scheduler. The Tivoli Storage Manager Client Acceptor daemon (CAD) can manage the scheduler. In this case, the CAD serves as an external timer for the scheduler.
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When the scheduler is started, it queries the server for the next scheduled event. The event is either executed immediately or the scheduler exits. The CAD restarts the scheduler when it is time to execute the scheduled event. This reduces the number of background processes on your workstation and resolves memory retention problems that can occur when running the scheduler service without CAD management. It is recommended that you use the Client Acceptor daemon to manage the client scheduler. | Attention: You cannot use the dsmcad for scheduling when you set the sessioninitiation option to serveronly. Refer to Sessioninitiation on page 344 for more information. Use the managedservices option in your client system options file (dsm.sys) to specify whether the CAD manages the scheduler. See Managedservices on page 286 for more information. Perform the following steps to configure the CAD to manage the client scheduler: 1. Install the Web client. See Configuring the Web client on page 50 for more information. 2. Install the Scheduler. See Starting the client scheduler for more information. 3. From the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI, select Edit Preferences. Then select the Web Client category. Check the Schedule option in the ManagedServices options section. If you wish to run the Web client also, check the Both option. 4. Start the Client Acceptor. See Configuring the Web client on page 50 for more information. Notes: 1. For more information about scheduling options, changing the scheduling mode, specifying the TCP/IP address or port number, or running commands before or after a schedule, see Scheduling options on page 182. 2. See Chapter 7, Automating tasks, on page 151 for information about the following tasks: v Starting the client scheduler v Modifying scheduling options in the client options file. v Displaying information about available schedules. v Displaying information about work that the schedule has completed. To start the client scheduler on your client node and connect to the server schedule, change to the Tivoli Storage Manager installation directory and enter the following command:
dsmc schedule

Starting the client scheduler

To start the client scheduler on your client node and connect to the server schedule, enter the following command:
dsmc schedule

If the Tivoli Storage Manager client executable directory is not in your PATH environment variable, change to the installation directory and enter the following command:
./dsmc schedule

For z/OS, enter the following path and command:

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When you start the client scheduler, it runs continuously until you close the window, end the process, or log off your system. To run the schedule command in the background and to keep the client scheduler running, even if you log off your system, enter the following:
nohup dsmc schedule 2> /dev/null &

If a Tivoli Storage Manager password is required for your workstation and you want to run the schedule command in the background, enter the password with the command. Root User: To start the client scheduler automatically, ensure that the passwordaccess option is set to generate in dsm.sys, then follow the procedure below for your operating system: v For non-z/OS UNIX, add the following entry to the /etc/inittab file:
itsm::once:/usr/bin/dsmc sched > /dev/null 2>&1 # TSM scheduler

Note: You must include the redirection to /dev/null in the command. For z/OS UNIX: 1. Create a shell script called /tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/rundsmc which contains the following entries:
cd /usr/lpp/Tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin sleep 60 ./dsmc schedule

This prevents the creation of two jobs with the same name and enables automatic shutdown. You might need to customize the time for your system. 2. Add the following entries in the /etc/rc file to set environment variables to retrieve the servername and nodename options from dsm.sys and to start the client scheduler, as follows:
# Set environment variables to retrieve the servername and # nodename options from dsm.sys. export DSM_DIR=/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin export DSM_CONFIG=/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsm.opt # Start the TSM Client scheduler and redirect outputs to # schedule.out instead of the /etc/log file. _BPX_JOBNAME=ADSMCLNT /tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/rundsmc 1>/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/schedule.out 2>&1 &

Note: Enter the _BPX_JOBNAME entry on a single line in the /etc/rc file. The client scheduler can fail to initialize properly at IPL because TCP/IP is not fully initialized. You might need to customize the time for your system to compensate for this. Tivoli Storage Manager does not recognize changes made to the dsm.opt or the dsm.sys file while the client scheduler is running. If you make changes to these files while the client scheduler is running, and you want to use the new values immediately, stop the client scheduler and restart it. For example, if you change the inclexcl option in your dsm.sys file to point to a different include-exclude options file, you must stop the client scheduler and restart it before Tivoli Storage Manager uses the new file.

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To manually stop the client scheduler, enter the kill command if it is running in the background, or press q or Ctrl+C if it is running in the foreground. To restart the client scheduler, enter the schedule command again. Tape prompting does not occur during a scheduled event regardless of the tapeprompt option setting in your options file. Use the Client Acceptor daemon to manage the client scheduler. See Configuring the client scheduler on page 51 for more information.

Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager client/server communication across a firewall

In most cases, the Tivoli Storage Manager server and clients can work across a firewall. Because every firewall is different, the firewall administrator might need to consult the instructions for the firewall software or hardware in use. There are two methods for enabling client and server operations through a firewall: Method 1: To allow clients to communicate with a server across a firewall, the following ports must be opened in the firewall by the firewall administrator: TCP/IP port To enable the backup-archive client, command line admin client, and the scheduler to run outside a firewall, the port specified by the server option tcpport (default 1500) must be opened by the firewall administrator. This port is set on the client and the server using the tcpport option. The setting must be the same on the client and server. See Tcpport on page 366 for more information. This will allow Tivoli Storage Manager scheduler communications in both polling and prompted mode, CAD-managed schedulers, and regular backup-archive client operations. Note: The client cannot use the port specified by the tcpadminport option (on the server) for client session. That port can be used for administrative sessions only. HTTP port To allow the Web client to communicate with remote workstations across a firewall, the HTTP port for the remote workstation must be opened. Use the httpport option in the remote workstation client options file to specify this port. The default HTTP port is 1581. To use the administrative Web interface for a server across a firewall, the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator must open the HTTP port for the server using the httpport option in the server options file. The default HTTP port is 1580. TCP/IP ports for the remote workstation The two TCP/IP ports for the remote workstation client must be opened. Use the webports option in the remote workstation client options file to specify these ports. If you do not specify the values for the webports option, the default zero (0) causes TCP/IP to randomly assign two free port numbers. See Webports on page 392 for more information about the webports option.

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TCP/IP port for administrative sessions Specifies a separate TCP/IP port number on which the server is waiting for requests for administrative client sessions, allowing secure administrative sessions within a private network. See Tcpadminport on page 360 for more information. Method 2: For the client scheduler in prompted mode, it is unnecessary to open any ports on the firewall. If you set the sessioninitiation option to serveronly, the client will not attempt to contact the server. All sessions will be initiated by server prompted scheduling on the port defined on the client with the tcpclientport option. The sessioninitiation option only affects the behavior of the client scheduler running in the prompted mode. The Tivoli Storage Manager server must set the SESSIONINITiation parameter on the register node and update node commands for each node. If the server specifies SESSIONINITiation=clientorserver, the default, the client can decide which method to use. If the server specifies SESSIONINITiation=serveronly, all sessions are initiated by the server. | | | | | | Notes: 1. If sessioninitiation is set to serveronly, the value for the tcpclientaddress client option must be the same as the value for the HLAddress option of the update node or register node server command. The value for the tcpclientport client option must be the same as the value for the LLAddress option of the update node or register node server command. 2. Using the sessioninitiation option requires a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.2 or higher server. 3. If you set the sessioninitiation option to serveronly, with the exception of CAD-managed schedulers, the command line client, backup-archive client Java GUI, and Web client GUI will still attempt to initiate sessions, but are blocked by the Tivoli Storage Manager server for nodes which have the sessioninitiation option set to serveronly. 4. When configuring the Tivoli Storage Manager scheduler on a client machine for the first time, the scheduler service might be unable to authenticate to the server when the server contacts client scheduler to execute a schedule. This can happen when the passwordaccess is set to generate and the Tivoli Storage Manager server is behind a firewall and the encrypted password cannot be locally stored before the scheduler is started. To correct this problem, you need to run scheduler from the command line (dsmc schedule), wait until a scheduled operation starts, and enter the password for your node when prompted. Note: The Tivoli Storage Manager client cannot prompt for the encryption key password in scheduler mode. If you are using Tivoli Storage Manager data encryption, you must run an initial interactive backup once to set up the encryption key by opening the TCP/IP connection from the client machine to the server machine. See 54 for more information about setting up this communication. After the encryption key is set, you can use server-initiated sessions to back up the files using Tivoli Storage Manager encryption. If you set the sessioninitiation option to client, the client will initiate sessions with the server (Method 1) by communicating on the TCP/IP port
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defined with the server option tcpport. This is the default. Server prompted scheduling can be used to prompt the client to connect to the server. See Sessioninitiation on page 344 for more information about the sessioninitiation option. When using Tivoli Storage Manager across a firewall, please consider the following: v In prompted mode the Tivoli Storage Manager server needs to contact the client. In order to do this, some software might need to be installed on the Tivoli Storage Manager server to route the request through the firewall. This software routes the server request through a socks port on the firewall. This is typically called socksifying a system. Proxies are not supported, because they only route a few types of communication protocols (HTTP, FTP, GOPHER). Tivoli Storage Manager communications are not routed by proxies. It is important to note that the client creates a new connection to the Tivoli Storage Manager server when prompted. This means that the firewall configuration discussed above must be in place. v The server cannot log events to a Tivoli Enterprise Console server across a firewall. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Configuring the journal daemon

Journal-based backup is supported on AIX clients for JFS, JFS2 and VxFS file system types. If you install the journal daemon and it is running, then by default the incremental command will automatically perform a journal-based backup on selected file systems which are being monitored by the journal engine service. See Journal-based backup on AIX on page 89 for more information. Journal-Based Backup is enabled by installing and configuring the Tivoli Storage Manager daemon. To install the Tivoli Storage Manager daemon, you need to customize the file named tsmjbbd.ini.smp, which is placed in the install directory, and save it as tsmjbbd.ini. The install process modified /etc/inittab to start the journal daemon on a reboot. You can also start the daemon on the command line by entering the name of the executable - tsmjbbd. Journal-based backup is enabled by installing and configuring the Tivoli Storage Manager journal daemon. The Tivoli Storage Manager journal daemon can be configured by editing the journal daemon configuration sample file, tsmjbbd.ini.smp, and saving it as tsmjbbd.ini. Both the configuration sample file and the saved file should be in the default install directory. The journal configuration file, (tsmjbbd.ini), needs as a minimum a list of the file systems to monitor. These two lines are sufficient:
[JournaledFilesystemSettings] JournaledFileSystems=/home

Enter a JournalDir setting and a JournalExcludeList for the database files (see the sample file). An Errorlog setting will also explicitly name the errorlog file. After the configuration file is created, start the journal daemon using the script file:/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/rc.tsmjbb. The journal will write initialization information to the errorlog. When you are satisfied that the journal is working correctly, you should run the script file, /usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/ jbbinittab. Running the script file will make entries in /etc/inittab, so that the journal will begin running when you restart your system.

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Registering your workstation with a server (required root user or authorized user task)
Root user or Authorized User Before you can use Tivoli Storage Manager, your node must be registered with the server. The process of setting up a node name and password is called registration. There are two types of registration: open and closed. Your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator chooses the type of registration for your site. If you plan to use a Web client, you must have an administrative user ID with system privilege, policy privilege, client access authority, or client owner authority. When a new node is registered, an administrative user ID is automatically created for the node. By default, this node has client owner authority.

Using closed registration

With closed registration, a Tivoli Storage Manager administrator must register your workstation as a client node with the server. If your enterprise uses closed registration, you must provide the following information to your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator: v Your node name (the value returned by the hostname command or the node name you specified with the nodename option). If you do not specify a node name with the nodename option, the default login ID is the name that the hostname command returns. v The initial password you want to use, if required. v Contact information, such as your name, user ID, and phone number. In addition to possibly defining certain options in your options file, your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator defines the following for you: v The policy domain to which your client node belongs. A policy domain contains policy sets and management classes, defined by your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator, that control how Tivoli Storage Manager manages the files you back up and archive. v Whether you can compress files before sending them to the server. v Whether you can delete backup and archive data from server storage.

Using open registration

With open registration, a system administrator can register your workstation as a client node with the server. The first time you start a session, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts you for information necessary to register your workstation with the server identified in your client options file. You need to supply your node name, a password, and contact information. When you use open registration: v Your client node is assigned to a policy domain named standard. v You can delete archived copies of files from server storage, but not backup versions of files. If necessary, your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can change these defaults later. Note: You can only do Open Registration through the command line interface.
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Associating your client node with a host system (optional)

The GUIDs help to uniquely identify a particular machine (for reporting purposes), regardless of the following: v How many node names are used on the machine v Which network adapter is used to connect to the Tivoli Storage Manager server v Which nodes are connected to the Tivoli Storage Manager servers For example, if you use nodes GORDON, DONNA, and DAGORDON to connect to a Tivoli Storage Manager server from your desktop machine, all three nodes will have the same GUID. Similarly, if nodes GORDON, DONNA, and DAGORDON connect to multiple Tivoli Storage Manager servers, each server will show the same GUID for these nodes. Note: The GUID is available only on HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, and Solaris. You must be a root user to run tivguid. When you install the Tivoli software, the tivguid program is run to generate a GUID which is stored in the /etc/tivoli directory. The GUID for a client node on the server can change if the host system machine is corrupted, if the file entry is lost, or if a user uses the same node name from different host systems. You can perform the following functions from the command line: v Create a new GUID v View the current GUID v Write a specific value v Create another GUID even if one exists. Table 20 describes the GUID functions and the associated commands.
Table 20. GUID commands Function Create and store a new GUID on the host if one does not exist. If a GUID already exists, the current value is displayed. Display help for the tivguid commands. Return the value of the current GUID. Enter on the command line: tivguid -Create

tivguid -Help tivguid -Show

Write the GUID that is specified in the tivguid -Write -guid=38.70.92.a1.9a.93 -GUID option to the file. For example, -Write .11.d6.a2.f9.00.04.ac.dd.76.38 GUID = string uses the value in string rather than creating a new GUID. The string must be a valid Tivoli GUID (32 hexadecimal values). This function is useful in the following cases: v If the Tivoli GUID is corrupted you can use the administrative client to query the server for the value using the q node nodename f=d command, and set that value on the current machine. v If you want to set up multiple physical machines with the same guid (for example on cluster). Create a new GUID even if one exists. tivguid -Write -New

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Creating an include-exclude list (optional root user or authorized user task)

Authorized User This is an optional task but an important one. If you do not create an include-exclude list, Tivoli Storage Manager considers all files for backup services and uses the default management class for backup and archive services. For information on management classes and policy domains, see Chapter 8, Understanding storage management policies, on page 157. You can create an include-exclude list to exclude a specific file or groups of files from backup services, and to assign specific management classes to files. Tivoli Storage Manager backs up any file that is not explicitly excluded. You should exclude Tivoli Storage Manager client directories from backup services. You can use the query inclexcl command to display a list of include and exclude statements in the order they are examined when determining whether an object is to be included. Specify the include-exclude list in your dsm.sys file. If you define more than one server in your dsm.sys file, each server must have its own include-exclude list. This list can also contain include-exclude statements obtained from the include-exclude files you specify with the inclexcl option. When the client processes include-exclude statements, the include-exclude statements within the include-exclude file are placed at the position occupied by the inclexcl option in dsm.sys, in the same order, and processed accordingly. See Inclexcl on page 268 for important detailed information about specifying an include-exclude file using the inclexcl option. | | You can use the following methods to create an include-exclude list or specify an include-exclude file: 1. You can add include-exclude statements in the Tivoli Storage Manager or Web client directory tree. The online help provides detailed instructions. 2. Open the Edit menu and select Preferences. In the Preferences dialog, click the Include/Exclude section. Note: You can specify a Unicode file as an include-exclude file using the Preferences editor. However, you cannot create the Unicode file using the Preferences editor. You can create an include-exclude list manually by performing the following steps: 1. Determine your include and exclude requirements. 2. Locate the server stanza in your dsm.sys file. Note: Each server stanza must have its own include-exclude list. 3. Enter your include and exclude statements using the appropriate include-exclude options as described in Using include-exclude options on page 60. Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates all exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements first (regardless of their position within the include-exclude list), and removes the excluded file spaces, directories, and files from the list of objects available for processing. All other include-exclude statements are processed from the bottom of the list up. Therefore, it is important to enter all your

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include-exclude statements in the proper order. For example, in the following include-exclude list the includefile.txt file is not backed up:
include /home/usr/includefile.txt exclude /home/usr/.../*

However, in the following include-exclude list the includefile.txt file is backed up:
exclude /home/usr/.../* include /home/usr/includefile.txt

4. Save the file and close it. 5. Restart your Tivoli Storage Manager client to enable your include-exclude list.

Using include-exclude options

This section provides the following information: v Brief descriptions of the include and exclude options that you can specify in your dsm.sys file. See table references for more information about each option. v A minimum include-exclude list that excludes system files. v A list of supported wildcard characters. v Examples of how you might use wildcard characters with include and exclude patterns.

Excluding file spaces and directories

Use exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements to exclude file spaces and all files and sub-directories in the specified directory from processing. Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates all exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements first (regardless of their position within the include-exclude list), and removes the excluded file spaces, directories, and files from the list of objects available for processing. The exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements override all include statements that match the pattern.
Table 21. Options for excluding file spaces and directories Option exclude.fs Description Excludes file spaces matching the pattern. The client does not consider the specified file space for processing and the usual deleted-file expiration process cannot occur. If you exclude a file space that was previously included, existing backup versions remain on the server subject to retention rules specified in the associated management class definition. See Exclude options on page 246 for more information. Excludes a directory, its files, and all its subdirectories and their files from backup processing. For example, the statement exclude.dir /test/dan/data1 excludes the /test/dan/data1 directory, its files, and all its subdirectories and their files. Using the exclude.dir option is preferable over the standard exclude option to exclude large directories containing many files that you do not want to back up. You cannot use include options to override an exclude.dir statement. Only use exclude.dir when excluding an entire directory branch. Notes: 1. If you define an exclude statement without using a drive letter, such as exclude.dir dirname, this will exclude from processing any directory named dirname on any drive. Page 246

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Controlling backup, archive, and image processing

After Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates all exclude.fs, exclude.dir, exclude.attribute.symlink, and include.attribute.symlink statements, the following options are evaluated against the remaining list of objects available for processing.
Table 22. Options for controlling backup, archive, and image processing Option Description Backup processing exclude exclude.backup exclude.file exclude.file.backup include include.backup include.file These options are equivalent. Use these options to exclude a file or group of files from backup services and space management services (if the HSM client is installed). The exclude.backup option only excludes files from normal backup, but not from HSM. Use these options to include files or assign management classes for backup processing. Controls how Tivoli Storage Manager processes your file space for incremental backups. Archive processing exclude.archive include include.archive Excludes a file or group of files from archive services. These options are equivalent. Use these options to include files or assign management classes for archive processing. Image processing 246 269 246 Page

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Excludes mounted file systems and raw logical volumes that match the specified pattern from full image backup operations. Incremental image backup operations are unaffected by exclude.image. This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and all Linux clients.. Excludes file systems on the NAS filer from an image backup when used with the backup nas command. If you do not specify a NAS node name, the file system identified applies to all NAS filers. The backup nas command ignores all other exclude statements including exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements. This option is for AIX and Solaris clients only. Includes a file space or logical volume, assigns a management class, or allows you to assign one of several image backup processing options to a specific logical volume when used with the backup image command. The backup image command ignores all other include options. This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Linux x86/x86_64, and Linux on POWER only. Use the include.fs.nas option to bind a management class to Network Attached Storage (NAS) file systems. You can also specify whether Tivoli Storage Manager saves Table of Contents (TOC) information during a NAS file system image backup, using the toc option with the include.fs.nas option in your dsm.sys file. See Toc on page 371 for more information. This option is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only.

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Including and excluding groups of files

To specify groups of files that you want to include or exclude, use the wildcard characters listed in Table 23. This table applies to include and exclude statements only. For information about using wildcard characters in Tivoli Storage Manager commands, see Using wildcard characters on page 400. Note: A very large include-exclude list can decrease backup performance. Use wildcards and eliminate unnecessary include statements to keep the list as short as possible.
Table 23. Wildcard and other special characters Character ? Function The match one character matches any single character except the directory separator; it does not match the end of the string. For example: v The pattern ab?, matches abc, but does not match ab, abab, or abzzz. v The pattern ab?rs, matches abfrs, but does not match abrs, or abllrs. v The pattern ab?ef?rs, matches abdefjrs, but does not match abefrs, abdefrs, or abefjrs. v The pattern ab??rs, matches abcdrs, abzzrs, but does not match abrs, abjrs, or abkkkrs. * The match-all character. For example: v The pattern ab*, matches ab, abb, abxxx, but does not match a, b, aa, bb. v The pattern ab*rs, matches abrs, abtrs, abrsrs, but does not match ars, or aabrs, abrss. v The pattern ab*ef*rs, matches abefrs, abefghrs, but does not match abefr, abers. v The pattern abcd.*, matches abcd.c, abcd.txt, but does not match abcd, abcdc, or abcdtxt. /... [ The match-n character matches zero or more directories. The open character-class character begins the enumeration of a character class. For example: xxx[abc] matches xxxa, xxxb, or xxxc. The character-class range includes characters from the first character to the last character specified. For example: xxx[a-z] matches xxxa, xxxb, xxxc, ... xxxz. \ The literal escape character. When used within a character class, it treats the next character literally. When used outside of a character class, it is not treated in this way. For example, if you want to include the ] in a character class, enter [...\]...]. The escape character removes the usual meaning of ] as the close character-class character. The close character-class character ends the enumeration of a character class.

Examples using wildcards with include and exclude patterns

Table 24 on page 63 contains examples of ways you might use wildcard characters with include and exclude patterns. For more information about using the exclude.backup option, see Exclude options on page 246. Note: In the dsm.sys file, the include and exclude options do not work with symbolic links to directories. For example, do not use /u in your include or exclude statements because /u is a symbolic link to the /home directory. Instead of entering:
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include /home/tmp/save.fil

However, the exclude option does work with symbolic links to directories when you enter a backup command with the absolute path that contains the symbolic link.
Table 24. Using wildcard characters with include and exclude patterns Task Pattern EXCLUDE /.../*.doc INCLUDE "/home/aleko/Documents/*.doc"

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Exclude all files that end with .doc, except those found in the Documents directory of alekos home directory.

Exclude all files during backup with an extension of bak, except exclude /.../*.bak include /usr/dev/*.bak those found on the /usr file system in the dev directory. Exclude all files and directories under any Documents directory that might exist, except for the Current file of user aleko. EXCLUDE /.../Documents/.../* INCLUDE "/home/aleko/Documents/Current"

Exclude all files and directories in any tmp directory that might exclude /.../tmp/.../* include /home/tmp/save.fil exist, except for the file /home/tmp/save.fil. Include this file.

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Controlling symbolic link processing

After Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates all exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements and removes the excluded file spaces and directories, Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates any include-exclude statements for controlling symbolic link processing (exclude.attribute.symlink and include.attribute.symlink) against the remaining list of objects available for processing. Table 25 defines options for controlling symbolic link processing.
Table 25. Options for controlling symbolic link processing Option exclude.attribute.symlink include.attribute.symlink Description Excludes a file or a group of files that are symbolic links from backup processing only. Includes a file or a group of files that are symbolic links within broad group of excluded files for backup processing only. Page 246 269

Controlling compression and encryption processing

After Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates exclude.fs, exclude.dir, and any other include-exclude options controlling symbolic links, backup, archive, and image processing, it uses the following options to determine which files undergo compression and encryption processing.
Table 26. Options for controlling compression and encryption processing Option Description Compression processing exclude.compression Excludes files from compression processing if compression=yes is specified. This option applies to backups and archives. Includes files for compression processing if compression=yes is specified. This option applies to backups and archives. Encryption processing exclude.encrypt include.encrypt Excludes files from encryption processing. Includes files for encryption processing. The data that you include is stored in encrypted form, and encryption does not affect the amount of data sent or received. Attention: The include.encrypt option is the only way to enable encryption on the Backup-Archive client. If no include.encrypt statements are used encryption will not occur. 246 269 246 Page

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Testing an include-exclude list with the Preview command

You can preview the list of objects to be backed up or archived according to the include-exclude list, prior to sending any data to the server. The Tivoli Storage Manager client Java GUI directory tree shows detailed information of included and excluded objects. The directory tree windows in the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Java GUI allow you to select files and directories to include or exclude. You should

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use this Preview command to make sure that you include and exclude the correct files. The following is a sample scenario for using the include-exclude preview function. Assume that you want to back up the files on your /Users/home file space. You bring up the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Java GUI and open the Backup tree. You can see all of the directories and files that have been excluded by your options file and other sources. You scroll down the tree and notice that all of the *.o files in your /Volumes/home/mary/myobjdir will be backed up. You dont want to back up these files, so you right click on a .o file, and choose View File Details from the popup menu. The dialog shows that these files are included. Click on the Advanced button and create a rule to exclude all .o files from the /home file space. A rule is created at the bottom of your options file. The current directory is refreshed in the Backup tree, and the .o files have the red X, meaning they are excluded. When you look at other directories, they show the new excludes that you have added. Press Backup and back up the files on your /home file space. See Preview on page 439 for more information about the Preview command.

Processing include and exclude options

The Tivoli Storage Manager server can define include-exclude options using the inclexcl parameter in a client option set. The include-exclude statements specified by the server are evaluated along with those in the dsm.sys file. The server include-exclude statements are always enforced and placed at the bottom of the include-exclude list and evaluated before the client include-exclude statements. If the dsm.sys file include-exclude list contains one or more inclexcl options that specify include-exclude files, the include-exclude statements in these files are placed in the list position occupied by the inclexcl option and processed accordingly. When performing an incremental backup, Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates all exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements first, and removes the excluded file spaces, directories, and files from the list of objects available for processing. See Excluding file spaces and directories on page 60 and Exclude options on page 246 for more information about the exclude.fs and exclude.dir options. After evaluating all exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements, Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates the include-exclude statements for controlling symbolic link processing (exclude.attribute.symlink and include.attribute.symlink) from the bottom up and stops if it finds an include or exclude statement that matches the file it is processing. After the include-exclude statements for controlling symbolic link processing are processed, Tivoli Storage Manager evaluates the remaining include-exclude list from the bottom up and stops when it finds an include or exclude statement that matches the file it is processing. The order in which the include and exclude options are entered therefore affects which files are included and excluded. See Chapter 9, Using processing options, on page 169 for more information about the order in which all options are processed. To display a list of all include-exclude statements in effect on your client workstation in the actual order they are processed, use the query inclexcl command. See Query Inclexcl on page 455 for more information. The client program processes the list of include-exclude statements according to the following rules:
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1. Files are checked; directories are only checked if the exclude.dir option is specified. 2. File names are compared to the patterns in the include-exclude list from the bottom up. When a match is found, the processing stops and checks whether the option is include or exclude. If the option is include, the file is backed up. If the option is exclude, the file is not backed up. Note: A very large include-exclude list can decrease backup performance. Use wildcards and eliminate unnecessary include statements to keep the list as short as possible. 3. If a match is not found, files are implicitly included and backed up. 4. When a file is backed up, it is bound to the default management class unless it matched an include statement that specified a different management class name, in which case the file is bound to that management class. The following examples demonstrate bottom up processing. Example 1 Assume that you defined the following statements for the include and exclude options:
exclude *.o include /home/foo/.../*.o exclude /home/foo/junk/*.o

The file being processed is: /home/foo/dev/test.o. Processing follows these steps: 1. Rule 3 (the last statement defined) is checked first because of bottom-up processing. The pattern /home/foo/junk/*.o does not match the file name that is being processed. 2. Processing moves to Rule 2 and checks. This time, pattern /home/foo/.../*.o matches the file name that is being processed. Processing stops, the option is checked, and it is include. 3. File /home/foo/dev/test.o is backed up. Example 2 Assume that you defined the following statements for the include and exclude options:
exclude *.obj include /home/foo/.../*.o exclude /home/foo/junk/*.o

The file being processed is: /home/widg/copyit.txt . Processing follows these steps: 1. Rule 3 is checked and finds no match. 2. Rule 2 is checked and finds no match. 3. Rule 1 is checked and finds no match. 4. Because a match is not found, file /home/widg/copyit.txt is implicitly included and backed up. Example 3 Assume that you defined the following statements for the include and exclude options:
exclude /.../*.o include /home/foo/.../*.o exclude /home/foo/junk/*.o

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The current file being processed is: /home/lib/objs/printf.o. Processing follows these steps: 1. Rule 3 is checked and finds no match. 2. Rule 2 is checked and finds no match. 3. Rule 1 is checked and a match is found. 4. Processing stops, the option is checked, and it is exclude. 5. File /home/lib/objs/printf.o is not backed up. Example 4 Assume that you defined the following statements for the include and exclude options:
exclude.attribute.symlink /.../* exclude /.../*.o include /home/foo/.../*.o exclude /home/foo/junk/*.o

The current file being processed is: /home/lib/objs/printf.o. Processing follows these steps: 1. The exclude.attribute.symlink statement is checked first. If the printf.o file is a symbolic link it will be excluded, otherwise proceed to the next step. Note that the exclude.attribute.symlink statements are always processed before the other include-exclude statements, regardless of their position in the include-exclude list. 2. Rule 3 is checked and finds no match. 3. Rule 2 is checked and finds no match. 4. Rule 1 is checked and a match is found. 5. Processing stops, the option is checked, and it is exclude. 6. File /home/lib/objs/printf.o is not backed up.

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Chapter 3. Getting started

This chapter includes instructions for the following tasks:
Task Starting a GUI session Starting a command line session Starting a Web client session Starting the client scheduler automatically Changing your password Sorting file lists using the Tivoli Storage Manager Java GUI Displaying online help Ending a session Page 70 71 72 75 75 76 76 77

Tivoli Storage Manager client authentication

When using the backup-archive GUI, command line client, or the Web client, you can log on using a node name and password or administrative user ID and password. Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for your user ID and compares it to the configured node name. If they match, Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to authenticate the user ID as a node name. If the authentication fails or if the user ID does not match the configured node name, the client attempts to authenticate the user ID as an administrative user ID. To use an administrative user ID with any of the backup-archive clients, the user ID must have one of the following authorities: System privilege Authority over the entire system. An administrator with system privilege can perform any administrative task. Policy privilege Authority over the node policy domain. Allows an administrator to manage policy objects, register client nodes, and schedule client operations for client nodes. Client owner Authority over the registered Tivoli Storage Manager client node. You can access the client through the Web client or backup-archive client. You own the data and have a right to physically gain access to the data remotely. You can back up and restore files on the same or different machine, and you can delete file spaces or archive data. Client access To use the Web Client to back up and restore files on a remote client machine, you must have an administrative user ID with client access authority over the node name for the remote client machine. If you do not want Tivoli Storage Manager administrators with client access authority over your node name to be able to back up and restore files on your

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machine, specify the revokeremoteaccess option in your client user options file (dsm.opt). See Revokeremoteaccess on page 330 for more information. Client access authority only allows Tivoli Storage Manager administrators to back up and restore files on remote machines. They do not have physical access to the data. That is, they cannot restore the data belonging to the remote machine to their own machines. To restore data belonging to a remote machine to your own machine, you must possess at least client owner authority. To determine what authority you have, you can use either of the following methods: v From the main Tivoli Storage Manager GUI window, select File Connection Information. v Use the Tivoli Storage Manager server QUERY ADMIN command from the administrative command line client. See the appropriate Tivoli Storage Manager Administrators Reference for more information about the QUERY ADMIN command.

Starting a GUI session

The Tivoli Storage Manager GUI must be run from the X Window System. If you see the Tivoli Storage Manager icon on your desktop, Tivoli Storage Manager is already running. Double-click the icon to open the Tivoli Storage Manager window. If the Tivoli Storage Manager icon does not appear on your desktop, you should start Tivoli Storage Manager using the dsmj (starts the Java GUI) command. Tivoli Storage Manager can run as either a foreground or background process. To run the Java GUI in the foreground, enter:
dsmj

To run the Java GUI in the background, enter:

dsmj &

Tivoli Storage Manager locates the client user options file (dsm.opt) and starts with the options specified in that file. See Chapter 2, Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 41 for more information about the client user options file. Note: dsmj is installed in the following location: /Library/Application Support/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin.

Using your Tivoli Storage Manager password

Your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can require you to use a password to connect to the server. Tivoli Storage Manager prompts you for the password if one is required. Contact your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator if you do not know your password. For information about changing your password, see Changing your password on page 75.

Setup Wizard
When the GUI client starts, it checks to see whether a client system options file exists. If the client system options file does not exist (which usually happens after you have installed the client for the first time on your machine), the setup wizard will automatically start and guide you through the configuration process.

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Starting a command line session

| | | | | You can start a command line session using one of the following methods. Note: If the /usr/bin directory contains a symbolic link to the Tivoli Storage Manager executable, and all DSM environment variables are set, you can enter the dsmc command from any directory; otherwise, enter the fully qualified path. v On the command line enter dsmc followed by the command, to execute a single command (batch mode). If the /usr/bin (Solaris) or opt/bin directory contains a symbolic link to the Tivoli Storage Manager installation directory, you can enter the dsmc command from any directory. Otherwise you can enter the fully qualified name. v On the command line enter dsmc. This places you in interactive mode, permitting you to run several commands without preceding each with dsmc. Your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can require you to use a password to connect to the server. You can start a client command session in either batch or interactive mode.

Using batch mode

Use batch mode to enter a single client command. When you use batch mode, you must precede the command with dsmc. For example, to archive the file archive /home/proj1/file1.txt, enter the command:
dsmc archive /home/proj1/file1.txt

To issue the incremental command, enter the following at the command prompt:
dsmc incremental

Depending upon the current setting of your passwordaccess option, Tivoli Storage Manager might prompt you for your password before the command is processed in a batch mode session. See Passwordaccess on page 305 for more information. When you type your password and press Enter, the password is not displayed on your screen.

Using interactive mode

Use interactive mode when you want to issue a series of commands. Because Tivoli Storage Manager establishes the connection to the server only once for interactive mode, you can process a series of commands more quickly in interactive mode than in batch mode. To start a client command session in interactive mode, enter either of the following commands: v dsmc v dsmc loop When you press Enter, this prompt is displayed on your screen:
tsm>

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For example, to archive a file named archive /home/proj1/file1.txt, enter the command:
archive /home/proj1/file1.txt

Note: In interactive mode, you cannot enter a file specification that contains national language characters. If a command contains national characters, process the command in batch mode by preceding the command with the executable program name, dsmc. Depending upon the current setting of your passwordaccess option, Tivoli Storage Manager might prompt you for your password before you are allowed to enter a command in an interactive session. When you type your password and press Enter, the password is not displayed on your screen. See Options handling in interactive mode on page 397 for a discussion of how options are handled in interactive mode. See Chapter 10, Using commands, on page 393 for more information on how to start and use the command line client. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Starting: Additional considerations

You can include options as arguments to dsmj and dsmc commands. For example, you can use options to modify the format that displays dates, times, and numbers, or to include your password so that Tivoli Storage Manager does not prompt for it. In addition, if you have more than one server defined in dsm.sys and you want to contact a different server for backup-archive services (other than the one specified in your client user options file dsm.opt), specify the server with the servername option. For example:
dsmj -servername=server_b

Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Java GUI (dsmj) now accepts command line parameters, such as the Java -X options. Because of this, you can also now modify the Java Heap Size. For example:
dsmj -Xmx512M

Starting a Web client session

After installing the Web client on your workstation (see Configuring the Web client on page 50) you can use the Web client to perform backup, archive, restore, and retrieve operations from any browser that is running Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.x, where x is greater than or equal to 1. The Web client facilitates the use of assistive devices for users with disabilities and contains improved keyboard navigation. The native look and feel of the platform running the browser is preserved. The Web client runs in the following browsers: v Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 or higher with JRE 1.4.x , where x is greater than or equal to 1.

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v Mozilla 1.4 or higher with JRE 1.4.x , where x is greater than or equal to 1 (AIX and Linux clients only) To run the Web Client from Mozilla browsers, Enable JavaScript must be checked. This setting is enabled by default, but to verify it: 1. Open Mozillas Edit menu and select Preferences. 2. In the Preferences dialog under Category, select Advanced, then Scripts & Plugins. 3. Ensure there is a check mark next to Enable JavaScript for Navigator. 1. Open the Tools menu and select Internet Options 2. From the Internet Options dialog, select the Security tab. 3. Click the Web content zone in which you will be using the Storage Manager Web client and then click the Custom Level button. 4. In the Security Settings dialog, ensure that Enable is selected under the Scripting of Java applets setting. If your browser does not have the correct JRE level, the Web client will notify you and if possible, will try to automatically install the correct JRE for you. v The Web Client will let you know if your browser does not have the correct JRE level. For Microsoft Internet Explorer on Windows platforms, the Web client will automatically download and install JRE 1.4.x, where x is greater than or equal to 1 v On all platforms except for AIX and Internet Explorer browsers on Windows platforms, the Web client will tolerate the JRE at level 1.3.0 and will not prompt to install a later version to avoid installing more than one JRE on a machine. If you experience problems with the Web Client using JRE 1.3.0, you should install JRE 1.4.x, where x is greater than or equal to 1. If you have JRE 1.3.0 or lower installed, consider the following: v Uninstall any existing JREs before installing the new JRE. v Do not install the new JRE in the same directory as the existing JRE. This can cause JRE-related problems or crashes. You can download and install JRE 1.4.x, where x is greater than or equal to 1 (unless otherwise noted) manually from the appropriate URL: v For Windows, Solaris, Linux:
http://java.sun.com/javase/index.jsp

v AIX:
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/aix/index.html

v HP-UX:
http://www.hp.com/products1/unix/java/?jumpid=reg_R1002_USEN

Note: Proxy server users: The JRE 1.4.x , where x is greater than or equal to 1 might return a security exception or a class not found exception if the Storage Manager Web Client attempts to open a TCP/IP socket to a socks server to communicate with the Storage Manager Remote Client Agent. To avoid this, you can use one of the following methods to bypass a proxy server, allowing the Web client to establish a direct connection to the Agent machine: v Change your Java plug-in settings: For Windows: 1. Open the Windows Start menu and select Settings Control Panel.
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2. In the Control Panel, double-click Java Plugin. 3. In the Java Plug-In Control Panel, select the Proxies tab and uncheck the Use browser settings check box. For UNIX and Linux: 1. Change directory to the installation directory of your JRE, and then change directory to the bin directory. 2. Run the JavaPluginControlPanel executable and click the Proxies tab. 3. Uncheck Use browser settings. v Change your browser settings to enable a direct connection to the Internet: For Mozilla: Open the Edit menu and select Preferences. Under Category, expand the Advanced section, select Proxies, and click Direct connection to the Internet. For Internet Explorer: Open the Tools menu and select Internet Options.... Select the Connections tab, and click the LAN Settings button. Uncheck the Use a proxy server check box. Additional information about running Swing applets can be found in Suns Java Tutorial:
http://java.sun.com/docs/books/tutorial/uiswing/index.html

You can back up and restore your own data, or a Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can centralize the backup or restore operations of many clients. To use the Web client, specify the URL of the client workstation running the Web client in your Web browser. You also need to specify the HTTPport number defined on the client workstation; the default is 1581. For example:
http://myhost.mycompany.com:1581

Note: Entering a different URL or pressing the browser Back button during an operation disconnects the Web client and causes the current operation to end. However, Tivoli Storage Manager backup and restore activities running in conjunction with a NAS box will continue after disconnect.

Setting user privileges

If you plan to use the Web client, ensure that you were assigned an administrative user ID with system privilege, policy privilege, client access authority, or client owner authority. When a new node is registered with the server, by default it is given an admin ID of the same node name with client owner authority. See Tivoli Storage Manager client authentication on page 69 for more information about these authorities. Note: You can use the revokeremoteaccess option to prevent a Tivoli Storage Manager administrator with client access privilege from performing client operations on your workstation through the Web client. However, Tivoli Storage Manager administrators with client owner privilege, system privilege, or policy privilege can still perform client operations on your workstation through the Web client. See Revokeremoteaccess on page 330 for more information about the revokeremoteaccess option. See Tivoli Storage Manager client authentication on page 69 for more information about access authorities.

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Starting the client scheduler automatically

Root User You can add a command to the inittab file to start the client scheduler when the system boots up without any users logged in. If the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator has defined schedules for your node, starting the client scheduler permits you to automatically back up your workstation (or perform other scheduled actions). See Chapter 7, Automating tasks, on page 151 for more information about the client scheduler. You can also use the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Acceptor daemon to manage the scheduler. See Starting the client scheduler on page 52 for more information.

Changing your password

Your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can require you to use a password to connect to the server. Tivoli Storage Manager prompts you for the password if one is required. Contact your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator if you do not know your password. To change your password from the GUI: 1. From the main window, open the Utilities menu and select Change password. 2. Enter your current and new passwords, and enter your new password again in the Verify password field. 3. Click Change. To change your password from the command line client, enter:
dsmc set password

Then, enter your old and new passwords when prompted. A Tivoli Storage Manager password can be up to 63 characters. Valid characters are:
Character AZ 09 + . _ & Description Any letter; A through Z, upper or lower case Any number; 0 through 9 Plus Period Underscore Hyphen Ampersand

A password is not case sensitive. See Password on page 304 for additional password information. | The following are additional password information sources: v Starting the client scheduler automatically v Starting: Additional considerations on page 72 v Password on page 304 v Set Password on page 495

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Sorting file lists using the Tivoli Storage Manager Java GUI
Table 27. Working with your files using the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI Task Displaying files Sorting the file list Display active and inactive backup versions Procedure To display files in a directory, click the folder icon next to the directory name. The files appear in the File List box on the right. v Select one of the Sort by items from the View menu bar. v Click the appropriate column heading in the File List box. v Click the Display Active/Inactive Files option from the View menu. v Click the Display both active and inactive files tool on the tool bar.

Display only active backup versions Click the Display active files only option from the View menu. Selecting files to restore or retrieve. v Click the selection box next to the directory or file name that you want to restore or retrieve. v Highlight the files that you want to restore or retrieve and click the Select Items tool on the tool bar. v Highlight the files that you want to restore or retrieve and click the Select Items option from the Edit menu. v Click the checked selection box next to the directory or file name. v Highlight the files that you want to deselect and click the Deselect Items tool on the tool bar. v Highlight the files that you want to deselect and click the Deselect Items option from the Edit menu. v Highlight the file name, and click the View File Details button on the tool bar. v Highlight the file name, and select File Details from the View menu.

Deselecting files

Displaying file information

Notes: 1. Using the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI, you can sort a list of files by various attributes, such as name, directory, size, or modification date. Sorting files by the last backup date can be useful in determining what date and time to use for the point-in-time function (see Performing point-in-time restores on page 126). 2. An active file is the most recent backup version of a file that existed on your workstation when you ran your last backup. All other backup versions of that file are inactive. Only active backup versions of files are displayed, unless you select the Display active/inactive files menu option. If you delete the file from your workstation, the active version becomes inactive the next time you run an incremental backup. On the command line client, you can use the inactive and pick options with query and restore commands to display both active and inactive objects. See Inactive on page 267 and Pick on page 308 for more information.

Displaying online help

You can display online help in any of the following ways: v From the Tivoli Storage Manager Java GUI: Open the Help menu. Click the Help button in the current window. v From the Web client: Select the Help menu. Click the Help button in current window.

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v From the dsmc command line: Enter the help command. A menu of topics is displayed for which help is available. See Help on page 429 for more information about the Help command.

Ending a session
You can end a Tivoli Storage Manager client session in any one of the following ways: v From the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive Java GUI or Web client: Open the File menu and select Exit. Open the System menu and select Close. For the Web client: Open a different URL or close the browser. v From the DSMC command line: In batch mode, each dsmc command you enter is a complete session. Tivoli Storage Manager ends the session when it finishes processing the command. To end an interactive session, enter quit at the tsm> prompt.

Online forums
To participate in user discussions of Tivoli Storage Manager you can subscribe to the ADSM-L list server. This is a user forum maintained by Marist College. While not officially supported by IBM, Tivoli Storage Manager developers and other IBM support staff also participate on an informal, best-effort basis. Because this is not an official IBM support channel, you should contact IBM Technical Support if you require a response specifically from IBM. Otherwise there is no guarantee that IBM will respond to your question on the list server. You can subscribe by sending a note to the following e-mail address:
[email protected]

The body of the message must contain the following:

SUBSCRIBE ADSM-L yourfirstname yourlastname

The list server will send you a response asking you to confirm the subscription request. Once you confirm your subscription request, the list server will send you further instructions. You will then be able to post messages to the list server by sending e-mail to:
[email protected]

If at a later time you want to unsubscribe from ADSM-L, you can send a note to the following e-mail address:
[email protected]

The body of the message must contain the following:

SIGNOFF ADSM-L

You can also read and search the ADSM-L archives, join discussion forums, and access other resources at the following URL:
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Other sources of online help

An anonymous FTP server (ftp.software.ibm.com/storage) is available where you can find maintenance and other Tivoli Storage Manager-related materials. Three other anonymous servers are unofficially maintained by non-IBM volunteers. These servers are:
ftp.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de (mirror - Germany) ftp.wu-wien.ac.at (mirror - Austria) ftp.cac.psu.edu (mirror - Pennsylvania)

You can get maintenance information from the Tivoli Storage Manager support page at:
http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/IBMTivoliStorageManager.html

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Chapter 4. Backing up your data

Use Tivoli Storage Manager to maintain a set of backup versions of your file system or raw logical volumes on your workstation. You can recover these older file versions in the event your current files are lost or damaged. This chapter covers different ways to back up files, how to restore these files, and the difference between backing up and archiving files. All client backup procedures in this chapter also apply to the Web client, except the following: v Estimate v Preferences editor See Starting a Web client session on page 72 for information on starting the Web client. The following table identifies tasks described in this chapter:
Table 28. Backup: Primary tasks Task Planning your backups Pre-backup considerations Performing an incremental, selective, or incremental-by-date backup Deleting backup data Group backup: Backing up files from one or more file spaces Performing an image backup Backing up NAS file systems Backing up the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Page 79 81 87 95 96 102 108 112

Planning your backups

If you are a first-time user, or if you only back up files occasionally, you might want to use Table 29 as a checklist of preliminary steps to consider before performing a backup.
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Decide what type of backup you want according to your needs. See the following sections for more information: v Performing an incremental, selective, or incremental-by-date backup on page 87 v Group backup: Backing up files from one or more file spaces on page 96 v Performing an image backup on page 102 v Backing up NAS file systems on page 108 v Backing up the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) on page 112 If you are performing an image backup, ensure that you have accounted for unique considerations. See Performing an image backup on page 102 for more information. For further backup considerations, see Backup: Additional considerations on page 114.

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When to back up and when to archive files

When the backup-archive client backs up or archives a file, it sends a copy of the file and its associated attributes to the server; however, backups and archives have different goals. Use backups to protect against unforeseen damage to your files, and use archives for maintaining more permanent versions of your files. Backup data is managed by version, using predetermined policy based rules. Using these rules, the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can control the following: v The number of versions v The number of days each additional backup copy is kept v What happens to backup data versions when the file is deleted on the client machine Each copy of the file stored on the server is considered to be a separate and unique version of the file. Archive is a powerful and extremely flexible mechanism for storing long term data. Archive data is kept for a specified number of days. Archive has no concept or support for versions. The user or Tivoli Storage Manager administrator is responsible for determining what files get added to an archive. Recommendation: If archive is run multiple times against a file using the same archive description, a new copy of the file will be added to the archive each time that archive is run. To simplify retrieve, store only one copy of a file in each archive. Backups protect against file damage or loss that could occur through accidental deletion, corruption, disk crashes, and so forth. The server maintains one or more backup versions for each file that you back up. Older versions are deleted as newer versions are made. The number of backup versions the server maintains is set by your administrator. Note: If you frequently create archives for the same data, consider using instant archives (backup sets) instead. Frequent archive operations can create a large amount of metadata in the server database increasing database growth and

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decreasing performance for operations such as expiration. See Restoring data from a backupset on page 130 for more information on how backup sets can be generated and restored. Archive copies are saved for long-term storage. Your administrator can limit how long archive copies are kept. The server can store an unlimited number of archive versions of a file. Archives are useful if you need to go back to a particular version of your files, or you want to delete a file from your workstation and retrieve it at a later time, if necessary. For example, you might need to save spreadsheets for tax purposes, but because you are not using them, you do not want to leave them on your workstation. See Chapter 6, Archiving and retrieving your data, on page 143 for more information about archiving and retrieving files.

Pre-backup considerations LAN-free data movement

| AIX, HP-UX, Linux and Solaris (global zones and non-global zones) clients support LAN-free data movement, which shifts the movement of client data from the communications network to a storage area network (SAN). This decreases the load on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The SAN provides a path that allows you to back up, restore, archive, and retrieve data to and from a SAN-attached storage device. Client data moves over the SAN to the storage device via the Tivoli Storage Manager Storage Agent. The Tivoli Storage Manager Storage Agent must be installed on the same system as the client.

LAN-free prerequisites
To enable LAN-free support, you must install and configure the Tivoli Storage Manager Managed System for SAN Storage Agent on the client workstation. For more information, refer to the following: v IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX Storage Agent Users Guide, SC32-0129 v IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for HP-UX Storage Agent Users Guide, SC32-0130 v IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux Storage Agent Users Guide, SC32-0131 v IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Sun Solaris Storage Agent Users Guide, SC32-0132 The Tivoli Storage Manager Managed System for SAN Storage Agent and documentation, while contained on the client CD, is a separate product, and therefore subject to the fees and licensing required by Tivoli and IBM.

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LAN-free options
After installing and configuring the Tivoli Storage Manager Managed System for SAN feature on the client workstation, you can use the following options to enable LAN-free data movement: enablelanfree Specifies whether to enable an available LAN-free path to a SAN-attached storage device. See Enablelanfree on page 237 for more information. lanfreecommmethod Specifies a communication protocol between the client and the Storage Agent. See Lanfreecommmethod on page 276 for more information.

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lanfreeshmport Specifies the unique number that is used by the client and the storage agent to identify shared memory area used for communications. See Lanfreeshmport on page 278 for more information. lanfreetcpport Specifies the TCP/IP port number where the Storage Agent is listening. See Lanfreetcpport on page 279 for more information. lanfreetcpserveraddress Specifies the TCP/IP address for the Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Configure memory-constrained systems to run incremental backups

Incremental backup performance suffers if the system has a low amount of memory available before starting the backup. If your system is memory constrained, specify the memoryefficientbackup yes option in your client options file (dsm.opt) or in your dsm.sys file. This option causes Tivoli Storage Manager to process only one directory at a time, which reduces memory consumption but increases backup time. When you specify yes, Tivoli Storage Manager analyzes only one directory at a time for backup consideration. If performance remains poor, check your communication buffer settings and the communication link between your system and the Tivoli Storage Manager server. If your system is not memory constrained, setting the memoryefficientbackup option to yes will degrade your backup performance.

Configure systems with large numbers of files to run incremental backups

The client can use very large amounts of memory to perform incremental backup operations, especially on file systems that contain large numbers of files. The term memory as used here is the addressable memory available to the client process. Addressable memory is a combination of physical RAM and virtual memory. On average, the client uses approximately 300 bytes of memory per object (file or directory). Thus for a file system with one million files and directories, the Tivoli Storage Manager client will require, on average, approximately 300 MB of memory. The exact amount of memory used per object will vary, depending on the length of the object path and name length, or the nesting depth of directories. The number of bytes of data is not an important factor in determining the Tivoli Storage Manager backup client memory requirement. The maximum number of files can be determined by dividing the maximum amount of memory available to a process by the average amount of memory needed per object. The total memory requirement can be reduced by any of the following methods: v Use the client option memoryefficientbackup yes. The average memory used by the client then becomes 300 bytes times the number of directories plus 300 bytes per file in the directory being processed. Note that for file systems with large numbers (millions) of directories, the client still might not be able to allocate enough memory to perform incremental backup with memoryefficientbackup yes. v UNIX clients can use the virtualmountpoint client option to define multiple virtual mount points within a single file system, each of which can be backed up independently by the Tivoli Storage Manager client.

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v If the client option resourceutilization is set to a value greater than 4, and there are multiple file systems being backed up, then reducing resourceutilization to 4 or lower will limit the process to incremental backup of a single file system at a time. This will reduce the memory requirement. If backup of multiple file systems in parallel is required for performance reasons, and the combined memory requirements exceed the process limits, then multiple instances of the backup client can be used to back up multiple file systems in parallel. For example, you want to back up two file systems at the same time but their memory requirements exceed the limits of a single process, then start one instance of the client to back up one of the file systems, and start a second instance of the client to back up the other file system. v Use the - incrbydate client option to perform an incremental-by-date backup v Use the Tivoli Storage Manager client exclude.dir option to prevent the client from traversing and backing up directories that do not need to be backed up. v Use the client image backup function to back up the entire volume. This might actually use less system resources and run faster than incremental backup of some file systems with a large number of small files. v Reduce the number of files per file system by spreading the data across multiple file systems v Use the client option memoryefficientbackup diskcachemethod. This choice reduces the use of memory to a minimum at the expense of performance and a significant increase in disk space required for the backup. The file description data from the server is stored in a disk-resident temporary database, not in memory. As directories on the workstation are scanned, the database is consulted to determine whether to back up, update, or expire each object. At the completion of the backup, the database file is deleted.

Using an include-exclude options list to control processing

There might be files in your file systems that you do not want to back up. These files might be core files, local caches of network file systems, operating system or application files that could be easily recovered by reinstalling the program, or any other files that you could easily rebuild. An Authorized User on your workstation can use the exclude and include options in your include-exclude options list to specify which files to exclude from backup processing. Use the include and exclude options in dsm.sys to define which files to include or exclude from incremental or selective backup processing. A file is eligible for backup unless excluded by an exclude option. It is not necessary to use an include option to include specific files for backup unless those files are in a directory containing other files you want to exclude. Tivoli Storage Manager uses management classes to determine how to manage your backups on the server. Every time you back up a file, the file is assigned a management class. The management class is either a default chosen for you, or one you assign to the file using the include option in the include-exclude list. If you assign a management class, it must contain a backup copy group for the file to be backed up. See Chapter 7, Automating tasks, on page 151 for more information on management classes and how to assign them to files. For more information on creating an include-exclude options file, see Creating an include-exclude list (optional root user or authorized user task) on page 59.

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Encrypting data during backup or archive operations

| | | Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 and higher supports 128-bit AES (Advanced Encryption Standard) data encryption, using the encryptiontype option, for the strongest possible encryption. The data that you include is stored in encrypted form, and encryption does not affect the amount of data sent or received. See Encryptiontype on page 239 for more information. Attention: The include.encrypt option is the only way to enable encryption on the backup-archive client. If no include.encrypt statements are used encryption will not occur. For more information about the include.encrypt option, see Include options on page 269. Note: AES is not supported on z/OS. To encrypt file data, you must select an encryption key password, which Tivoli Storage Manager uses to generate the encryption key for encrypting and decrypting the file data. Store the encryption key password for later use. You can specify whether to save the encryption key password in a file named TSM.PWD by using the encryptkey option. For more information about this option, see Encryptkey on page 240. | | | | Tivoli Storage Manager client encryption allows you to enter a value of up to 63 characters in length. This encryption password needs to be confirmed when encrypting the file for backup, and also needs to be entered when performing restores of encrypted files. While restoring the encrypted file, Tivoli Storage Manager will prompt you for the key password to decrypt the file in the following cases: v If the encryptkey option is set to Prompt. v If the key supplied by the user in the above case does not match. v If the encryptkey option is set to Save and the locally saved key password does not match the encrypted file.

File system and ACL support

Special file systems contain dynamic information generated by the operating system; they contain no data or files. The UNIX and Linux clients ignores special file systems and their contents. Special file systems include the following: v the /proc file system on most of the UNIX platforms v the /dev/fd file system on Solaris v the /dev/pts on Linux The Tivoli Storage Manager client is designed and tested to work on specific file system types which are commonly used. For the list of supported file system types, see table Table 30.
Table 30. Supported file systems and ACL support Platform AIX File System GPFS JFS JFS2 VxFS ACL Support yes yes yes yes

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Table 30. Supported file systems and ACL support (continued) Platform HP-UX File System HFS VxFS (JFS Veritas) XFS EXT2 EXT3 ReiserFS GPFS JFS VxFS XFS EXT2 EXT3 ReiserFS JFS EXT2 EXT3 ReiserFS JFS UFS VxFS QFS ACL Support no yes (V3.3.Layout 4) yes yes yes no yes no no yes yes yes no no yes yes no no yes yes no

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VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT /media/nss/DATA1

This will also include the /usr/home file system in ALL-LOCAL domain. Please note that this limited support is only available if the file system itself supports some basic POSIX system calls, such as read() or write(), on your system. 2. Cross-platform backup and restore is not supported. For example, data backed up by an AIX client will not be available for restore by a Windows client and vice versa. 3. Cross file system type restore or retrieve of the ACL information is allowed provided that both the original file system and the destination file system support compatible ACLs. For example, on Solaris, the ACL information backed up from a VxFS file system will be restored to an UFS file system because these file systems support compatible ACLs. The ACL information will not be restored during cross file system type restores or retrieves if the original file system and the destination file system are incompatible with regard to ACL support or if the destination file system does not support ACLs. 4. The standalone package LSCqfs 3.5.0 is the only supported version of QFS. In addition, the following restrictions also apply to the QFS file system: v Image backup is not supported on QFS file systems.

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v The Solaris backup-archive client does not support the combination of QFS and SAM needed to archive files onto tertiary background storage, such as tapes. Instead, it recalls files from tape to disk automatically if it finds migrated files during a backup. v A QFS file system contains two hidden system files and a system directory that cannot be backed up. This is acceptable because a backup of these files is not needed. They contain internal data to manage the file system. This data will be automatically excluded from a backup and recreated automatically by the file system itself if a restore of files in that file system is invoked. 5. Incremental, selective, filelist back up, archive, restore, and retrieve processing of the Veritas file system and its ACLs on AIX are supported. Restore of a Veritas volume on a Logical Volume Manager volume and vice-versa is allowed provided both have the same file system type. Attention: If you are running GPFS for AIX or GPFS for Linux x86/x86_64 in a multi-node cluster, and all nodes share a mounted GPFS file system, Tivoli Storage Manager processes this file system as a local file system. Tivoli Storage Manager backs up the file system on each node during an incremental backup. To avoid this, you can do one of the following: v Explicitly configure the domain statement in the client user options file (dsm.opt) to list the file systems you want that node to back up. v Set the exclude.fs option in dsm.sys to exclude the GPFS file system from backup services.

Maximum file size for operations

Table 31 specifies the maximum file sizes for the native file systems on Tivoli Storage Manager UNIX and Linux client platforms. Note: The maximum file size depends on the type of a file system. The Tivoli Storage Manager client does not check any file size limit during backup, archive, restore, or retrieve operations. As long as the file system allows creation of the file, the Tivoli Storage Manager client will back up or archive the file.
Table 31. Maximum file size Platform AIX 5.2 and 5.3 (GPFS) AIX 5.2 and 5.3 (JFS2) HP-UX All Linux clients UNIX Solaris Max file size (in bytes) 109,951,162,777,600 (100 TB) 1,099,511,627,264 (1TB - 512) 1,099,511,627,775 (1TB-1) 9,223,372,036,854,775,807 (8EB-1) 4,294,967,295 (4GB) 1,099,511,627,775 (1TB-1)

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Tivoli Storage Manager can handle user and group names that are up to 64 characters without any issues. However, names longer than 64 characters require special handling by Tivoli Storage Manager.

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Recommendation: Do not exceed the 64 character limit for user and group names. If you do, Tivoli Storage Manager will shorten the name to fall within this limit by using the following transformation: Take the first 53 characters, append a /, and then the numeric id as a character string. An error message will be logged containing both the long name and the resulting shortened string. For most functions, you do not need to be aware of the shortened name. The exceptions are: v The set access command v The fromowner option v The users and groups (authorization) options In each of these cases, when you need to enter a name, you will either have to find the error message containing the transformation, or construct the name using the above outlined rule.

Performing an incremental, selective, or incremental-by-date backup

Your administrator might have set up schedules to automatically back up files on your workstation. See Chapter 7, Automating tasks, on page 151 for information on checking and running the schedules available to you. The following sections discuss how to back up files without using a schedule. There are two types of incremental backup: full incremental and partial incremental.

Full and partial incremental backup

If you select entire file systems, you are performing a full incremental backup. If you select a directory tree or individual files, you are performing a partial incremental backup. The first time you run a full incremental backup, Tivoli Storage Manager backs up all the files and directories on the file systems you specify. This process can take a long time if the number of files is large, or if one or more very large files must be backed up. Subsequent full incremental backups will only back up new and changed files. This allows the backup server to maintain current versions of your files, without having to waste time or space by backing up files that already exist in server storage. Depending on your storage management policies, the server might keep more than one version of your files in storage. The most recently backed up files are active backup versions. Older copies of your backed up files are inactive versions. However, if you delete a file from your workstation, the next full incremental backup will cause the active backup version of the file to become inactive. If you need to restore a file you have deleted, and if a full incremental backup has been run since you deleted the file, then you will need to restore an inactive version of the file (assuming that a version still exists on the server). The number of inactive versions maintained by the server and how long they are retained is governed by the management policies defined by your server administrator. The purpose of the active versions is to represent which files existed on your file system at the time of the backup. See Chapter 8, Understanding storage management policies, on page 157 for more information about storage management policies. To perform a full or partial incremental backup using the client Java GUI, select the Incremental (complete) option from the pull-down menu at the top of the
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screen on the backup window, or use the incremental command in the command line interface. Specify file systems, directory trees, or individual files to include in the backup. During an incremental backup, the client queries the server or the journal database to determine the exact state of your files since the last incremental backup. The client uses this information to: v Back up new files v Back up files whose contents changed since the last backup. The client considers a file changed if any of the following attributes changed since the last backup: File size Date or time of last modification Access Control List If only the following items change, they are updated without causing the entire file to be backed up to the server: File owner File permissions Last access time Inode Inode updates are ignored for files stored on an IBM TotalStorage SAN File System. Group ID v Expire backup versions of files on the server that do not have corresponding files on the workstation. The result is that files which no longer exist on your workstation will not have active backup versions on the server. However, inactive versions will be retained according to rules defined by the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator. v Rebind backup versions if management class assignments change. Only objects that have active backup versions are rebound. Objects for which only inactive backup versions exist are not rebound. Attention: Each directory is also backed up under the following circumstances: v It has not been backed up previously v Its permissions have changed since the last backup v Its Access Control List has changed since the last backup v Its Extended Attributes have changed since the last backup v Its time stamp has changed since the last backup You can use the preservelastaccessdate option during a backup or archive operation to specify whether to reset the last access date to its original value following a backup or archive operation. By default, the Tivoli Storage Manager client will not reset the last access date of any backed up or archived files to their original value prior to the backup or archive operation. See Preservelastaccessdate on page 316 for more information. Directories are counted in the number of objects backed up. To exclude directories and their contents from backup, use the exclude.dir option. For more about exclude.dir, see Exclude options on page 246.

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Understanding which files are backed up

When you request a backup, Tivoli Storage Manager backs up a file if all of the following requirements are met:

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v The selected management class contains a backup copy group. See Chapter 8, Understanding storage management policies, on page 157 for more information on management classes and backup copy groups. v The file meets the serialization requirements defined in the backup copy group. If serialization is static or shared static, and the file changes during backup, the file will not be backed up. See Using management classes and copy groups on page 158 for more information. v The file meets the mode requirements defined in the backup copy group. If the mode is modified, the file must have changed since the last backup. If the mode is absolute, the file can be backed up even if it does not change. See Using management classes and copy groups on page 158 for more information. v The file meets the frequency requirements defined in the backup copy group. The specified minimum number of days since the last backup must elapse before a file is backed up. See Using management classes and copy groups on page 158 for more information. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Journal-based backup on AIX

Journal-based backup is supported on JFS, JFS2, and VxFs and HSM-managed JFS2 file systems and the HACMP environment (not supported on GPFS file systems). A backup for a particular file system will be journal-based when the Tivoli Storage Manager journal daemon has been installed and configured to journal the particular file system, and a valid journal has been established for the file system. See Configuring the journal daemon on page 56 for more information on configuring file systems for journal-based backup. If you install the journal daemon and it is running, then by default the incremental command will perform a journal-based backup on selected file systems which are being monitored by the journal daemon. In order to successfully perform a journal-based backup, several conditions must be met. These include: 1. The journal daemon must be set up to monitor the file system that contains the files and directories being backed up. 2. A full incremental backup has to have been run successfully at least once on the file system being backed up. 3. The file space image of the file system at the server cannot have been modified by an administrative command since the last full incremental 4. The storage management policy for the files being backed up cannot have been updated since the last full incremental. The journal daemon records changes to an object or its attributes in a journal database. During a journal-based backup, the client obtains a list of files that are eligible for backup from the journal database. Journal-based backup can increase backup performance because the client does not scan the local file system or contact the server to determine which files to process. Journal-based backup also reduces network traffic between the client and server. The client filters the list based on the current include-exclude list and processes, expires, and updates the resulting files according to policy constraints, such as serialization. However, the client ignores the server frequency attribute during a journal-based backup. The reason for this is because a journal-based backup eliminates the backup version query to the server. The client, therefore, does not know how many days have transpired since the last backup of the file. Thus it is not possible for the journal-based backup to use the frequency attribute.

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To support journal-based backup you must install and configure the Tivoli Storage Manager daemon. See Configuring the journal daemon on page 56 for information about installing and configuring the daemon. Notes: 1. Journal-based backup is supported on a Version 4.2 or higher Tivoli Storage Manager server. 2. A journal-based backup might not fall back to the traditional incremental backup if the policy domain of your node is changed on the server. This depends on when the policy set within the domain was last updated and the date of the last incremental backup. In this case, you must force a full traditional incremental backup to rebind the files to the new domain. Use the nojournal option with the incremental command to specify that you want to perform a traditional full incremental backup, instead of the default journal-based backup.

Incremental-by-date backup
For a file system to be eligible for incremental-by-date backups, you must have performed at least one full incremental backup of that file system. Running an incremental backup of only a directory branch or individual file will not make the file system eligible for incremental-by-date backups. The client backs up only those files whose modification date and time is later than the date and time of the last incremental backup of the file system on which the file resides. Files added by the client after the last incremental backup, but with a modification date earlier than the last incremental backup, are not backed up. Files that were renamed after the last incremental backup, but otherwise remain unchanged, will not be backed up. Renaming a file does not change the modification date and time of the file. However, renaming a file does change the modification date of the directory in which it is located. In this case, the directory is backed up, but not the files it contains. If you run an incremental-by-date backup of the whole file system, the server updates the date and time of the last incremental backup. If you perform an incremental-by-date backup on only part of a file system, the server does not update the date of the last full incremental backup. In this case, the next incremental-by-date backup will back up these files again.

Comparing full incremental, partial incremental, and incremental-by-dateIncremental-by-date, and journal-based backups
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journal database file reverts to a minimal size (less than 1k) when the last entry has been deleted from the journal. Since entries are deleted from the journal as they are processed by the client, the disk size occupied by the journal should be minimal after a complete journal backup. A full incremental backup with journaling active takes less time to process than an incremental-by-date backup. An incremental-by-date backup might not place exactly the same backup files into server storage because the incremental-by-date backup: v Does not expire backup versions of files that you delete from the workstation. v Does not rebind backup versions to a new management class if you change the management class. v Does not back up files with attributes that change, unless the modification dates and times also change. v Ignores the copy group frequency attribute of management classes. (Journal-based backups also ignore this attribute.)

Selective backup
Use a selective backup when you want to back up specific files or directories regardless of whether a current copy of those files exists on the server. Incremental backups are generally part of an automated system to back up entire file systems. In contrast, selective backups allow you to manually select a set of files to back up regardless of whether they have changed since your last incremental backup. To perform a selective backup using the client Java GUI, see Backing up data using the Java GUI on page 92 for more information. Use the selective command to perform a selective backup from the client command line. See Selective on page 488 for more information. Unlike incremental backups, a selective backup: v Does not cause the server to update the date and time of the last incremental. v Backs up directory and file entries even if their size, modification timestamp, or permissions have not changed. | | | | | | | | |

Solaris global zone and local zones backup

For Solaris zones support, the incremental and selective backup of file systems should be performed where the file systems are locally mounted. Each local zone should be treated as a separate system with its own Tivoli Storage Manager nodename and the backup should be performed within each of the local zones. To perform an incremental or selective backup of the local zones from the global zone, the administrator needs to consider which files from the zone directories should be included or excluded in the backup. For example, system files and kernel files would not automatically be excluded.

Saving access permissions

When you back up your files, Tivoli Storage Manager also saves standard UNIX access permissions assigned to the files. Depending on your operating system, it also saves extended permissions. For example, for files on an AIX workstation, Tivoli Storage Manager saves access control lists. Note: It is possible for an Authorized User to back up files for another user, but this should not cause ownership conflicts. The backup server will properly record that the file belongs to the original owner. The Authorized User does not need to grant the other user access to the backup versions.
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Setting a virtual mount point

If you are an Authorized User and you want to back up files beginning with a specific directory within a file system, you can define that directory as a virtual mount point (see Virtualmountpoint on page 382). Defining a virtual mount point within a file system provides a direct path to the files you want to back up, thus saving processing time. It is more efficient than defining the file system with the domain option and then using an exclude option to exclude the files you do not want to back up. It also allows you to store backups and archives for specific directories in separate storage file spaces.

Backing up data using the Java GUI

You can back up specific files, entire directories, or entire file systems from the directory tree. You can locate the files you want to back up by searching or filtering. Filtering displays only the files matching the filter criteria for your backup. Use the Tivoli Storage Manager client Java GUI to back up your data as follows: 1. Click Backup in the Tivoli Storage Manager window. The Backup window appears. 2. Expand the directory tree if necessary. Click on the selection boxes next to the object or objects you want to back up. To search or filter files, click the Find icon on the tool bar. To a. b. c. To a. b. c. search: Enter your search criteria in the Find Files (Backup) window. Click the Search button. The Matching Files (Backup) window appears. Click the selection boxes next to the files you want to back up and close the Matching Files (Backup) window.

filter: Enter your filter criteria in the Find Files (Backup) window. Click the Filter button. The Backup window displays the filtered files. Click the selection boxes next to the filtered files or directories you want to back up. 3. Select one of the following backup types from the pull-down menu: v To run an incremental backup, click Incremental (complete). v To run an incremental-by-date backup, click Incremental (date only). v To run a selective backup, click Always backup. 4. Click Backup. The Backup Task List window displays the backup processing status. Considerations: v To modify specific backup options, click the Options button. The options you select are effective during the current session only. v Tivoli Storage Manager uses management classes to determine how to manage your backups on the server. Every time you back up a file, the file is assigned a management class. The management class used is either a default selected for you, or one that you assign to the file using an include option in the include-exclude options list. Select Utilities View Policy Information from the backup-archive client Java GUI or Web client GUI to view the backup policies defined by the Tivoli Storage Manager server for your client node. See Chapter 8, Understanding storage management policies, on page 157 for more information on management classes, how an Authorized User assigns management classes to files, and storage management policies.

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v To perform an automatic incremental backup of your default domain, select Actions Backup Domain. Your default domain is set with the domain option in your client user options file (dsm.opt). If you do not have the domain option set, the default domain is all local file systems. See Domain on page 227 for more information. v You can use the Preferences editor to exclude file systems in your default domain from backup processing. Notes: 1. The Java GUI does not have an Estimate button. 2. During installation, Tivoli Storage Manager creates the .adsmrc file to record statistics from the backup-archive client estimate function. The .adsmrc file resides in the directory named in the $HOME environment variable.

Backing up data using the command line

You can use the incremental or selective commands to perform backups. Table 32 shows examples of using these commands to perform different tasks. See Incremental on page 430 and Selective on page 488 for more information about these commands.
Table 32. Command line backup examples Task Command Incremental backups Perform an incremental backup of your client domain. dsmc incremental See Incremental on page 430 for more information about the incremental command. See Full and partial incremental backup on page 87 for detailed information about incremental backups. See Domain on page 227 for more information about the domain option. Considerations

Back up the /fs1 and /fs2 file systems in addition to the /home, /usr, and /datasave file systems defined in your client domain. Back up all local file systems defined in your client domain except for the /home file system. Back up only the /fs1 and /fs2 file systems. Back up all files in the /home directory and all its subdirectories.

dsmc incremental -domain=/fs1 /fs2

dsmc incremental -domain=all-local -/home

You cannot use the (-) operator in front of the domain keyword all-local. See Domain on page 227 for more information. None See Subdir on page 356 for more information about the subdir option.

dsmc incremental /fs1 /fs2 dsmc incremental /home/ -subdir=yes

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Table 32. Command line backup examples (continued) Task Command Considerations Tivoli Storage Manager considers the snapshotroot value as a file space name. See Snapshotroot on page 351 for more information.

Assuming that you initiated dsmc incremental /usr a snapshot of the /usr file -snapshotroot=/snapshot/day1 system and mounted the snapshot as /snapshot/day1, run an incremental backup of all files and directories under the local snapshot and manage them on the Tivoli Storage Manager server under the file space name /usr. Incremental-by-date backup Perform an incremental-by-date backup of your default client domain. dsmc incremental -incrbydate

Use the incrbydate option with the incremental command to back up new and changed files with a modification date later than the last incremental backup stored at the server. See Incrbydate on page 274 for more information about the incrbydate option.

Selective backups Back up all files in the /home/proj directory. dsmc selective /home/proj/ Use the selective command to back up specific files or directories regardless of whether they have changed since your last incremental backup. You can use wildcards to back up multiple files at once. See Selective on page 488 for more information about the selective command. If you specify -subdir=yes when backing up a specific path and file, Tivoli Storage Manager recursively backs up all subdirectories under that path, and any instances of the specified file that exist under any of those subdirectories. If a subdirectory is a mounted file system, Tivoli Storage Manager does not back up the files in that subdirectory when you use the subdir=yes option. See Subdir on page 356 for more information about the subdir option. Back up the /home/dir1/h1.doc and /home/dir1/test.doc files. dsmc selective /home/dir1/h1.doc /home/dir1/test.doc If you specify the removeoperandlimit option with the incremental or selective commands, the 20-operand limit is not enforced and is restricted only by available resources or other operating system limits. This allows you to specify more than 20 files on a single command. See Removeoperandlimit on page 324 for more information about this option. Use the filelist option to process a list of files. See Filelist on page 250 for more information.

Back up all files in the /home/proj directory and all its subdirectories.

dsmc selective /home/proj/ -subdir=yes

Back up a list of files in the /home/filelist.txt file.

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Table 32. Command line backup examples (continued) Task Command Considerations Tivoli Storage Manager considers the snapshotroot value as a file space name. See Snapshotroot on page 351 for more information.

Assuming that you initiated dsmc selective /usr/dir1/sub1/ a snapshot of the /usr file -subdir=yes -snapshotroot=/snapshot/ system and mounted the day1 snapshot as /snapshot/day1, run a selective backup of the /usr/dir1/sub1 directory tree from the local snapshot and manage it on the Tivoli Storage Manager server under the file space name /usr.

Deleting backup data

If your administrator has given you authority, you can delete individual backup copies from the Tivoli Storage Manager server without deleting the entire file space. To determine if you have this authority, select File Connection Information from the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI or Web client main menu. Your authority status is provided in the Delete Backup Files field. Attention: When you delete backup files, you cannot restore them. Verify that the backup files are no longer needed before you delete them. Tivoli Storage Manager will prompt whether you want to continue with the delete. If you specify yes, the specified backup files are immediately deleted and removed from Tivoli Storage Manager server storage. To delete backup copies using the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI or Web client: 1. Select Delete Backup Data from the Utilities menu. The Backup Delete window appears. 2. Expand the Directory tree by clicking the plus sign (+) or folder icon next to the object you want to expand. 3. Click the selection boxes next to objects that you want to delete. 4. Select an item from the drop-down list near the top of the Backup Delete window to specify the type of backup delete to perform. You can delete active backup versions, inactive backup versions, or all objects that you have selected in the tree. Note: A directory will be deleted only if you select Delete All Objects. To delete backup copies using the Tivoli Storage Manager command line client, use the delete backup command. See Delete Backup on page 420 for more information. | | | | | |

Deleting file spaces

Authorized User If your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator gives you authority, you can delete entire file spaces from the server. When you delete a file space, you delete all the files and images, both backup versions and archive copies, that are contained within the file space. For example, if you delete the /tmp file space, you are

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deleting every backup for every file in that file system and every file you archived from that file system. Carefully consider whether you want to delete a file space. You can also delete a file space using the delete filespace command. See Delete Filespace on page 423 for more information. Use the class option with the delete filespace command to delete NAS file spaces. See Class on page 202 for more information. You can delete individual backup versions by using the delete backup command. See Delete Backup on page 420 for more information. You can delete file spaces using the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI or command line clients. To delete NAS file spaces, use the Web client or command line client. To 1. 2. 3. delete a file space using the GUI, perform the following steps: Select Utilities Delete Filespaces from the main window. Click the selection boxes next to the file spaces you want to delete. Click the Delete button. Tivoli Storage Manager prompts you for confirmation before deleting the file space.

Group backup: Backing up files from one or more file spaces

You can use the backup group command to create and back up a group containing a list of files from one or more file space origins to a virtual file space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. See Backup Group on page 404 for more information. A group backup allows you to create a consistent point-in-time backup of a group of files that is managed as a single logical entity: v All objects in the group are assigned to the same management class. See Include options on page 269 for more information about using the include option to bind a group to a management class. v Existing exclude statements for any files in the group are ignored. v All objects in the group are exported together. v All objects in the group are expired together as specified in the management class. No objects in a group are expired until all other objects in the group are expired, even when another group they belong to gets expired. A group backup can be added to a backup set. See Restoring data from a backupset on page 130 for more information about backup sets. You can perform a full or differential backup using the mode option. See Backup Group on page 404 and Mode on page 291 for more information. For example, to perform a full backup of all the files named in the /home/dir1/filelist1 file to the virtual file space /virtfs containing the group leader /home/group1 file, enter:
dsmc backup group -filelist=/home/dir1/filelist1 -groupname=group1 -virtualfsname= /virtfs -mode=full

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Backup with client node proxy support

Backups of multiple nodes which share storage can be consolidated to a common target nodename on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. This is useful when the machine responsible for performing the backup can change over time, such as with a cluster. The asnodename option also allows data to be restored from a different system than the one which performed the backup. An agent node is a client node which has been granted authority to perform client operations on behalf of a target node. A target node is a client node which grants authority to one or more agent nodes to perform client operations on its behalf. Use the asnodename option with the appropriate command to back up, archive, restore, and retrieve data under the target node name on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. This support is only available with Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 and higher server and client. To enable this option, follow these steps: v Install the backup-archive client on all nodes in a shared data environment. v Register each node with the Tivoli Storage Manager server, if it does not exist. Register the common target nodename to be shared by each of the agent nodes used in your shared data environment. v Register each of the nodes in the shared data environment with the Tivoli Storage Manager server. This is the agent nodename which is used for authentication purposes. Data will not be stored using the nodename when the asnodename option is used. v The Tivoli Storage Manager administrator must grant proxy authority to all nodes in the shared environment to access the target node name on the Tivoli Storage Manager server, using the grant proxynode command. v Use the query proxynode administrative client command to display the authorized users client nodes, granted by the grant proxynode command. Recommendation: Do not use target nodes as traditional nodes, especially if you encrypt your files before backing them up to the server. Follow these steps to enable multiple node operation from the GUI: 1. Verify that the client node has proxy authority to a target node (or authorized to act as the target node) using the query proxynode administrative client command. 2. Select Edit Preferences to open the preferences window. 3. Select the General tab and fill in the As Node Name field with the name of the target node. 4. Click Apply and then OK to close the preferences window. Follow these steps to verify that your client node is now accessing the server as the target node: 1. Open the tree window and check that the target node name specified by the As Node Name field appears, or 2. Verify the target node name in the Accessing As Node field in the Connection Information window. To return to single node operation, delete the As Node Name from the Accessing As Node field in the General Preferences tab.
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Suggestions: v All agent nodes in the multiple node environment should be of the same platform type. v Do not use target nodes as traditional nodes. Use them only for multiple node processing. Restrictions enforced within a proxied session: v You cannot access another node (either from GUI drop down or use of the Fromnode option). v You cannot use the clusternode option. v You cannot perform NAS backup or restore. Follow these steps to set up encryption with the encryptkey=save option: 1. Specify encryptkey=save in the options file. 2. Back up at least one file with asnode=ProxyNodeName to create a local encryption key on each agent node in the multiple node environment. Follow these steps to set up encryption with the encryptkey=prompt option: 1. Specify encryptkey=prompt in the options file. 2. Ensure that users of the agent nodes in the multiple node environment are using the same encryption key. v If you change the encryption key, you must repeat the previous steps. v Use the same encryption key for all files backed up in the shared node environment. See Asnodename on page 197 for more information.

Scheduling with client node proxy support

Multiple nodes can be used to perform backup operations using the scheduler. By granting proxy authority to the agent nodes, they will perform scheduled backup operation on behalf of the target node. Each agent node must use the asnodename option within their schedule to perform multiple node backup for the agent node. The following examples show the administrative client server commands using the scheduler on multiple nodes. 1. The administrator registers all of the nodes to be used:
register node NODE-A register node NODE-B register node NODE-C

2. The administrator grants proxy authority to each agent node:

grant proxynode target=NODE-Z agent=NODE-A grant proxynode target=NODE-Z agent=NODE-B grant proxynode target=NODE-Z agent=NODE-C

3. The administrator defines the schedules:

define schedule standard proxy1 description="NODE-A proxy schedule" action=incremental options="-asnode=NODE-Z" objects=C: startdate=05/21/2005 starttime=01:00 define schedule standard proxy2 description="NODE-B proxy schedule" action=incremental options="-asnode=NODE-Z" objects=D: startdate=05/21/2005 starttime=01:00 define schedule standard proxy3 description="NODE-C proxy schedule" action=incremental options="-asnode=NODE-Z" objects=E: startdate=05/21/2005 starttime=01:00

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Note: Place the asnode option in the schedule definition only. Do not place it in the client options file, on the command line, or in any other location. For more information about the server scheduler commands, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator Command Reference. Start the schedules using the following client command:
dsmc sched

You can also use the client acceptor daemon (dsmcad), with managedservices set to schedule in the systems options file. Notes: 1. Each schedule can be started from a different machine or LPAR. 2. After running the schedules, any proxied client will be able to query and restore all of the backed up data.

Scheduling for backing up a GPFS filesystem

The following examples show the administrative client server commands using the scheduler to back up a GPFS filesystem, using three nodes in the GPFS cluster which participate in the backup. 1. The administrator defines four nodes on the Tivoli Storage Manager server: node_1, node_2, node_3 and node_gpfs. node_1, node_2 and node_3 are only used for authentication; all filespaces are stored with node_gpfs.
REGISTER REGISTER REGISTER REGISTER NODE NODE NODE NODE node_1 mysecretpa5s node_2 mysecretpa5s node_3 mysecretpa5s node_gpfs mysecretpa5s

2. The administrator defines a proxynode relationship between the nodes:

GRANT PROXYNODE TARGET=node_gpfs AGENT=node_1, node_2, node_3

3. The administrator defines the node name and asnode name for each of the machines in their respective dsm.sys files:
nodename node_1 asnodename node_gpfs

4. The administrator defines a schedule for only node_1 to do the work:

DEFINE SCHEDULE STANDARD GPFS_SCHEDULE ACTION=MACRO OBJECTS="gpfs_script" DEFINE ASSOCIATION STANDARD GPFS node_gpfs

5. To execute the schedule on node node_gpfs, enter the client command:

DSMC SCHED

Another way to back up GPFS is to use Tivoli Storage Manager to look for the incremental changes. The GPFS filesystem can be divided into three branches and each branch can be statically assigned to each node using the virtualmountpoint option. In the following example, you have a file system called /gpfs with three branches: /gpfs/branch_1, /gpfs/branch_2, and /gpfs/branch_3. 1. The administrator defines four nodes on the Tivoli Storage Manager server: node_1, node_2, node_3 and node_gpfs. node_1, node_2 and node_3 are only used for authentication; all filespaces are stored with node_gpfs.
REGISTER REGISTER REGISTER REGISTER NODE NODE NODE NODE node_1 mysecretpa5s node_2 mysecretpa5s node_3 mysecretpa5s node_gpfs mysecretpa5s

2. The administrator defines a proxynode relationship between the nodes:

GRANT PROXYNODE TARGET=node_gpfs AGENT=node_1,node_2,node_3
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3. The administrator defines the node name, virtualmountpoint and domain for each of the three machines in their respective dsm.sys files:
nodename node_1 virtualmountpoint /gpfs/branch_1 domain /gpfs/branch_1

Note: The user does not want to define asnodename in the options file. In this case the asnodename must be on the schedule so that each one of the nodes can have its own schedule associated with its real node name. 4. The administrator defines a schedule for all nodes: node_1, node_2 and node_3
DEFINE SCHEDULE STANDARD GPFS_SCHEDULE OPTIONS="-asnode=node_gpfs" DEFINE ASSOCIATION STANDARD GPFS node_1,node_2,node_3

5. To start the scheduler on the three nodes, enter the client command:
DSMC SCHED

Scheduling for backing up a HACMP cluster

In the following examples, HACMP is configured for two AIX hosts, host_a and host_b. Along with their own local data, the hosts are sharing SSA storage which has two filespaces: /ssa1 and /ssa2. The CLUSTERNODE example shows how the clusternode option is used in a current HACMP environment. 1. The administrator defines 3 nodes on the Tivoli Storage Manager server: host_a, host_b, cluster_group
REGISTER NODE host_a mysecretpa5s REGISTER NODE host_b mysecretpa5s REGISTER NODE cluster_group mysecretpa5s

2. The administrator defines a dsm.opt file on host_a and host_b (note that the opt files are different on each host):
NODENAME DOMAIN host_a (option can be left as default) /home /usr ... etc.

3. The administrator defines a dsm.opt file located somewhere on one of the cluster disk groups, e.g., /ssa1/tsm/dsm.opt,
NODENAME cluster_group DOMAIN /ssa1 /ssa2 CLUSTERNODE YES

4. The administrator defines a schedule on the Tivoli Storage Manager server:

DEFINE SCHEDULE STANDARD CLUSTER_BACKUP

5. The administrator associations for each of the 3 nodes:

DEFINE ASSOC STANDARD CLUSTER_BACKUP host_a,host_b,cluster_group

At any one time, there are three instances of the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive client schedule running (with the scheduler for cluster_group being part of the cluster resources that will failover whenever the cluster group disk resources failover. Thus, it would be running on either host_a or host_b but not both simultaneously). 6. All three node names contain data on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The ASNODE example shows how this can be configured without the use of CLUSTERNODE; this is a generic solution which could be applied to UNIX cluster solutions to which we do not have support, e.g., Veritas Cluster Server for Solaris. 1. The administrator defines 3 nodes on the Tivoli Storage Manager server host_a, host_b, cluster_group:

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REGISTER NODE host_a mysecretpa5s REGISTER NODE host_b mysecretpa5s REGISTER NODE cluster_group mysecretpa5s

2. The administrator defines a proxy node relationship between host_a and host_b to hacmp_cluster
GRANT PROXYNODE TARGET=cluster_group AGENT=host_a,host_b

3. The administrator defines a dsm.opt file on host_a and host_b to handle the local file systems:
NODENAME DOMAIN NODENAME DOMAIN host_a (option can be left as default) /home /usr ... etc. host_b (option can be left as default) /home /usr ... etc.

4. The administrator defines a dsm.opt file on the cluster resource to handle the backup of the clustered resources, e.g. /ssa1/tsm/dsmcluster.opt (note the nodename will be the default nodename which will either be host_a or host_b depending on which machine contains the cluster group at any given time):
DOMAIN ASNODE /ssa1 /ssa2 cluster_group

5. The administrator defines a schedule on the Tivoli Storage Manager server:

DEFINE SCHEDULE STANDARD CLUSTER_BACKUP

6. The administrator defines associations for each one of the 3 nodes.

DEFINE ASSOC STANDARD CLUSTER_BACKUP host_a,host_b,cluster_group

7. At any one time, there are three instances of the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive client schedule running with the scheduler for node hacmp_cluster running on either host_a or host_b but not both (it is included in the cluster resources that would failover). This scheduler would point to the dsmcluster.opt that is defined on each host. The three instances would be started as:
[host_a] dsmc sched [host_b] dsmc sched [cluster_group] dsmc sched -optfile=/ssa/tsm/dsmcluster.opt

8. All three node names will contain data on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. For more information about the server scheduler commands, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administrator Command Reference. The following steps must be taken to enable scheduling of multiple nodes: v All agent nodes must have proxy authority over common target node v All agent nodes must have a schedule defined on the server
def sched domain_name sched_name options=-asnode=target

v Each agent node must have its schedule associated with node
def association domain_name schedule_name <agentnodename>

Associating a local snapshot with a server file space

Use the snapshotroot option with the incremental and selective commands in conjunction with a third-party application that provides a snapshot of a logical volume, to associate the data on the local snapshot with the real file space data that is stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The snapshotroot option does not provide any facilities to take a volume snapshot, only to manage data created by a volume snapshot. See Snapshotroot on page 351 for more information.

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Performing an image backup

Root User From your local workstation, you can back up a logical volume as a single object (image backup) on your system. The traditional static image backup prevents write access to the volume by other system applications during the operation. An image backup provides the following benefits: v Backs up file systems containing a large number of files faster than a full file system incremental back up. v Improves the speed with which Tivoli Storage Manager restores file systems containing many small files. v Conserves resources on the server during backups since only one entry is required for the image. v Provides a point-in-time picture of your logical volume, which might be useful if your enterprise needs to recall that information. v Restores a corrupt file system or raw logical volume. Data is restored to the same state it was when the last logical volume backup was performed. The traditional static image backup prevents write access to the volume by other system applications during the operation. Use the imagetype=dynamic option to back up the volume as is without remounting it read-only. Corruption of the backup can occur if applications continue to write to the volume while the backup is in progress, which can result in inconsistent data and data loss after the restore. This option overrides the copy serialization value in the management class to perform an image backup. When backing up an image using imagetype=dynamic, after a restore always run the fsck utility. | | In order to restore an image backup of a volume, the Tivoli Storage Manager client must be able to obtain an exclusive lock on the volume being restored. Attention: Tivoli Storage Manager dynamic image backups should not be used for file systems, because the file systems internal design could provide inconsistent data even when there is no write activity, such as the AIX JFS2 file system. Dynamic image backup could result in a fuzzy image, and is not guaranteed to be valid or complete when restored. If the Tivoli Storage Manager client fails to mount the file system after restoring image, you can run fsck. However, running fsck can affect the integrity of large amounts of data. Recommendation: To prevent data loss, avoid using dynamic imagetype, and ensure that there is no write activity on the volume while the backup is in progress. For Linux clients only: By default, Tivoli Storage Manager performs a snapshot image backup of file systems residing on a logical volume created by the Linux Logical Volume Manager, during which the volume is available to other system applications. You can use the imagetype option with the backup image command or the include.image option to specify whether to perform a static, dynamic, or snapshot image backup. See Imagetype on page 265 for more information.

Before you perform an image backup

Before you perform an image backup, consider the following:

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v Ensure that no other application is using the volume when you run a static image backup. To ensure a consistent image during backup processing, the client will unmount and remount the volume as read only, so that no other applications can write to it. If the volume is in use when the client attempts to unmount, the backup will fail. If the client cannot unmount and remount the volume as read only because it is in use, and snapshot image backup is not available, you can use the imagetype option to force the client to perform an image backup without unmounting and remounting the volume in read-only mode. Set the imagetype option to dynamic in an include.image statement or from the command line. The backup can be corrupted if applications write to the volume while the backup is in progress. This can be corrected by running fsck after a restore to fix any corrupted blocks. See Include options on page 269 for more information. Do not include system files in an image backup because file systems being actively used cannot be unmounted. For AIX and Linux only: If you perform an image backup of a mounted file system which is mounted to another mount point and specified in the file system table, then after completing the image backup, all mount options for this file system, except read or write state, will be lost. Important: If a mounted file system has nested mount points, unmount them before attempting a backup. Otherwise, Tivoli Storage Manager will be unable to unmount the volume. The file system is rendered busy if it contains any mounts. v Use the include.image option to assign a management class to the volume image. If you do not assign a management class, the default management class is used for the image. See Include options on page 269 for more information. See Chapter 8, Understanding storage management policies, on page 157 for more information about management classes. Note: Copy serialization is controlled by the client only for image backup using the imagetype option. See Imagetype on page 265 for more information. v You can exclude a volume from image backup using the exclude.image option. See Exclude options on page 246 for more information. v You must use the mount point for the file system volume on which you want to perform an image backup. Tivoli Storage Manager will not back up a file system volume without the use of a mount point. Back up file systems using the mounted name. For example, if /dev/lv01 is formatted as a file system mounted on /home, enter this command to perform an image backup of this volume:
dsmc backup image /home

Back up raw volumes using the device name. For example, if /dev/lv02 is a raw volume, enter this command to perform an image backup of this volume:
dsmc backup image /dev/lv02

Volume device type support for an image backup

The following table lists devices supported by the backup image command. A raw device might be a disk slice, a partition, or a logical volume.
Table 33. Volume device type support for an image backup Logical volume manager AIX Logical Volume Mgr Sun Solstice DiskSuite Volume Manager Raw device types Logical Volumes Metadevices Sample device name /dev/lv00 /dev/md/dsk/dl Backup image command support AIX Solaris

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Table 33. Volume device type support for an image backup (continued) Logical volume manager Raw device types Sample device name /dev/md/dsk/dl /dev/vx/dsk/rootg/vol01 /dev/vg00/lvol01 /dev/vx/rootdg/vol01 /dev/hda1, /dev/sda3 /dev/dasdxx /dev/myvolgroup/ myvolume /dev/dsk/c0tld0s0 Backup image command support Solaris Solaris SPARC HP-UX, HP-UX Itanium 2, AIX Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER Linux zSeries All Linux Solaris SPARC/x86

Solstice DiskSuite or Solaris Metadevices Volume Manager

| Veritas Volume Mgr

Logical Volumes

Raw Disk Raw Disk Linux Logical Volume Mgr

Partitions Partitions Logical Volumes Disk Slices

| Raw Disk

The client must support the raw device type on the specific platform in order to perform an image backup of a raw device. If you want to perform an image backup for a file system mounted on a raw device, the raw device must be supported. Remember to specify raw devices by their block device name. Notes: 1. For the Linux clients, image backup is only supported on partitions with id 0x83 or logical volumes created with the Linux Logical Volume Manager. Backing up other partitions, such as extended partitions that contain mounted file systems or database data, might produce inconsistent backup data if the data changes during the image backup operation. 2. On HP-UX, raw logical volume backup does not support devices other than logical volumes, such as /dev/dsk/c0t0d1. Logical volume devices usually take the form /dev/vgXY/lvolAB. 3. You should not back up disk slices containing cylinder 0 on Solaris because the volume table of contents (VTOC) will be overwritten after a restore. 4. For AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris: You can perform image operations on volumes created using Veritas Volume Manager. Tivoli Storage Manager will initially support static (default) and dynamic image type for backup. 5. For Solaris 10 clients, image backup is supported only for file systems that are assigned from the global zone to the non-global zone by exporting the device (add device + set match). Image backup is not supported for other file systems in the non-global zones because the non-global zone does not have the authority to mount or unmount the file system. An image backup on a file system other than one assigned from the global zone to the non-global zone will result in a message such as ANS1068E Device is not local 6. Also, for Solaris 10 clients, the overlap device of the root disk (c0t0d0s2) is not supported for raw device backup. Avoid using this feature on disks or slices that are used as swapping devices. Meta devices created by the Veritas Volume Manager must be listed, including the disk group in /etc/vfstab, to be recognized by the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive client for an image backup of file systems. Raw devices should not be listed in /etc/vfstab. For example, the following is the correct meta device name to be used in the /etc/vfstab file:
/dev/vx/dsk/<disk group>/<meta device name>

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Specifying /dev/vx/dsk/ would not be recognized correctly, and you would receive an error (ANS1134E). Disk slices containing cylinder 0 should not be backed up or restored. In this case the VTOC will be overwritten. If you need to back up the first disk slice, exclude cylinder 0 by starting the disk slice from cylinder 1 (use the format utility). The Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive client does not check whether cylinder 0 is contained in the device that is overwritten during a restore.

Utilizing image backup to perform file system incremental backup

There are two methods of utilizing image backups to perform efficient incremental backups of your file system. These backup methods allow you to perform point-in-time restore of your file systems and improve backup and restore performance. You can perform the backup only on formatted volumes; not on raw logical volumes. You can use one of the following methods to perform image backups of volumes with mounted file systems.

Method 1: Using image backup with file system incremental

1. Perform a full incremental backup of the file system (See Backing up data using the Java GUI on page 92 for instructions). This establishes a baseline for future incremental backups. 2. Perform an image backup of the same file system to make image restores possible. See Performing an image backup using the GUI on page 106 for instructions. 3. Perform incremental backups of the file system periodically to ensure that the server records additions and deletions accurately. 4. Perform an image backup periodically to ensure faster restore. 5. Restore your data by performing an incremental restore (See Performing an image restore using the GUI on page 128 for instructions). Ensure that you select the Image plus incremental directories and files and Delete inactive files from local options in the Restore Options window before beginning the restore. During the restore, the client does the following: v Restores the most recent image on the server. v Deletes all of the files restored in the previous step which are inactive on the server. These are files which existed at the time of the image backup, but were subsequently deleted and recorded by a later incremental backup. v Restores new and changed files from the incremental backups. | | | | | Note: If an incremental backup is performed several times after backing up image, make sure that the Tivoli Storage Manager servers backup copy group has enough versions for existing and deleted files on the server so that the subsequent restore image with incremental and deletefiles options will be able to delete files correctly.

Method 2: Using image backup with incremental-by-date image backup

1. Perform an image backup of the file system. See Performing an image backup using the GUI on page 106 for instructions. 2. Perform an incremental-by-date image backup of the file system (See Performing an image backup using the GUI on page 106 for instructions). This sends only those files that were added or changed since the last image backup to the server.
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3. Periodically, perform full image backups (See Performing an image backup using the GUI for instructions). 4. Restore your volume by performing an incremental restore (See Performing an image restore using the GUI on page 128 for instructions). Ensure that you select the Image plus incremental directories and files option in the Restore Options window before beginning the restore. This will first restore the most recent image and will then restore all the incremental backups performed since that date. Note: You should perform full image backups periodically in the following cases: v When a file system changes substantially (more than 40%), as indicated in step 4 of method 1 and step 3 of method 2. On restore, this would provide a file system image close to what existed at the time of last incremental-by-date image backup and also improves restore time. v As appropriate for your environment. This will improve restore time because fewer changes are applied from incrementals. The following restrictions apply when using method 2: v The file system can have no previous full incremental backups. v Incremental-by-date image backup does not inactivate files on the server; therefore, when you restore an image with the incremental option, files deleted after the original image backup will be present after the restore. v If this is the first image backup for the file system, a full image backup is performed. v If file systems are running at or near capacity, an out-of-space condition could result during the restore.

Comparing methods 1 and 2

To help you decide which method is appropriate for your environment, Table 34 is a comparison of methods 1 and 2.
Table 34. Comparing incremental image backup methods Method 1: Using image backup with file system incremental Files are expired on the server when they are deleted from the file system. On restore, you have the option to delete files which are expired on server from image. Method 2: Using image backup with incremental-by-date image backup Files are not expired on server. After the image incremental restore completes, all files deleted on the file system after the image backup will be present after the restore. If file systems are running at or near capacity, an out-of-space condition could result. Incremental image backup is faster because the client does not query the server for each file that is copied. Restore is much faster compared to a full incremental file system restore. Directories and files deleted from the file system after the last full image backup are not expired.

Incremental backup time is the same as regular incremental backups. Restore is much faster compared to a full incremental file system restore. Directories deleted from the file system after the last image backup are not expired.

Performing an image backup using the GUI

When you perform an image backup using the client Java GUI Image Backup option, Tivoli Storage Manager honors the image type setting of the include.image

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or imagetype options in your dsm.sys. If you set the image type to snapshot, the client performs a snapshot image backup of file systems residing on a logical volume created by the Linux Logical Volume Manager, during which the volume is available to other system applications. If you set the image type to static, the client will unmount and remount the volume as read-only, so that no other applications can access it. If you do not specify either of these options, the client performs a snapshot image backup. For the AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris clients, selecting the Image Backup option performs a static or dynamic image backup depending on the image type setting of the include.image or imagetype options in dsm.sys. If the image type is set to static, the client will unmount and remount the volume as read-only, so that no other applications can access it. If the image type is set to dynamic, the client performs the image backup without making the file system read-only during the backup. If you do not specify either of these options, the client performs a static image backup. To create an image backup of your file system or raw logical volume, perform the following steps: 1. Click on the Backup button in the Tivoli Storage Manager main window. The Backup window appears. 2. Expand the directory tree and select the objects you want to back up. To back up a raw logical volume, locate and expand the RAW directory tree object. v To perform a static image backup, select Image Backup from the drop-down list. v To perform a snapshot image backup, select Snapshot Image Backup from the drop-down list. (Linux clients) v To perform an incremental-by-date image backup, select Incremental image (date only) from the drop-down list. 3. Click Backup. The Backup Task List window displays the backup processing status. The Backup Report window displays a detailed status report.

Considerations
v To modify specific backup options, click the Options button. The options you select are effective during the current session only. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Linux only: The Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4 client will not recognize any LVM1 volumes for image operations. However, it will allow prior image backups of LVM1 volumes to be restored on LVM2 volumes. Table 35 shows the combinations involving the old and new client levels handling LVM1 and LVM2 volumes for different image operations.
Table 35. LVM1 and LVM2 image operation comparisons Tivoli Storage Manager client version V5.3 and prior V5.4 and beyond Mixed Volumes LVM1 Backup and Restore YES LVM2 Backup and Restore Only static image for file system Backup: LVM1, Restore: LVM2 NO Backup: LVM2, Restore: LVM1 NO - raw volumes are not supported

NO YES Error msg ANS1090E displayed

YES NO LVM1 vol must have Restore to LVM1 vol been backed up will fail using prior client

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Performing an image backup using the command line

Use the backup image and restore image commands to perform image backup and restore operations on a single volume. See Backup Image on page 406 and Restore Image on page 476 for more information. You can use the imagetype option with the backup image command or the include.image option in your dsm.sys file or on the command line to specify whether to perform a static, dynamic, or snapshot image backup. See Imagetype on page 265 for more information. Use the mode option with the backup image command to perform an incremental-by-date image backup that backs up only new and changed files after the last full image backup. However, this only backs up files with a changed date, not files with changed permissions. See Mode on page 291 for more information.

Backing up NAS file systems

Through support of Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP), Tivoli Storage Manager Windows, AIX, and Solaris servers can efficiently back up and restore network attached storage (NAS) file system images to automated tape drives or libraries that are locally attached to Network Appliance and EMC Celerra NAS file servers. NDMP support is available only on IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Extended Edition. See NDMP support requirements (Extended Edition only) on page 12 for NDMP support requirements. For information on how to configure NDMP support on the Tivoli Storage Manager server, see the following publications: v IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX Administrators Guide, SC32-0117 v IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Sun Solaris Administrators Guide, SC32-0120 v IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Administrators Guide, SC32-0121 After configuring NDMP support, the server connects to the NAS device and uses NDMP to initiate, control, and monitor each backup and restore operation. The NAS device performs outboard data transfer to and from the NAS file system to a locally attached library. The benefits of performing backups using NDMP include the following: v LAN-free data transfer. v High performance and scalable backups and restores. v Backup to local tape devices without network traffic. The following support is provided: v Full file system image backup of all files within a NAS file system. v Differential file system image backup of all files that have changed since the last full image backup. v Parallel backup and restore operations when processing multiple NAS file systems. v Choice of interfaces to initiate, monitor, or cancel backup and restore operations: Web client Backup-archive command line client Administrative command line client (backup and restore operations can be scheduled using the administrative command scheduler) Administrative Web client The following functions are not supported:

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Archive and retrieve Client scheduling. Use server commands to schedule a NAS backup. Detection of damaged files. Data-transfer operations for NAS data stored by Tivoli Storage Manager: Migration Reclamation Storage pool backup and restore Move data Export Backup set generation

Backing up NAS file systems using the Web client GUI

For information on how to install and configure the Web client, see Configuring the Web client on page 50. For both the Web client GUI and the command line client, you must specify passwordaccess=generate (which is a current Web client restriction for the client node) and the authentication=on must be specified at the server. You are always prompted for a user ID and password. To display NAS nodes and perform NAS functions, you must enter an authorized administrative user ID and password. The authorized administrative user ID should have at least client owner authority over both the NAS node and the client workstation node they are using either from command line or from the web. You can use the toc option with the include.fs.nas option in dsm.sys to specify whether Tivoli Storage Manager saves Table of Contents (TOC) information for each file system backup. See Toc on page 371 for more information. If you save TOC information, you can use Tivoli Storage Manager Web client to examine the entire file system tree and select files and directories to restore. Creation of a TOC requires that you define the TOCDESTINATION attribute in the backup copy group for the management class to which this backup image is bound. Note that TOC creation requires additional processing, network resources, storage pool space, and possibly a mount point during the backup operation. To back up NAS file systems using the Web client GUI: 1. Click Backup from the main window. The Backup window is displayed. 2. Expand the directory tree if necessary. Notes: a. The root node called Nodes is not selectable. This node only appears if a NAS plug-in is present on the client machine. b. NAS nodes display on the same level as the client workstation node. Only nodes for which the administrator has authority appear. c. You can expand NAS nodes to reveal file spaces, but no further expansion is available (no file names). 3. Click the selection boxes next to the nodes or file systems you want to back up. 4. Click the type of backup you want to perform in the backup type pull-down menu. The NAS backup type list is active only when you first select NAS backup objects. Full backup backs up the entire file system. Differential backs up the changes since the most recent full backup. 5. Click Backup. The NAS Backup Task List window displays the backup processing status and progress bar. The number next to the progress bar indicates the number of bytes backed up so far. After the backup completes, the NAS Backup Report window displays processing details, including the actual size of the backup including the total bytes backed up.
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Note: If it is necessary to close the Web browser session, current NAS operations will continue after disconnect. You can use the Dismiss button on the NAS Backup Task List window to quit monitoring processing without ending the current operation. 6. (Optional) To monitor processing of an operation from the GUI main window, open the Actions menu and select TSM Activities. During a backup, the status bar indicates processing status. A percentage estimate is not displayed for differential backups. Considerations: v Workstation and remote (NAS) backups are mutually exclusive in a Backup window. After selecting an item for backup, the next item you select must be of the same type (either NAS or non NAS). v Details will not appear in the right-frame of the Backup window for NAS nodes or file systems. To view information about objects in a NAS node, highlight the object and select View File Details from the menu. v To delete NAS file spaces, select Utilities Delete Filespaces. v Backup options do not apply to NAS file spaces and are ignored during a NAS backup operation. To restore NAS file system images using the Web client GUI, see Restoring NAS file systems on page 134.

Backing up NAS file systems using the command line

Table 36 lists the commands and options you can use to back up NAS file system images from the command line.
Table 36. NAS options and commands Option or command domain.nas exclude.fs.nas Definition Use the domain.nas option to specify the volumes to include in your default domain for NAS backups. Use the exclude.fs.nas option to exclude file systems on the NAS file server from an image backup when used with the backup nas command. This option is for AIX and Solaris clients only. Page 232 246

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Use the include.fs.nas option to bind a management class to 269 Network Attached Storage (NAS) file systems. You can also specify whether Tivoli Storage Manager saves Table of Contents (TOC) information during a NAS file system image backup, using the toc option with the include.fs.nas option in your dsm.sys. See Toc on page 371 for more information. This option is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only. Use the query node command to display all the nodes for which a particular administrative user ID has authority to perform operations. The authorized administrative user ID should have at least client owner authority over both the NAS node and the client workstation node they are using. 457

query node

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Use the backup nas command to create an image backup of 410 one or more file systems that belong to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) file server.

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Table 36. NAS options and commands (continued) Option or command toc Definition Use the toc option with the backup nas command or the include.fs.nas option to specify whether Tivoli Storage Manager saves Table of Contents (TOC) information for each file system backup. Use the monitor process command to display current backup and restore processes for all NAS nodes for which an administrative user has authority. The administrative user can then select one process to monitor. Use the cancel process command to display current backup and restore processes for all NAS nodes for which an administrative user has authority. From the display, the administrative user can select one process to cancel. Use the query backup command with the class option to display information about file system images backed up for a NAS file server. Use the query filespace command with the class option to display a list of file spaces belonging to a NAS node. Use the delete filespace command with the class option to display a list of file spaces belonging to a NAS node so that you can choose one to delete. Page 371

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v NAS nodes represent a new node type. The NAS node name uniquely identifies a NAS file server and its data to Tivoli Storage Manager. You can prefix the NAS node name to the file specification to specify the file server to which the include statement applies. If you do not specify a NAS node name, the file system you specify applies to all NAS file servers. v Regardless of client platform, NAS file system specifications use the forward slash (/) separator, as in this example: /vol/vol0. Note: When you initiate a NAS backup operation using the command line client, GUI client, or Web client the server starts a process to initiate, control, and monitor the operation. It might take several moments before you notice progress at the command line client interface because the server must perform mount and other necessary tasks before data movement occurs. | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Backing up NFS file systems

Tivoli Storage Manager supports NFSV4 file systems on AIX 5.3 and above. NFSV4 file systems are backed up as NFS file systems. The NFSV4 ACLs are not supported. The Global Name Space Feature (referral) of AIX 5300-03 is supported NFS V4 clients can back up NFS file systems mounted using the referral server. All file systems in the global name space will be backed up under a single file space. The following are some examples:
server publications has /doc file system server projects has /projects file system server data has /data file system

Server account1 is the main NFS server that exports all these files systems using referral, and it is the server that all of the clients know about. /etc/exports on account1 looks like this:
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/doc -vers=4,refer=/doc@publications /projects -vers=4,refer=/projects@projects /data -vers=4,refer=/data@data

Client system payroll mounts directories from account1 server and can access all three file systems:
payroll:/#mount -o vers=4 account1:/ /mnt payroll:/#ls /mnt doc/ projects/ data/

Client payroll can back up /mnt as one NFS file system to back up all other file systems Use of the virtualmountpoint option is recommended when backing up NFSV4 file systems using global name space for management granularity and improved performance. For example, the following entries could be added for the above example in the dsm.sys stanza to back up each mounted directory as separate filespace:
VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT VIRTUALMOUNTPOINT /doc /projects /data

Backing up the WebSphere Application Server (WAS)

If you installed the Data Protection for WebSphere Application Server, you can use Tivoli Storage Manager to back up the Version 5.0 WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration information) or the Application Server (contains setup, application files, and configuration information) to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can use this information to recover a corrupted node application or an entire node (or nodes) in the event of an accident or disaster. For information on backing up the WebSphere Application Server, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Application Servers: Data Protection for WebSphere Application Server Installation and Users Guide.

Displaying backup processing status

During a backup, by default Tivoli Storage Manager displays the status of each file it attempts to back up. Tivoli Storage Manager reports the files size, path, file name, total number of bytes transferred, and whether the backup attempt was successful. These are also recorded in the dsmsched.log file for scheduled commands. The Web client and backup-archive client Java GUI provide a Task List window that displays information about files during processing. When a task completes, a Backup Report window displays processing details. Click the Help button in the Backup Report window for context help. On the backup-archive command line the name of each file is displayed after it is sent to the server. The progress indicator shows overall progress. Informational messages might display as follows:
Table 37. Client command line informational messages Informational message Directory--> Meaning Indicates the directory that you back up.

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Table 37. Client command line informational messages (continued) Informational message Normal File-->. Special File--> Meaning Any file that is not a directory, symbolic link or special file. Special files define devices for the system or temporary files created by processes. There are three basic types of special files: FIFO (first-in, first-out), block, and character. FIFO files are also called pipes. Pipes are created by one process to temporarily allow communication with another process. These files cease to exist when the first process finishes. Block and character files define devices. Tivoli Storage Manager processes only device and named pipe special files. Socket special files are not processed. Indicates that Tivoli Storage Manager backs up a symbolic link. Indicates that only the file meta data is sent, not the data itself. Indicates an object (file or directory) on the server that no longer exists on the client is expired and made inactive on the server. As indicated. When using journal-based backup, the number of objects inspected might be less than the number of objects backed up. As indicated. These are files whose attributes, such as file owner or file permissions, have changed. See Binding management classes to files on page 165 for more information. This is a count of the objects deleted from the client workstation after being successfully archived on the server. The count is zero for all backup commands. See Full and partial incremental backup on page 87 for more information. Objects can fail for several reasons. Check the dsmerror.log for details. The total time to transfer data across the network. Transfer statistics might not match the file statistics if the operation was retried due to a communications failure or session loss. The transfer statistics display the bytes attempted to be transferred across all command attempts. The average rate at which the network transfers data between the client and the server. This is calculated by dividing the total number of bytes transferred by the time to transfer the data over the network. The time it takes to process objects is not included in the network transfer rate. Therefore, the network transfer rate is higher than the aggregate transfer rate.

Symbolic Link--> Updating--> Expiring--> Total number of objects inspected: Total number of objects backed up: Total number of objects updated: Total number of objects rebound: Total number of objects deleted:

Total number of objects expired: Total number of objects failed: Data transfer time:

Network data transfer rate:

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Table 37. Client command line informational messages (continued) Informational message Aggregate data transfer rate: Meaning The average rate at which Tivoli Storage Manager and the network transfer data between the client and the server. This is calculated by dividing the total number of bytes transferred by the time that elapses from the beginning to the end of the process. Both Tivoli Storage Manager processing and network time are included in the aggregate transfer rate. Therefore, the aggregate transfer rate is lower than the network transfer rate. Note: On occasion, the aggregate data transfer rate might be higher than the network data transfer rate. This is because the backup-archive client can have multiple simultaneous sessions with the backup server. If you set the resourceutilization option, Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to improve performance and load balancing by using multiple sessions when it backs up a file space or other set of files. When multiple sessions are open during backup, the data transfer time represents the sum of the times reported by all sessions. In this case, aggregate data transfer time is incorrectly reported as higher. However, when running with a single session, the aggregate data transfer rate should always be reported as lower than the network data transfer rate. Objects compressed by: Specifies the percentage of data sent over the network divided by the original size of the file on disk. For example, if the net data-bytes are 10K and the file is 100K, then Objects compressed by: == (1 - (10240/102400)) x 100 == 90%. The active processing time to complete a command. This is calculated by subtracting the starting time of a command process from the ending time of the completed command process. As indicated. The total number of data bytes transferred during a lan-free operation. If the enablelanfree option is set to no, this line will not appear.

Elapsed processing time:

Total number of bytes transferred: LanFree bytes transferred:

Backup: Additional considerations

This section includes topics related to incremental and selective backups. You do not need to understand this information to use Tivoli Storage Manager for basic work.

Understanding how files are stored

When you back up and archive files, Tivoli Storage Manager stores the backups and archives in a file space in storage that has the same name as the file system or virtual mount point from which the files originated. For example, if you have a file system named /home, and you back up a file named doc1 in the /home/monnett directory, Tivoli Storage Manager stores the file in a file space named /home. If an Authorized User later defines /home/monnett as a virtual mount point, any files you back up from the /home/monnett directory, such as doc2, are stored in a file space named /home/monnett. If you enter this command:
dsmc query backup "/home/monnett/*"

Tivoli Storage Manager looks for files in the /home/monnett file space. It always looks for a file in the file space with the longest name that matches the file specification you include in a command. It locates the file named doc2 that was

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backed up after the virtual mount point was defined. However, it does not locate the file named doc1 because that file was backed up before the virtual mount point was defined and the backup was stored in the /home file space. To list or restore the doc1 file using a command, you must explicitly specify the file space name by enclosing it in braces. For example:
dsmc query backup "{/home}/monnett/*" dsmc restore {/home}/monnett/doc1

If the authorized user subsequently removes the /home/monnett virtual mount point, and you then back up additional files in the /home/monnett directory, the backups are once again stored in the /home file space. For example, if you now back up a file named doc3 in the /home/monnett directory, it is stored in the /home file space. It is not stored in the existing /home/monnett file space. However, because the /home/monnett file space already exists, when you try to query or restore the doc3 file, Tivoli Storage Manager looks for the file in the /home/monnett file space unless you specify the correct file space name. For example:
dsmc query backup "{/home}/monnett/*" dsmc restore {/home}/monnett/doc2

Note: You must explicitly specify the file space name only when there can be more than one resolution to the file specification. For example, if the following file spaces exist in storage:
/home /home/monnett /home/monnett/project1 /home/monnett/project1/planning

then enter:
dsmc query backup "/home/monnett/project1/planning/*"

Tivoli Storage Manager looks for files only in the /home/monnett/project1/ planning file space, even if one or more of the other file spaces contains a path with the same name. But, when you enter one of the following:
dsmc query backup "{/home}/monnett/project1/planning/*" dsmc query backup "{/home/monnett}/project1/planning/*" dsmc query backup "{/home/monnett/project1}/planning/*"

Tivoli Storage Manager looks for files only in the /home file space, the /home/monnett file space, or the /home/monnett/project1 file space, depending on which form you use.

How special file systems are handled

Special file systems contain dynamic information generated by the operating system; they contain no data or files. The Tivoli Storage Manager client ignores special file systems and their contents. Special file systems include the following: v the /proc file system on most of the UNIX platforms v the /dev/fd file system on Solaris v the /dev/pts on Linux

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Understanding how files are managed

Tivoli Storage Manager uses management classes to determine how to manage your backups on the server. Every time you back up a file, the file is assigned a management class. The management class used is either a default selected for you, or one assigned to the file by an Authorized User with an include option in the include-exclude options list. The selected management class must contain a backup copy group in order for the file to be backed up. Select Utilities View Policy Information from the Java or Web client GUI to view the backup policies defined by the Tivoli Storage Manager server for your client node. See Chapter 8, Understanding storage management policies, on page 157 for more information on management classes, how an Authorized User assigns management classes to files, and storage management policies.

Understanding how symbolic links are handled

A UNIX symbolic link is a file that contains a pointer to another file or directory. Tivoli Storage Manager handles symbolic links differently than it does regular files and directories. In some operations, such as a backup, only the path information that the symbolic link contains is backed up. In other operations, such as archive, the file to which the symbolic link points is archived, but under the name of the symbolic link. For more information on how symbolic links are handled during an archive operation, see Archsymlinkasfile on page 196. Incremental backup When you run an incremental backup, Tivoli Storage Manager backs up only the path information to a file or directory to which a symbolic link points. The contents of the file or the contents of files in the directory are not backed up. Selective backup When you run a selective backup on a symbolic link that points to a file, Tivoli Storage Manager backs up only the path information to that file. The contents of the file are not backed up. Restore When you restore a symbolic link that originally pointed to a file, the symbolic link is restored, whether or not the file it points to still exists. If you restore a symbolic link that originally pointed to a directory: v Without the files in the directory (for example, the /home/gillis/symdir directory), and the symbolic link does not exist on your file system, nothing is returned. v Along with the files in the directory (for example, /home/gillis/ symdir/), and the symbolic link does not exist on your file system, Tivoli Storage Manager builds the directory on your workstation and puts the files in that directory. If the subdir option is set to yes, Tivoli Storage Manager recursively restores all subdirectories of the directory. v And the symbolic link already exists on your workstation, the result depends on how the followsymbolic option is set; if it is set to: Yes The symbolic link is restored and overwrites the directory on your workstation. If the followsymbolic option is set to yes, a symbolic link can be used as a virtual mount point. Tivoli Storage Manager displays an error message. No is the default.

No

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changed. When restoring a symbolic link, its modification date and time is set to the date and time of the restore, not to the date and time of the symbolic link when it was backed up. As a result, Tivoli Storage Manager will back up the symbolic link again during the next incremental backup because its modification time changed since the last backup. The following table shows symbolic link backup and restore functions along with the action taken:
Table 38. Symbolic link management table for backup and restore Function Selective backup of a file. Selective backup of a directory. Incremental backup with subdir=no. Incremental backup with subdir=yes. Restore a symbolic link that points to a file. Action taken Backs up the symbolic link only, the file is not backed up. Backs up the directory only, the symbolic link is not backed up. Backs up the symbolic links only, files and directories pointed to are not backed up. Backs up the symbolic links and directories and files they point to. The symbolic link is restored, regardless of whether the file the symbolic link points to still exists. The symbolic link is restored, regardless of whether the directory the symbolic link points to still exists. The symbolic link and files in the directory and subdirectories are restored. A directory is created in the directory in which the symbolic link resides and all files and subdirectories are restored to that directory; the symbolic link name is used as the new directory name.

Restore a symbolic link that points to a directory. Restore a symbolic link that points to a directory with subdir=yes, the directory still exists. Restore a symbolic link that points to a directory with subdir=yes, the directory and symbolic link no longer exist.

Understanding how hard links are handled

When you back up files that are hard-linked, Tivoli Storage Manager backs up each instance of the linked file. For example, if you back up two files that are hard-linked, Tivoli Storage Manager will back up the file data twice. When you restore hard-linked files, Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to reestablish the links. For example, if you had a hard-linked pair of files, and only one of the hard-linked files is on your workstation, when you restore both files, they will be hard-linked. The files will also be hard-linked even if neither of the files exists at the time of restore, if both of the files are restored together in a single command. The one exception to this procedure occurs if you back up two files that are hard-linked and then break the connection between them on your workstation. If you restore the two files from the server, Tivoli Storage Manager will respect the current file system and not re-establish the hard link.

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Attention: If you do not back up and restore all files that are hard-linked at the same time, problems will occur. To ensure that hard-linked files remain synchronized, back up all hard links at the same time and restore those same files together. | | | | | | | | | |

Understanding how sparse files are handled

Sparse files do not have disk space allocated for every block in the whole address space, leading to holes within the file. Holes are detected by their content, which is always zeros, and these zeros take up space. The default is to restore the sparse file without the holes, which would leave more free disk space. The Tivoli Storage Manager client detects sparse files during a backup operation and marks them as sparse on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. See Makesparsefile on page 285 for more information. Tivoli Storage Manager backs up a sparse file as a regular file if client compression is off. See Compression on page 211 for more information.

Understanding how NFS hard and soft mounts are handled

When Tivoli Storage Manager connects a backup-archive client to an NFS file system, you can use either a hard mount or a soft mount. Tivoli Storage Manager uses the nfstimeout option setting to determine how long to wait for an NFS system call to respond before timing out; this applies to hard and soft mounts. The default is 0 seconds. This means that Tivoli Storage Manager uses the default behavior of NFS system calls. You should be aware of the consequences of hard and soft mounts if the mount becomes stale (for example, if the server for the file system is not available). Hard mount If the NFS file system is hard mounted, the NFS daemons will try repeatedly to contact the server. The NFS daemon retries will not time out, will affect system performance, and you cannot interrupt them, but control will return to Tivoli Storage Manager when the nfstimeout value is reached. Soft mount If the NFS file system is soft mounted, NFS will try repeatedly to contact the server until either: v A connection is established v The NFS retry threshold is met v The nfstimeout value is reached When one of these events occurs, control returns to the calling program. Note: On Solaris and HP-UX, the nfstimeout option can fail if the NFS mount is hard. If a hang occurs, deactivate the nfstimeout option and mount the NFS file system soft mounted, as follows:
mount -o soft,timeo=5,retry=5 machine:/filesystem /mountpoint

The parameters are defined as follows: soft Generates a soft mount of the NFS file system. If an error occurs, the stat() function returns with an error. If the option hard is used, stat() does not return until the file system is available.

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timeo=n Sets the time out for a soft mount error to n seconds retry=n Set the internal retries and the mount retries to n, the default is 10000.

Backing up opened files

Tivoli Storage Manager looks for files that have changed between the start and the completion of the files backup. Some files on your system might be in use, or open, when you try to back them up. Because an open file can change, a backup action might not reflect the correct contents of the file at a given time. Consider if a file is important. Can you build the file again? If the file is not important, you might not want to back up the file. Or, if the file is important, a root user on your workstation can ensure the file is closed before backup. If your backups run on a schedule, a root user can use the preschedulecmd option to enter a command to close the file. For example, if the open file is a database, use the databases quiesce command to shut down the database. A root user can use the postschedulecmd option to restart the application that uses the file after the backup completes. If you are not using a schedule for the backup, ensure that you close the application that uses the file before you start the backup. Tivoli Storage Manager can back up the file even if it is open and gets changed during the backup. This is only useful if the file will be usable even if it changes during backup. To back up these files, assign the files a management class with the serialization dynamic or shared dynamic. See Selecting a management class for files on page 162 and Displaying information about management classes and copy groups on page 159 for information.

Using wildcard characters

You can use the operating systems wildcard characters in file specifications with Tivoli Storage Manager. These characters let you select groups of files that have similar names. In a command, wildcard characters can only be used in the file name or extension. They cannot be used to specify destination files, file systems, or directories. When using wildcard characters in non-loop mode, as in
dsmc sel "/home/ledger.*"

enclose the parameter containing the asterisk in quotes to ensure the system does not interpret the wildcard character and produce unexpected results. Wildcard character information is covered in the following table. | | | Attention: Use an asterisk (*) instead of a question mark (?) as a wildcard character when trying to match a pattern on a multibyte code page, to avoid unexpected results.
* (Asterisk) *.cpp hm*.* hm* Zero or more characters that match all files: With a cpp extension Starting with hm, regardless of extension, but must have the . character Starting with hm, whether an extension exists or not

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Zero or more characters that match all files: With an h somewhere in the file name, regardless of extension, but must have .

? (Question mark) ?.cpp hm?.cpp

One character that matches all files with: The extension cpp with one, and only one, character in the file name Three-character names beginning with hm and that have the cpp extension

* ? (Asterisk and question mark) ??hm.*

Asterisk and question mark combinations matching: All four-character file names ending in hm., no matter what extension they have

In a path name for a file specification, you cannot specify a directory whose name contains an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?). Tivoli Storage Manager will recognize those characters only as wildcard characters.

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Chapter 5. Restoring your data

Use Tivoli Storage Manager to restore backup versions of specific files, a group of files with similar names, or entire directories. Select the files you want to restore using file specification (file path, name, and extension), a directory list, or a subdirectory path to a directory and its subdirectories. UNIX socket files are skipped during restore, including socket files that were backed up with earlier versions of Tivoli Storage Manager. All client restore procedures in this chapter also apply to the Web client, except the following: v Estimate v Preferences editor See Starting a Web client session on page 72 for information on starting the Web client. Table 39 identifies tasks described in this chapter:
Table 39. Restore: Primary tasks Task Restoring data using the GUI Restoring data using the command line Performing point-in-time restores Restoring an image Restoring an image Restoring data from a backupset Restoring NAS file systems Restoring the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Authorizing another user to restore or retrieve your files Restoring or retrieving files from another client node Restore or retrieve files to another workstation Restoring a disk in case of disk loss Deleting file spaces Page 122 122 126 127 127 130 134 136 138 139 139 140 140

Restoring an active or inactive backup

Your administrator determines how many backup versions Tivoli Storage Manager maintains for each file on your workstation. Having multiple versions of a file permits you to restore older versions if the most recent backup is damaged. The most recent backup version is the active version. Any other backup version is an inactive version. Every time Tivoli Storage Manager backs up your files, it marks the new backup version as the active backup, and the last active backup becomes

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an inactive backup. When the maximum number of inactive versions is reached, Tivoli Storage Manager deletes the oldest inactive version. To restore a backup version that is inactive, you must display both active and inactive versions by clicking on the View menu Display active/inactive files item. To display only the active versions (the default), click on the View menu Display active files only item. If you try to restore more than one version at a time, only the active version is restored. On the Tivoli Storage Manager command line, use the inactive option to display both active and inactive objects. See Inactive on page 267 for more information.

Restoring data using the GUI

To restore backup versions of individual files or subdirectories: 1. Click Restore from the main window. The Restore window appears. 2. Expand the directory tree. Select the selection boxes next to the files or directories you want to restore. To search or filter files, click the Find icon on the tool bar. To a. b. c. To a. b. c. search: Enter your search criteria in the Find Files (Restore) window. Click the Search button. The Matching Files (Restore) window appears. Click the selection boxes next to the files you want to restore and close the Matching Files (Restore) window. filter: Enter your filter criteria in the Find Files (Restore) window. Click the Filter button. The Restore window displays the filtered files. Click the selection boxes next to the filtered files or directories you want to restore.

3. To modify specific restore options, click the Options button. Any options you change are effective during the current session only. 4. Click Restore. The Restore Destination window appears. Enter the information in the Restore Destination window. 5. Click Restore. The Restore Task List window displays the restore processing status.

Restoring data using the command line

Use the restore command to restore files. See Restore on page 466 for more information about the restore command. Table 40 on page 123 shows examples of using the restore command to restore objects from Tivoli Storage Manager server storage. See Restore on page 466 for additional examples.

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Table 40. Command line restore examples Task Restore the most recent backup version of the /Users/monnett/ Documents/h1.doc file, even if the backup is inactive. Command dsmc restore /Users/monnett/ Documents/h1.doc -latest Considerations If the file you are restoring no longer resides on your workstation, and you have run an incremental backup since deleting the file, there is no active backup of the file on the server. In this case, use the latest option to restore the most recent backup version. Tivoli Storage Manager restores the latest backup version, whether it is active or inactive. See Latest on page 281 for more information. If you try to restore both an active and inactive version of a file at the same time, only the active version is restored. See Pick on page 308 and Inactive on page 267 for more information. If you do not specify a destination, the files are restored to their original location. None

Display a list of active and inactive backup versions of files from which you can select versions to restore.

dsmc restore /Users/monnett/ Documents/*-pick -inactive

Restore the /Users/monnett/ Documents/h1.doc file to its original directory. Restore the /Users/monnett/ Documents/h1.doc file under a new name and directory. Restore the files in the /Users directory and all of its subdirectories.

dsmc restore /Users/monnett/ Documents/h1.doc dsmc restore /Users/monnett/ Documents/h1.doc /Users/gordon/Documents/h2.doc dsmc restore /Users/ -subdir=yes

When restoring a specific path and file, Tivoli Storage Manager recursively restores all subdirectories under that path, and any instances of the specified file that exist under any of those subdirectories. See Subdir on page 356 for more information about the subdir option. See Pitdate on page 309 and Pittime on page 310 for more information about the pitdate and pittime options. If the destination is a directory, specify the delimiter (/) as the last character of the destination. If you omit the delimiter and your specified source is a directory or a file spec with a wildcard, you will receive an error. If the projectn directory does not exist, it is created. See Filelist on page 250 for more information about restoring a list of files.

Restore all files in the dsmc restore -pitd=8/17/2003 /Users/gordon/Documents directory -pitt=13:00:00 /Users/gordon/ to their state as of 1:00 PM on August Documents/ 17, 2003. Restore all files from the /Users/mike/Documents directory that end with .bak to the /Users/mike/projectn/ directory. dsmc restore /Users/mike/ Documents/*.bak /Users/mike/projectn/

Restore files specified in the restorelist.txt file to a different location.

dsmc restore -filelist=/Users/user2/ Documents/ restorelist.txt /Users/NewRestoreLocation/

Performing large restore operations

If you need to restore a large number of files, you can get faster performance by using the restore command instead of the GUI. In addition, you can improve performance by entering multiple restore commands at one time.

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For example, to restore all the files in your /home file system, enter:
dsmc restore /home/ -subdir=yes -replace=all -tapeprompt=no

However, if you enter multiple commands for the directories in the /home file space, you can restore the files faster. For example, you could enter these commands:
dsmc restore /home/monnett/ -subdir=yes -replace=all -tapeprompt=no dsmc restore /home/gillis/ -subdir=yes -replace=all -tapeprompt=no dsmc restore /home/stewart/ -subdir=yes -replace=all -tapeprompt=no

You can also use the quiet option with the restore commands to save processing time. However, you will not receive informational messages for individual files. Note: If you already have the appropriate values set for the subdir, replace, tapeprompt, and quiet options in your client user options file, you do not need to include those options in the commands. When you enter multiple commands to restore your files, you must specify a unique part of the file space in each restore command. Be sure you do not use any overlapping file specifications in the commands. To display a list of the directories in a file space, use the query backup command. For example:
dsmc query backup -dirsonly -subdir=no /Users/

As a general rule, you can enter from two to four restore commands at one time. The maximum number you can run at one time without degrading performance depends on factors such as how much memory you have and network utilization. The speed at which you can restore the files also depends on how many tape drives are available on the server, and whether your administrator is using collocation to keep file spaces assigned to as few volumes as possible. For example, if /Users/user1 and /Users/user2 are on the same tape, the restore for /Users/user2 must wait until the restore for /Users/user1 is complete. However, if /Users/user3 is on a different tape, and there are at least two tape drives available, the restore for /Users/user3 can begin at the same time as the restore for /Users/user1. | | | | Set the system ulimit values to unlimited (-1) if restoring very large (2 GB) files with HSM or the backup-archive client. The Tivoli Storage Manager client can restore these large files with enough system resources. If the ulimits are set to lower values, there might be restore failures.

No query restore
The no query restore process is outlined below. When you enter an unrestricted wildcard source file specification on the restore command and do not specify any of the options: inactive, latest, pick, fromdate, or todate, the client uses a no query restore method for restoring files and directories from the server. This method is called no query restore because instead of querying the server for each object to be restored, a single restore request is sent to the server. In this case, the server returns the files and directories to the client without

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further action by the client. The client merely accepts the data coming from the server and restores it to the destination named on the restore command. Using the command line client, an example of an unrestricted wildcard command would be:An example of an unrestricted wildcard file specification would be:
/home/mydocs/2004/*

An example of a restricted wildcard file specification would be:

/home/mydocs/2004/sales.*

Standard restore process

The standard restore process (also known as classic restore) is outlined below. 1. The client queries the server for a list of files backed up for the client file space you want to restore. 2. The server sends a list of backed up files that match the restore criteria. If you want to restore both active and inactive files, the server sends information about all backed up files to the client. 3. The list of files returned from the server is sorted in client memory to determine the file restore order and to minimize tape mounts required to perform the restore. 4. The client tells the server to restore file data and directory objects. 5. The directories and files you want to restore are sent from the server to the client.

No query restore process

1. The client tells the server that a no query restore is going to be performed and provides the server with details about file spaces, directories, and files. 2. The server sorts the data using an internal sort table which minimizes tape mounts. 3. The data to be restored is sent to the client. File and directory objects stored on disk are sent immediately since sorting for such data is not required before restoring it. 4. You can use multiple sessions to restore the data. If the data resides on multiple tapes, there are multiple mount points available at the server. The combination of using the resourceutilization option and MAXNUMMP allows multiple sessions. See Resourceutilization on page 327 for more information. If the restore process stops because of a power outage or network failure, the server records the point at which this occurred. This record is known to the client as a restartable restore. It is possible to have more than one restartable restore session. Use the query restore command to find out if your client has any restartable restore sessions in the server database. You must complete a restartable restore before attempting further backups of the file system. If you attempt to repeat the restore that was interrupted or try to back up the destination file space, the attempt will fail because you did not complete the original restore. You can restart the restore at the point of interruption by entering the restart restore command, or you can delete the restartable restore using the cancel restore command. If you restart the interrupted restore, it will restart with the first transaction, which might consist of one or more files, not completely restored when the interruption occurred. Because of this, you might receive some replace prompts for files from the interrupted transaction which were already restored.
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For more information on using the command line to begin restartable restores, see Restore on page 466. To perform restartable restores using the GUI, follow these steps: 1. Select Actions->Restartable restores from the main panel. 2. Select the restartable restore session you wish to complete 3. Click the Restart button at the bottom of the panel.

Performing point-in-time restores

Use a point-in-time restore to restore files to the state that existed at a specific date and time. A point-in-time restore can eliminate the effect of data corruption by restoring data from a time prior to known corruption, or recover a basic configuration to a prior condition. You can perform a point-in-time restore of a file space, directory, or file. You can also perform a point-in-time restore of image backups. For more information see Backup Image on page 406. Perform incremental backups to support a point-in-time restore. During an incremental backup, the client notifies the server when files are deleted from a client file space or directory. Selective and incremental-by-date backups do not notify the server about deleted files. Run incremental backups at a frequency consistent with possible restore requirements. If you request a point-in-time restore with a date and time that is prior to the oldest version maintained by the Tivoli Storage Manager server, the object is not restored to your system. Files which were deleted from you workstation prior to the point-in-time specified will not be restored. Notes: 1. Your administrator must define copy group settings that maintain enough inactive versions of a file to guarantee that you can restore that file to a specific date and time. If enough versions are not maintained, Tivoli Storage Manager might not be able to restore all objects to the point-in-time you specify. 2. If you delete a file or directory, the next time you run an incremental backup, the active backup version becomes inactive and the oldest versions that exceed the number specified by the versions data deleted attribute of the management class are deleted. See Chapter 8, Understanding storage management policies, on page 157 for more information about the versions data deleted attribute. When performing a point-in-time restore, consider the following: v Tivoli Storage Manager restores file versions from the most recent backup before the specified point-in-time date. Ensure the point-in-time that you specify is not the same as the date and time this backup was performed. v If the date and time you specify for the object you are trying to restore is earlier than the oldest version that exists on the server, Tivoli Storage Manager cannot restore that object. v Point-in-time restore will restore files deleted from the client workstation after the point-in-time date but not files deleted before this date. v Tivoli Storage Manager cannot restore a file created after the point-in-time date and time. When a point-in-time restore runs, files that were created on the client after the point-in-time date are not deleted. To perform a point-in-time restore using the client GUI, use the following steps: 1. Click the Restore button in the main window. The Restore window appears.

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2. Click the Point-in-Time button from the Restore window. The Point in Time Restore window appears. 3. Select the Use a Point-in-Time Date selection box. Select the date and time and click OK. The point in time that you specified appears in the Point in Time display field in the Restore window. 4. Display the objects you want to restore. You can search for an object by name, filter the directory tree, or work with the directories in the directory tree. 5. Click the selection boxes next to the objects you want to restore. 6. Click the Restore button. The Restore Destination window is displayed. Enter the appropriate information. 7. Click the Restore button to start the restore. The Restore Task List window displays the restore processing status. Note: If there are no backup versions of a directory for the point-in-time you specify, files within that directory are not restoreable from the GUI. However, you can restore these files from the command line. You can start point-in-time restore from the command line client using the pitdate and pittime options with the query backup and restore commands. For example, when you use the pitdate and pittime options with the query backup command, you establish the point-in-time for which file information is returned. When you use pitdate and pittime with the restore command, the date and time values you specify establish the point-in-time for which files are returned. If you specify pitdate without a pittime value, pittime defaults to 23:59:59. If you specify pittime without a pitdate value, it is ignored.

Restoring an image
Before you perform an image restore, consider the following: v Restoring the image of a volume will restore the data to the same state that it was in when you performed your last image backup. Be absolutely sure that you need to restore an image, because it will replace your entire current file system or raw volume with the image on the server. v Ensure that the volume to which you are restoring the image is at least as large as the image that is being restored. v The file system or volume you are restoring to must be the same type as the original. v Ensure that the target volume of the restore is not in use. The client will lock the volume before starting the restore. The client will unlock the volume after the restore completes. If the volume is in use when the client attempts to lock the file system, the restore will fail. v You cannot restore an image to where the Tivoli Storage Manager client program is installed. v If you have run progressive incremental backups and image backups of your file system, you can perform an incremental image restore of the file system. The process restores individual files after the complete image is restored. The individual files restored are those backed up after the original image. Optionally, if files were deleted after the original backup, the incremental restore can delete those files from the base image. Deletion of files will be performed correctly if the Tivoli Storage Manager servers backup copy group has enough versions for existing and deleted files. Incremental backups and restores can be performed only on mounted file systems, not on raw logical volumes.

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v If for some reason a restored image is corrupted, you can use the fsck tool to attempt to repair the image. You can use the verifyimage option with the restore image command to specify that you want to enable detection of bad sectors on the destination target volume. If bad sectors are detected on the target volume, Tivoli Storage Manager issues a warning message on the console and in the error log. See Verifyimage on page 380 for more information. If bad sectors are present on the target volume, you can use the imagetofile option with the restore image command to specify that you want to restore the source image to a file. Later, you can use a data copy utility of your choice to transfer the image from the file to a disk volume. See Imagetofile on page 264 for more information.

Performing an image restore using the GUI

Use the following procedure to restore an image of your file system or raw logical volume: 1. Click Restore from the main window. The Restore window appears. 2. Expand the directory tree. 3. Locate the object in the tree named Image and expand it. Click the selection box next to the image you want to restore. You can obtain detailed information about the object by highlighting the object and selecting View File Details... from the main window or click the View File details button. 4. (Optional) To perform an incremental image restore, click the Options button to open the Restore Options window and select the Image plus incremental directories and files option. If you want to delete inactive files from your local file system, select the Delete inactive files from local check box. Click the OK button. 5. Click Restore. The Restore Destination window appears. The image can be restored to the volume with the mount point from which it was originally backed up. Alternatively, a different volume can be chosen for the restore location. 6. Click the Restore button to begin the restore. The Task List window appears showing the progress of the restore. The Restore Report window displays a detailed status report. Considerations: v You can select View File Details from the main window or click the View File details button to display the following statistics about file system images backed up by the client: Image Size - This is the volume size which was backed up. Stored Size - This is the actual image size stored on the server. The stored image on the Tivoli Storage Manager server is the same size as the volume capacity. File system type Backup date and time Management class assigned to image backup Whether the image backup is an active or inactive copy

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v In the Restore Options window, you can choose to restore the image only or the image and incremental directories files. If you choose Image Only, you will restore the image from your last image backup only. This is the default. If you ran incremental-by-date image backup on a volume or image backups on a volume with incrementals, you can choose the Image plus incremental directories and files option. If you choose Image plus incremental directories and files, you can also select Delete inactive files from local to delete the inactive files that are restored to your local file system. If incremental-by-date image backup was the only type of incremental backup you performed on the file system, deletion of files will not occur. Attention: Be absolutely sure that you need to perform an incremental restore because it will replace your entire file system with the image from the server and then restore the files that you backed up using the incremental image backup operation.

Performing an image restore using the command line

Use the restore image command to restore an image using the Tivoli Storage Manager command line client. See Restore Image on page 476 Verifyimage on page 380, and Imagetofile on page 264 for more information. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Restoring an image to file

All LVM volumes contain Logical Volume Control Block (LVCB) on the first sector (512 bytes) of the volume which contains volume specific meta-data and should be preserved by applications using the volume. When performing image backup, Tivoli Storage Manager backs up LVCB, but on restore, it only restores the data (skipping LVCB), in order to preserve the original LVCB of the destination volume. When performing image restore to file, entire volume contents, including LVCB, are restored to file. When you copy the file containing image back onto a LVM volume, you will need to skip LVCB from both the file and destination volume. The following dd command can be used for this purpose.
dd if=<filename> of=/dev/<vol> bs=512 skip=1 seek=1

The above command sets the block size to 512 bytes, which will make copying very slow. It is better to use bs=1m or similar. Here is a faster (but more complicated) way to copy image data: 1. Save the original first sector to a file:
dd if=/dev/<vol> of=firstblk.tmp bs=512 count=1

2. Copy the restored image:

dd if=<filename> of=/dev/<vol> bs=1m

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Performing an image restore using the GUI

Use the following procedure to restore an image of your file system or raw logical volume: 1. Click Restore from the main window. The Restore window appears. 2. Expand the directory tree. 3. Locate the object in the tree named Image and expand it. Click the selection box next to the image you want to restore. You can obtain detailed information about the object by highlighting the object and selecting View File Details... from the main window or click the View File details button.
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4. (Optional) To perform an incremental image restore, click the Options button to open the Restore Options window and select the Image plus incremental directories and files option. If you want to delete inactive files from your local file system, select the Delete inactive files from local check box. Click the OK button. 5. Click Restore. The Restore Destination window appears. The image can be restored to the volume with the mount point from which it was originally backed up. Alternatively, a different volume can be chosen for the restore location. 6. Click the Restore button to begin the restore. The Task List window appears showing the progress of the restore. The Restore Report window displays a detailed status report. Considerations: v You can select View File Details from the main window or click the View File details button to display the following statistics about file system images backed up by the client: Image Size - This is the volume size which was backed up. Stored Size - This is the actual image size stored on the server. The stored image on the Tivoli Storage Manager server is the same size as the volume capacity. File system type Backup date and time Management class assigned to image backup Whether the image backup is an active or inactive copy v To modify specific restore options, click the Options button. Any options you change are effective during the current session only. v In the Restore Options window, you can choose to restore the image only or the image and incremental directories files. If you choose Image Only, you will restore the image from your last image backup only. This is the default. If you ran incremental-by-date image backup on a volume or image backups on a volume with incrementals, you can choose the Image plus incremental directories and files option. If you choose Image plus incremental directories and files, you can also select Delete inactive files from local to delete the inactive files that are restored to your local file system. If incremental-by-date image backup was the only type of incremental backup you performed on the file system, deletion of files will not occur. Attention: Be absolutely sure that you need to perform an incremental restore because it will replace your entire file system with the image from the server and then restore the files that you backed up using the incremental image backup operation.

Performing an image restore using the command line

Use the restore image command to restore an image using the Tivoli Storage Manager command line client. See Restore Image on page 476 for more information.

Restoring data from a backupset

Your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can generate a backupset (a collection of your files that reside on the server) onto portable media created on a device using a format that is compatible with the client device.

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It is possible to generate a backupset as a number of special files if the device class the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator specifies when creating it is file. These files can be stored locally (on the client) to provide more restore flexibility. Portable media can be used on devices such as a tape, CD-ROM, DVD, and Iomega JAZ or ZIP drives. Current device support information is available at the following Web sites: v http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/ IBM_TSM_Supported_Devices_for_AIXHPSUNWIN.html v http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/ IBM_TSM_Supported_Devices_for_iSeries.html v http://www.ibm.com/software/sysmgmt/products/support/ IBM_TSM_Supported_Devices_for_Linux.html You can restore backupsets from the following locations: v Directly from the server (You must be a root user to restore an entire backupset from the server, otherwise only files you own are restored.) v From portable media on a device attached to your client workstation v From a backupset file on the your client workstation Backupsets can provide you with instant archive and rapid recovery capability as described below: Instant archive This capability allows an administrator to create an archive collection from backup versions already stored on the server. Rapid recovery When you are away from your office without a network connection and you lose data, you can restore the data from the backupset. Notes: 1. If you cannot restore a backupset from portable media, check with your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator to ensure that the portable media was created on a device using a format that is compatible with your device. 2. There is no support in the Tivoli Storage Manager API for the backupset format. 3. To enable the GUI client to restore a backupset on an attached device on a UNIX and Linux standalone workstation, without requiring a server connection, use the localbackupset option. See Localbackupset on page 282 for more information. 4. Note that the restore backupset command supports restore of local backupsets from local media without using the localbackupset option.

Restoring an entire or partial backupset

Tivoli Storage Manager considers a backupset as one object containing the whole file structure. You can restore the entire backupset or just select portions. The backupset media is self-describing and contains all the information required to perform a successful restore. | | | | If you are connected to a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4 or higher server, your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can create backup sets that are stacked. Stacked backup sets can contain data from multiple client nodes, and they can contain different types of data for a particular client node. The types of data can be

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file data or Image data. If you have upgraded from Tivoli Storage Manager Express, some application data is also supported. Note: Image data and application data restore is only available when restoring from the server. It is not supported from a client local backupset restore. When a backup set is stacked, you can only restore data for your own node. Data for all other nodes will be skipped. When restoring data from a stacked backup set on a local device, you can only restore file level data for your own client node. Attention: Due to the portability of local backup sets, additional steps should be taken to secure local backup sets on portable media. The backup set media should be physically secured since the backup set can be restored locally without authenticating with the server. Each user has access to all of the data on the stacked backup set, which means that the user has access to data that they do not own, by changing the nodename or viewing the backup set in its raw format. Encryption or physical protection of the media are the only methods to ensure that the data is protected. If you restore backupset data from the server, individual files, directories or entire backupset data can be restored in a single operation from the GUI or the command line. When you restore backupset data locally, the GUI can only display and restore an entire backupset. The command line can be used to restore individual files or directories stored in a backupset locally. Refer to the backupsetname option on the restore and query commands for more information.

Restoring backupsets using the GUI

Attention: Before you begin a restore, be aware that backupsets can contain data for multiple file spaces. If you specify a destination other than the original location, data from all file spaces are restored to the location you specify. To restore a backupset, perform the following steps: v Click Restore from the GUI main window. The Restore window appears. v Locate the Backup Sets directory tree object and expand it by clicking the plus sign (+) beside it. To restore the backupset from a local device, expand the Local object and the Specify backupset location dialog is displayed. On the dialog, select File name: or Tape name: from the dropdown list and then enter the tape or file name location. You can also click the Browse button to open a file selection window and select a backupset. To restore data from backupset from the server, first expand the Server object and then either Filelevel or Image, depending on the type of restore requested. v Click the selection box next to the backupset or directory or file within the backupset that you want to restore. It is now possible to select files from within a backupset if that backupset is located at the server and was generated with a table of contents. v Click Restore. The Restore Destination window appears. Enter the appropriate information. v Click on Restore. The Task List window displays the restore processing status. Notes: 1. If the object you want to restore is part of a backupset generated on a node, and the node name is changed on the server, any backupset objects that were

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generated prior to the name change will not match the new node name. Ensure that the node name is the same as the node for which the backupset was generated. 2. The client can be used to restore a backupset on an attached device with or without a server connection. If the server connection fails, a prompt will appear to continue for purposes of local backupset restore. Also, the localbackupset option can be used to tell the client not to attempt the connection to the server. 3. Certain local devices such as tape devices require device drivers to be set up prior to performing a restore. See the device manual for assistance with this task. You will also need to know the device address in order to perform the restore. 4. The following features of a backupset restore from the server are not available when restoring locally: a. Image restore b. The GUI display and restore of individual files and directories. The command line can be used to restore an individual directory or file from a local backupset c. Application data restore if the server was migrated from the Tivoli Storage Manager Express product

Restoring backupsets using the command line client

The restore backupset command restores a backupset from the server, a local file, or a local tape device. Refer to the backupsetname option on the restore and query commands for more information. Use the location option with the restore backupset and query backupset commands to specify where Tivoli Storage Manager searches for a backupset during a query or restore operation. You can use this option to locate backupsets on the server or local files. Tapes that are generated on the server can be used locally by specifying the location option and either the file name or the tape device. Refer to the backupsetname option on the restore and query commands for more information. Use the query backupset command to query a backupset from a local file, tape device, or the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The query backupset command displays the backupset name, generation date, retention, and description. See Query Backupset on page 447 for more information. | | | | | | | | | | | | |

Restoring data to a GPFS 3.1 file system with multiple storage pools
GPFS 3.1 allows you to manage your data using storage pools. A storage pool is a collection of disks or RAIDs with similar properties that are managed together as a group. The group under which the storage pools are managed together is the file system. The automated placement and management of files on the storage pool level is done by policies. A policy is a set of rules that describes the life cycle of user data, based on the files attributes. When a file is created, the placement policy determines the initial location of the files data and assigns the file to a storage pool. All data written to that file is placed in the assigned storage pool. The management policy determines file management operation, such as migration and deletion. The files within a GPFS 3.1 file system are distributed over different storage pools, depending on the enabled placement and migration policies.

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During restore, the files are placed on the correct storage pool. Tivoli Storage Manager is not aware of pool-to-pool migrations, so the files are placed on the storage pool from where the backup has taken place. The policy engine replaces the files based on migration policies. GPFS handles the placement of files after a restore as follows: v The file is placed according to the storage pool ID that is stored in the extended attributes v The file is placed based on the current placement policy v The file is placed in the system pool If a storage pool ID is stored in the extended attributes of the file, and that storage pool is available, the file is always placed in that storage pool. If the storage pool is not available, the file is placed according to the placement policy. If the placement policy does not match the file, the file is placed in the system pool. The following restrictions apply: v Correct placement to storage pools only works with GPFS 3.1 PTF 6 or higher v The restore of stub files does not work with multiple storage pools, or with files that have ACLs v Filesets are not supported v Unlink of Filesets are not allowed v ctime option of GPFS should be set to no (default), to prevent unwanted Backup-Archive backups of files after GPFS file migration from pool to pool See the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administrators Guide for your operating system, for more information about storage pools.

Restoring NAS file systems

You restore NAS file system images using the Web client or command line interface. For information on how to install and configure the Web client, see Configuring the Web client on page 50. You can restore full or differential NAS file system images that were backed up previously. If you restore a differential image, Tivoli Storage Manager automatically restores the full backup image first, followed by the differential image. It is not necessary for a client node to mount a NAS file system to perform backup or restore operations on that file system.

Restoring NAS file systems using the Web client

For information on how to install and configure the Web client, see Configuring the Web client on page 50. To restore NAS file systems using the Web client GUI: 1. Click the Restore from the main window. The Restore window appears. 2. Expand the directory tree if necessary. To expand a node in the tree, click the plus sign (+) next to an object in the tree. Notes: a. Nodes shown are those that have been backed up and to which your administrator has authority. b. The root node called Nodes is not selectable. This node only appears if a NAS plug-in is present on the client machine.

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c. NAS nodes display on the same level as the client workstations node. Only nodes to which the administrator has authority appear. 3. Expand the NAS node to reveal the Image object. 4. Expand the Image object to display volumes that you can restore. You cannot expand Volume objects. 5. Click the selection boxes next to the volumes under the Image object that you want to restore. Notes: a. If you want to restore a NAS image that was backed up on a particular date, click the Point In Time button. After you select a date, the last object that was backed up on or prior to that date appears, including any inactive objects. b. If you want to display all images (including active images and inactive images), before you select them, select View Display active/inactive files from the menu bar. 6. Click Restore. The Restore Destination window appears. Enter the information in the Restore Destination window. If you choose to restore to a different destination, you can only restore one volume at a time to a different destination. Note: You can restore NAS file system images to any volume on the NAS file server from which they were backed up. You cannot restore images to another NAS file server. 7. Click Restore. The NAS Restore Task List window displays the restore processing status and progress bar. If there is a number next to the progress bar, it indicates the size of the restore, if known. After the restore completes, the NAS Restore Report window displays processing details. Note: If it is necessary to close the Web browser session, current NAS operations will continue after disconnect. You can use the Dismiss button on the NAS Restore Task List window to quit monitoring processes without ending the current operation. 8. (Optional) To monitor processing of an operation, select the Actions TSM Activities from the main window. Considerations: v Workstation and remote (NAS) backups are mutually exclusive in a Restore window. After selecting an item for restore, the next item you select must be of the same type (either NAS or non NAS). v Details will not appear in the right-frame of the Restore window for NAS nodes or images. To view information about a NAS image, highlight the NAS image and select View File Details from the menu. v To delete NAS file spaces, select Utilities Delete Filespaces. You can delete both workstation and remote objects.

Restoring NAS file systems using the command line

Table 41 on page 136 lists the commands and options you can use to restore NAS file system images from the command line.

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Displays all the nodes for which a particular administrative 457 user ID has authority to perform operations. The authorized administrative user ID should have at least client owner authority over both the NAS node and the client workstation node they are using either from command line or from the Web client. Use the query backup command with the class option to display information about file system images backed up for a NAS file server. Use the query filespace command with the class option to display a list of file spaces belonging to a NAS node. Restores the image of a file system belonging to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) file server. Displays current backup and restore processes for all NAS nodes for which an administrative user has authority. The administrative user can then select one process to monitor. 444

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Regardless of client platform, NAS file system specifications use the forward slash (/) separator, as in this example: /vol/vol0. Note: When you initiate a NAS restore operation using the command line client or the Web client, the server starts a process to initiate, control, and monitor the operation. It might take several moments before you notice progress at the command line client interface because the server must perform mount and other necessary tasks before data movement occurs. The Tivoli Storage Manager command line client might display an Interrupted ... message when the mount occurs. You can ignore this message.

Restoring the WebSphere Application Server (WAS)

Use the Web client GUI or command line client to restore full or differential image backups of a WebSphere Application Server if the Data Protection for WebSphere Application Server is installed. When you back up a WAS, file spaces are created on the Tivoli Storage Manager server with the naming convention WAS_INSTANCENAME (for the Application Server file space) and WAS_ND_INSTANCENAME (for the Network Deployment Manager file space). Before you begin: v It is strongly recommended that you restore data at the Network Deployment Manager node or Application Server node level only, rather than individual files. Restoring data other than at these levels can corrupt your WebSphere installation. See IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Application Servers 5.2: Data Protection for WebSphere Application Server Installation and Users Guide, SC32-9075, for more information.

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v You need to take WAS offline before you begin the restore. To restore the WebSphere Application Server: 1. Click Restore from the Web client GUI main window. The Restore window appears. 2. Expand the directory tree if necessary. 3. Expand the WebSphere Application Server node to reveal the WAS_<INSTANCENAME> and WAS_ND_<INSTANCENAME> file spaces. Notes: a. The most recent active full or differential backup appears under the WebSphere Application Server tree. b. If only a single instance of WAS was backed up, the WebSphere Application Server tree displays only the WAS_<NODENAME> and WAS_ND_<NODENAME> file spaces. c. If multiple instances of WAS were backed up, the WebSphere Application Server tree displays multiple instances as WAS_<INSTANCENAME> and WAS_ND_<INSTANCENAME>. The INSTANCENAME is a variation of the NODENAME. 4. Click the selection box next to the Application Server (INSTANCENAME) node or Network Deployment Manager (INSTANCENAME) node that you want to restore. Notes: a. If you want to restore objects that were backed on a particular date, click the Point In Time button. After you select a date, the last object that was backed up on or prior to that date appears, including inactive objects. b. If you want to see all active and inactive WAS backups before you select them, select View Display active/inactive files from the menu bar. Inactive WAS backup objects are displayed with an X next to the object in the tree. 5. Click Restore. The Restore Task List window displays the restore processing status. If you want to re-access the Task List window after exiting and restarting the Web client, select Actions TSM Activities from the menu. Considerations: v Workstation, NAS, and WAS restores are mutually exclusive in the Restore window. After selecting an item for restore, the next item you select must be of the same type. v To display information about a WAS object (from the Restore window), select a WAS object, click View File Details. v If you need to recover a WAS file space to a new machine, you must install WebSphere Application Server, the client, and the Data Protection for WebSphere Application Server on the new machine before you can restore your WAS file space. See Restore WAS on page 481 for more information. v To delete WAS file spaces, select Utilities Delete Filespaces from the Restore window the menu bar. To restore WAS objects from the Tivoli Storage Manager command line, use the restore was command. See Restore WAS on page 481 for more information.

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Restore: Additional considerations

This section discusses some advanced considerations for restoring data. You do not need to understand this information to use Tivoli Storage Manager for basic work.

Authorizing another user to restore or retrieve your files

You can authorize another user on the same workstation or a different workstation to restore backup versions or retrieve archive copies of your files. This permits you to share files with other people or with other workstations that you use with a different node name. To authorize a user on another workstation to restore or retrieve your files, the other workstation must be running one of the UNIX clients and must be registered with your Tivoli Storage Manager server. To authorize another user to restore or retrieve your files: 1. Click Utilities Node Access List from the main window. The Node Access List window appears. 2. Click the Add button. The Add Access Rule window appears. 3. In the Add Access Rule window, select an item in the Permit Access to field to specify the type of data that the other user can access. You can select either Backed up Objects or Archived Objects. 4. In the Grant Access to Node field, type the node name of the users host machine that can access your data. 5. In the User field, type the name of the user on a node who can access your data. 6. In the Filespace and Directory field, select the file space and the directory that the user can access. You can select one file space and one directory at a time. If you want to give the user access to another file space or directory, you must create another access rule. 7. If you want to limit the user to specific files in the directory, type the name or pattern of the files on the server that the other user can access in the Filename field. You can make only one entry in the Filename field. It can either be a single file name or a pattern which matches one or more files. You can use a wildcard character as part of the pattern. Your entry must match files that have been stored on the server. 8. For the Java GUI: If you want to give access to all files that match the file name specification within the selected directory including its subdirectories, click Include subdirectories. 9. Click the OK button to save the access rule and close the Add Access Rule window. 10. The access rule that you created is displayed in the list box in the Node Access List window. When you have finished working with the Node Access List window, click the OK button. If you do not want to save your changes, click Cancel or close the window. On the command line client, use the set access command to authorize another node to restore or retrieve your files. You can also use the query access command to see your current list, and delete access to delete nodes from the list. For more information about these commands, see: v Set Access on page 491 v Query Access on page 441 v Delete Access on page 417

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Restoring or retrieving files from another client node

After users grant you access to their files on the server, you can restore or retrieve those files to your local system. You can display another users file spaces on the server, restore the other users backup versions, or retrieve the other users archive copies to your local file system. To display another users file spaces on the server, restore the other users backup versions, or retrieve the other users archive copies to your local drives: 1. Click Utilities from the main window. 2. Click Access Another Node. The Access Another Node window appears. 3. Type the node name of the users host machine in the Node name field. Type the user name in the User name field. 4. Click the Set button. If you are using commands, use the fromnode and fromowner options to indicate the node name and the name of the user who owns the files. For example, to restore files to one of your own file systems that were backed up from a workstation named Node1 and owned by a user named Ann, enter:
dsmc restore -fromn=node1 -fromo=ann "/home/proj/*" /home/gillis/

Use the query filespace command to get a list of file spaces (see Query Filespace on page 449). For example, to get a list of file spaces owned by Ann on Node1, enter:
dsmc query filespace -fromn=node1 -fromo=ann

See Fromnode on page 256 for more information about the fromnode option. See Restore on page 466 for more information about using the fromnode and fromowner options with the restore command. Also seeRetrieve on page 484 for more information about the retrieve command.

Restore or retrieve files to another workstation

From a different workstation, you can restore or retrieve files you have already backed up from your own workstation. You must know the Tivoli Storage Manager password assigned to your node. To restore or retrieve files to another workstation, use the virtualnodename option to specify the node name of the workstation from which you backed up the files. Virtualnodename cannot be set to the hostname of the machine. You can use the virtualnodename option when you start Tivoli Storage Manager or you can add the virtualnodename option to your client user options file dsm.opt. Use the virtualnodename option on the dsmj command if you are borrowing another users machine and you do not want to update their client user options file. Tivoli Storage Manager prompts you for the password for your original node. After you enter the correct password, all file systems from your original workstation appear in the Restore or Retrieve window. You can restore or retrieve files as if you were working on your own workstation. Attention: When you use this method to access files, you have access to all files backed up and archived from your workstation. You are considered a virtual root user. You can use the virtualnodename option in a command. For example, to restore your projx files, enter:
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If you do not want to restore or retrieve the files to the same directory name on the alternate workstation, enter a different destination. The considerations for retrieving files are the same as restoring files.

Restoring a disk in case of disk loss

Tivoli Storage Manager can recover your files only if you can run the client. If the file system that contains the client is lost, you must reinstall the client before you can recover your files. If you also lose the file system that contains the operating system and communication software, you must recover them before you can connect to the server. To protect yourself against these kinds of losses, you need to put together a set of installation media that you can use to restore your system to a state that lets you contact the server and begin recovering data. The installation media should contain: 1. A bootable operating system that lets you perform basic functions. 2. A correctly configured communication program that lets you establish communications with the server. 3. A client with appropriate customized options files. You can use the command line client to complete this task. The communication package you use determines what files you need. Consult your operating system and communication software manuals to set up your installation media. If you also have the Tivoli Space Manager installed on your workstation, your installation media should include the space manager command line client. For information about restoring migrated files, see IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide, SC32-0148. Note: Your administrator can schedule restore operations which can be very useful when you need to restore a large number of files.

Deleting file spaces

Authorized User If your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator gives you authority, you can delete entire file spaces from the server. When you delete a file space, you delete all the files and images, both backup versions and archive copies, that are contained within the file space. For example, if you delete the file space for your /home/monnet file system, you are deleting every backup for every file in that file system and every file you archived from that file system. Carefully consider whether you want to delete a file space. You can delete individual backup versions by using the delete backup command. See Delete Backup on page 420 for more information. You can delete file spaces using the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI or command line clients. To delete NAS file spaces, use the Web client or command line client. To delete a file space using the GUI, perform the following steps:

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1. Select Utilities Delete Filespaces from the main window. 2. Click the selection boxes next to the file spaces you want to delete. 3. Click the Delete button. Tivoli Storage Manager prompts you for confirmation before deleting the file space. You can also delete a file space using the delete filespace command. See Delete Filespace on page 423 for more information. Use the class option with the delete filespace command to delete NAS file spaces. See Class on page 202 for more information.

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Chapter 6. Archiving and retrieving your data

Archiving and retrieving files is similar to backing up and restoring files. Many of the windows and concepts are similar. In this chapter, we cover the main archive and retrieve tasks, but where windows and concepts are the same, as for backup and restore, see Chapter 4, Backing up your data, on page 79. All client archive and retrieve procedures in this chapter also apply to the Web client, except the following: v Estimate v Preferences editor See Starting a Web client session on page 72 for information on starting the Web client. Table 42 identifies tasks described in this chapter:
Table 42. Archive and retrieve: Primary tasks Task Archiving data using the GUI Archiving data using the command line Deleting archive data Retrieving data using the GUI Retrieving data using the command line Page 143 144 147 149 149

Archiving files
To archive files, you need to specifically select the files to archive. You can select the files by using a file specification or by selecting them from a directory tree. Your administrator might have set up schedules to archive certain files on your workstation automatically. See Chapter 7, Automating tasks, on page 151 for information on checking and running the schedules available to you. The following sections cover how to archive files without using a schedule.

Archiving data using the GUI

You can archive a file or a group of files using file names, or you can select files that match your search criteria using a directory tree. Perform archives using the following procedure: 1. Click Archive from the main window. The Archive window appears. 2. Expand the directory tree by clicking the plus sign (+) or the folder icon next to an object in the tree. To search or filter files, click the Search icon from the tool bar. To a. b. c. search: Enter your search criteria in the Find Files (Archive) window. Click the Search button. The Matching Files (Archive) window appears. Click the selection boxes next to the files you want to archive and close the Matching Files (Archive) window.

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filter: Enter your filter criteria in the Find Files (Archive) window. Click the Filter button. The Archive window displays the filtered files. Click the selection boxes next to the filtered files or directories you want to archive. 3. Enter the description, accept the default description, or select an existing description for your archive package in the Description box. The maximum length of a description is 254 characters. When an existing archive description is used, the files or directories selected are added to the archive package. All archived packages with the same description are grouped for retrieves, queries, and deletions. 4. To modify specific archive options, click the Options button. Any options you change are effective during the current session only. The Java GUI does not have an Estimate button. 5. Click on Archive. The Archive Task List window displays the archive processing status.

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Archiving data using the command line

You request archive services when you want to preserve copies of files in their current state, either for later use or for historical or legal purposes. You can archive a single file, a group of files, or all the files in a directory or subdirectory. After you archive a file, you can choose to delete the original file from your workstation. See Archive on page 402 for more information about the archive command.

Associating a local snapshot with a server file space

Use the snapshotroot option with the archive command in conjunction with a third-party application that provides a snapshot of a logical volume, to associate the data on the local snapshot with the real file space data that is stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The snapshotroot option does not provide any facilities to take a volume snapshot, only to manage data created by a volume snapshot. See Snapshotroot on page 351 for more information. Table 43 shows examples of using the archive command to archive objects. See Archive on page 402 additional examples.
Table 43. Command line archive examples Task Archive all files in the /home/proj1 directory with a file extension of .txt. Archive all files in the /home/jones/proj/ directory and delete the files on your workstation. Command dsmc archive /home/proj1/*.txt dsmc archive /home/jones/proj/ -deletefiles Considerations Use wildcards to archive more than one file at a time. Retrieve the archived files to your workstation whenever you need them again. See Deletefiles on page 218 for more information about the deletefiles option. If you specify the removeoperandlimit option with the archive command, the 20-operand limit is not enforced and is restricted only by available resources or other operating system limits. This allows you to specify more than 20 files on a single command. See Removeoperandlimit on page 324 for more information about this option.

Archive the /home/jones/h1.doc and dsmc archive /home/jones/h1.doc /home/jones/test.doc files. /home/jones/test.doc

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Table 43. Command line archive examples (continued) Task Archive a list of files in the /home/avi/filelist.txt file. Command dsmc archive -filelist=/home/avi/ filelist.txt Considerations Use the filelist option to process a list of files. See Filelist on page 250 for more information.

Archive the /home/jones/ch1.doc file dsmc archive /home/jones/ch1.doc If you do not specify a description and assign a description to the -description=Chapter 1, first version with the archive command, the archive. default is Archive Date:x, where x is the current system date. See Description on page 219 for more information about the description option. Archive all of the files in the /home/jones/proj/ directory and its subdirectories. Use the v2archive option with the archive command to archive only files in the /home/relx/dir1 directory, but not the relx or dir1 directories. dsmc archive /home/jones/proj/ -subdir=yes dsmc archive /home/relx/dir1/ -v2archive See Subdir on page 356 for more information about the subdir option. Tivoli Storage Manager archives only files in the /home/relx/dir1 directory. Directories that exist in the path are not processed. See V2archive on page 378 for more information about the v2archive option. See Archmc on page 195 for more information about the archmc option. See Chapter 8, Understanding storage management policies, on page 157 for more information about management classes. Tivoli Storage Manager considers the snapshotroot value as a file space name. See Snapshotroot on page 351 for more information.

Use the archmc option with the archive command to specify the available management class for your policy domain to which you want to bind your archived files. Assuming that you initiated a snapshot of the /usr file system and mounted the snapshot as /snapshot/day1, archive the /usr/dir1/sub1 directory tree from the local snapshot and manage it on the Tivoli Storage Manager server under the file space name /usr.

dsmc archive archmc=ret2yrs /home/plan/proj1/budget.jan

dsmc archive /usr/dir1/sub1/ -subdir=yes -snapshotroot=/ snapshot/day1

Archiving data with client node proxy

Archives of multiple nodes which share storage can be consolidated to a common target nodename on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. This is useful when the machine responsible for performing the archive can change over time, such as with a cluster. The asnodename option also allows data to be restored from a different system than the one which performed the backup. Use the asnodename option with the appropriate command to back up, archive, restore, and retrieve data under the target node name on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. This support is only available with Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 and higher. To enable this option, follow these steps: v Install the backup-archive client on all nodes in a shared data environment. v Register each node with the Tivoli Storage Manager server, if it does not exist. Register the common target nodename to be shared by each of the agent nodes used in your shared data environment.

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v Register each of the nodes in the shared data environment with the Tivoli Storage Manager server. This is the agent nodename which is used for authentication purposes. Data will not be stored using the nodename when the asnodename option is used. v The Tivoli Storage Manager administrator must grant proxy authority to all nodes in the shared environment to access the target node name on the Tivoli Storage Manager server, using the grant proxynode command. v Use the query proxynode administrative client command to display the authorized users client nodes, granted by the grant proxynode command. Follow these steps to set up encryption with the encryptkey=save option: 1. Specify encryptkey=save in the options file. 2. Back up at least one file with asnode=ProxyNodeName to create a local encryption key on each agent node in the multiple node environment. Follow these steps to set up encryption with the encryptkey=prompt option: 1. Specify encryptkey=prompt in the options file. 2. Ensure that users of the agent nodes in the multiple node environment are using the same encryption key. v If you change the encryption key, you must repeat the previous steps. v Use the same encryption key for all files backed up in the shared node environment. Follow these steps to enable multinode operation from the GUI: 1. Verify that the client node has proxy authority to a target node (or authorized to act as the target node) using the query proxynode administrative client command. 2. Select Edit Preferences to open the preferences window. 3. Select the General tab and fill in the As Node Name field with the name of the proxy authorized target node. 4. Click Apply and then OK to close the preferences window. Follow these steps to verify that your client node is now accessing the server as the target node: 1. Open the tree window and check that the target node name specified by the As Node Name field appears, or 2. Verify the target node name in the Accessing As Node field in the Connection Information window. To return to single node operation, delete the As Node Name from the Accessing As Node field in the General Preferences tab. Suggestions: v All agent nodes in the multiple node environment should be of the same platform type. v Do not use target nodes as traditional nodes. Use them only for multiple node processing. Restrictions enforced within a proxied session: v You cannot perform a system object, system state or system services backup or restore.

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v You cannot access another node (either from GUI drop down or use of the fromnode option). v You cannot use the clusternode option. v You cannot perform NAS backup or restore. See Asnodename on page 197 for more information.

Deleting archive data

If your administrator has given you authority, you can delete individual archive copies from the Tivoli Storage Manager server without deleting the entire file space. To determine if you have this authority, select File Connection Information from the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI or Web client main menu. Your authority status is provided in the Delete Archive Files field. To delete archive copies from the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI or Web client: 1. Select Delete Archive Data from the Utilities menu. The Archive Delete window appears. 2. Expand the Directory tree by clicking the plus sign (+) or folder icon next to the object you want to expand. Objects on the tree are grouped by archive package description. 3. Click the selection boxes next to objects that you want to delete. If you want to estimate the amount of time it takes to process your files and directories, click the Estimate button. 4. Click the Delete button. Tivoli Storage Manager prompts you for confirmation before deleting archive selections. The Archive Delete Task List window displays the progress of the delete. To delete archive copies using the Tivoli Storage Manager command line client, use the delete archive command. See Delete Archive on page 418 for more information.

Archive: Advanced considerations

This section covers some advanced considerations in archiving files. You do not need to understand this information in order to use Tivoli Storage Manager for basic work.

Saving access permissions

When you archive a file, Tivoli Storage Manager saves standard UNIX access permissions assigned to the file. Depending on your operating system, it also saves extended permissions. For example, for files on an AIX workstation, Tivoli Storage Manager saves access control lists. If you are a user, and you archive a file to which you have read access, you own the archived copy of the file. You are the only user who can retrieve the archived file unless you grant access to another user.

Understanding how symbolic links are handled

When you archive a symbolic link, Tivoli Storage Manager archives the file to which the symbolic link points. It does not archive path information for the directory. If you archive a symbolic link that points to a directory, Tivoli Storage Manager archives the files contained in the directory (and its subdirectories if the subdir option is set to yes) under the name of the symbolic link.
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Use the archsymlinkasfile option to specify whether Tivoli Storage Manager archives the symbolic link and the file or directory it points to, or the symbolic link only. See Archsymlinkasfile on page 196 for more information. Table 44 shows symbolic link archive and retrieve functions and the action taken:
Table 44. Symbolic link management table for archive and retrieve Function Archive of a file link. Archive of a directory link. Archive of a file with subdir=yes. Archive of a directory with subdir=yes. Archive of a symbolic link that points to a file or directory that does not exist. Retrieve a symbolic link that points to file; the file and link exist. Retrieve a symbolic link that points to file; the symbolic link no longer exists. Retrieve a symbolic link that points to a directory; the symbolic link and directory no longer exist. Action taken Archives the file to which the symbolic link points. Archives the directory and its contents. Archives the file, directory path and all like-named files in the subtree. Archives the directory, its contents, and contents of subdirectories. Archives the symbolic link. Replaces the file if replace=y is set. Retrieves the file replacing the file name with the symbolic link name and places it in the directory where the symbolic link resided. A directory is created in the directory where the symbolic link resides, and all files and subdirectories are restored to that directory. The symbolic link name is used as the new directory name. Tivoli Storage Manager will not retrieve as long as the symbolic link exists.

Retrieve a symbolic link that points to a directory; the symbolic link and directory still exist.

Understanding how hard links are handled

When you archive files that are hard-linked, Tivoli Storage Manager archives each instance of the linked file. For example, if you archive two files that are hard-linked, Tivoli Storage Manager will archive the file data twice. When you retrieve hard-linked files, Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to reestablish the links. For example, if you had a hard-linked pair of files, and only one of the hard-linked files is on your workstation, when you retrieve both files, they will be hard-linked. The one exception to this procedure occurs if you archive two files that are hard-linked and then break the connection between them on your workstation. If you retrieve the two files from the server, Tivoli Storage Manager will respect the current file system and not retrieve the hard link. If you do not archive and retrieve all files that are hard-linked at the same time, problems will occur. To ensure that hard-linked files remain synchronized, archive all hard links at the same time and retrieve those same files together.

Retrieving archives
Retrieve a file when you want to return an archive copy from the server to your workstation.

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Many of the advanced considerations for retrieving files are the same as for restoring files. See Authorizing another user to restore or retrieve your files on page 138, Restoring or retrieving files from another client node on page 139, and Restore or retrieve files to another workstation on page 139.

Retrieving data using the GUI

To retrieve an archived file: 1. Click Retrieve from the client Java GUI main window. The Retrieve window appears. 2. Expand the directory tree by clicking the plus sign (+) or the folder icon next to an object you want to expand. To search or filter files, click the Search icon from the tool bar. To a. b. c. To a. b. c. search: Enter your search criteria in the Find Files (Retrieve) window. Click the Search button. The Matching Files (Retrieve) window appears. Click the selection boxes next to the files you want to retrieve and close the Matching Files (Retrieve) window.

filter: Enter your filter criteria in the Find Files (Retrieve) window. Click the Filter button. The Retrieve window displays the filtered files. Click the selection boxes next to the filtered files or directories you want to retrieve. 3. To modify specific retrieve options, click the Options button. Any options you change are effective during the current session only. For the Motif GUI: To estimate the transfer time for your archived selections, click the Estimate button. The Java GUI does not have an Estimate button. 4. Click Retrieve. The Retrieve Destination window appears. Enter the appropriate information in the Retrieve Destination window. 5. Click Retrieve. The Retrieve Task List window displays the retrieve processing status.

Retrieving data using the command line

You retrieve a file when you want to return an archive copy from the server to your workstation. You can retrieve a single file, a group of files, or all the files in a directory or subdirectory. When you retrieve a file, Tivoli Storage Manager sends you a copy of that file. The archived file remains in storage. Use the retrieve command to retrieve files from storage to your workstation. Table 45 shows examples of using the retrieve command. See Retrieve on page 484 for additional examples, and detailed information about the retrieve command.
Table 45. Command line examples of retrieving archives Task Retrieve the /home/jones/h1.doc file to its original directory. Retrieve the /home/jones/h1.doc file under a new name and directory. Retrieve all files from the /home/jones directory that end with the characters .bak to the /home/smith directory. Command dsmc retrieve /home/jones/h1.doc Considerations If you do not specify a destination, the files are retrieved to their original location. None None.

dsmc retrieve /home/jones/h1.doc /home/smith/h2.doc dsmc retrieve /home/jones/*.bak /home/smith/

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Table 45. Command line examples of retrieving archives (continued) Task Retrieve the /home/jones/ch1.doc file and assign a description to the retrieve. Command Considerations

dsmc retrieve /home/jones/ch1.doc If you do not specify a description -description=Chapter 1, first version with the retrieve command, the default is Retrieve Date:x, where x is the current system date. See Description on page 219 for more information about the description option. See Pick on page 308 for more information about the pick option. See Filelist on page 250 for more information about retrieving a list of files.

Use the pick option to display a list dsmc retrieve /home/jones/* -pick of archives from which you can select files to retrieve. Retrieve a list of files specified in the retrievelist.txt file to their original directory. dsmc retrieve -filelist=/home/dir2/ retrievelist.txt

Understanding how your archives are managed

As with backing up files, Tivoli Storage Manager checks the include options in your include-exclude options list to determine which management class to assign to your archived files. If you do not specifically assign a management class to a file with an include option, Tivoli Storage Manager assigns the file the default management class. Tivoli Storage Manager can only archive a file if the selected management class contains an archive copy group. You can override the default management class by using the archmc option, or by selecting the management class from the Options menu in the GUI. You can also add include-exclude statements in the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Java GUI or Web client directory tree. Then you can use the Utilities Preview Include-Exclude function to preview the include-exclude list prior to sending data to the server. For more information about the preview command, see Preview on page 439. For information on the various management class attributes used to manage your archives, see Displaying information about management classes and copy groups on page 159. See Assigning a management class to files on page 163 for information about using the include-exclude options list.

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Chapter 7. Automating tasks

This chapter applies to the Authorized User only. Root authorization is only required when updating the /etc/inittab and /etc/rc files. Your administrator can schedule Tivoli Storage Manager to perform tasks automatically. For example, you can automatically back up files at the end of each day or archive some of your files every Friday. This procedure, known as central scheduling, is a cooperative effort between the server and your client node. Your administrator associates clients with one or more schedules that are part of the policy domain maintained in the server database. The administrator defines central scheduling on the server and you start the client scheduler on your workstation. Once you start the client scheduler, further intervention is not necessary. With client scheduling, you can also: v Display information about available schedules. v Display information about work that the schedule has completed. v Modify scheduling options in the dsm.sys. See Scheduling options on page 182 for more information. Notes: 1. The schedule start time is based on the time of day of the server and the client. 2. As part of the initial sign-on greeting, the command line client displays the current time at both the server and the client. 3. Install the command line client and ensure the communication software is running before you start the client scheduler.

Specifying scheduling options

You can modify scheduling options in the client system options file (dsm.sys) or in the graphical user interface. However, if your administrator specifies a value for these options, that value overrides the value in your client. For more information about scheduling options, changing the scheduling mode, specifying the TCP/IP address or port number, or running commands before or after a schedule, see Scheduling options on page 182. | | | | | | | | | |

Displaying information about scheduled work

Schedules can be classic or enhanced, depending on how the interval to the next execution is defined. Classic schedules allow the period to be as small as an hour. Enhanced schedules allow actions to be executed on specific days. To view schedules that are defined for your client node, enter:
dsmc query schedule

Tivoli Storage Manager displays detailed information about all scheduled work for your client node. Figure 1 on page 152 displays sample classic query schedule output.

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Schedule Name: Description: Schedule Style: Action: Options: Objects: Priority: Next Execution: Duration: Period: Day of Week: Month: Day of Month: Week of Month: Expire: Schedule Name: Description: Schedule Style: Action: Options: Objects: Priority: Next Execution: Duration: Period: Day of Week: Month: Day of Month: Week of Month: Expire:

DAILY_INC Daily System-wide backup Classic Incremental QUIET 1 30 minutes 4 Hours 1 Day Any

Never WEEKLY_INC Weekly backup for project files Classic Incremental QUIET /proj 1 60 minutes 8 Hours 7 Days Friday

Never

Figure 1. Sample classic query schedule output

The schedule name, WEEKLY_INC, starts a weekly incremental backup in the /proj file system. The schedule name, DAILY_INC, starts a daily incremental backup. The next incremental backup will start in 30 minutes. Because no objects are listed, Tivoli Storage Manager runs the incremental backup on your default domain. The schedule has no expiration date. To more accurately determine the status of scheduled events, the query schedule output for an enhanced schedule, on Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 client and above, includes new fields. These fields are always displayed, even if it is a classic schedule or a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 client session with a pre-Version 5.3 server, but the new fields are blank. Note that for a down-level (prior to Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3) client, the server reports the period as indefinite and the day of week as an illegal day. Figure 2 on page 153 displays sample enhanced query schedule output.

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Schedule Name: QUARTERLY_FULL Description: Quarterly full backup Schedule Style: Enhanced Action: Selective Options: subdir=yes Objects: \* \volumes\fs2\* Priority: 5 Next Execution: 1744 Hours and 26 Minutes Duration: 1 Day Period: Day of Week: Friday Month: March, June, September, December Day of Month: Any Week of Month: Last Expire: Never

Figure 2. Sample enhanced query schedule output

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Displaying information about completed work

When you run the schedule command in the foreground, your screen displays output from the scheduled commands. Output is also directed to the dsmsched.log file in the current directory unless you change the path and file name using the schedlogname option. When you run the schedule command in the background, output from scheduled commands is directed to the dsmsched.log file in the current directory, or to the path and file name that you specified. Please note that the dsmsched.log cannot be a symbolic link. After scheduled work is performed, check the schedule log to verify that all work completed successfully. When a scheduled command is processed the schedule log contains the following entry:
Scheduled event eventname completed successfully

If the scheduled event does not complete successfully, you will receive a message similar to the following:
ANS1512E Scheduled event eventname failed. Return code = code.

The client indicates whether Tivoli Storage Manager successfully issued the scheduled command associated with the eventname (action=command). No attempt is made to determine the success or failure of the command. You can assess the
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status of the command by evaluating the return code from the scheduled command in the schedule log. The schedule log entry for the commands return code is prefaced with the following text:
Finished command. Return code is:

The schedule log continues to grow unless you prune it using the schedlogretention option or specify a maximum size using the schedlogmax option. See Specifying scheduling options on page 151 for more information.

Scheduling options for commands

The scheduler executes commands under a user ID of 0 (root); however, some commands might need to be executed under a user ID other than 0. In this case, your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can define schedules for commands that will be executed under a user ID different from the scheduler user ID using the schedcmduser server option. The schedcmduser option specifies the name of a valid user on the system where a scheduled command is executed. This option can only be defined by the Tivoli Storage Manager server administrator. If this option is specified, the command is executed with the authorization of the specified user. Otherwise, it is executed with the scheduler authorization.
SCHEDCMDUser user_name

user_name Specifies the name of a valid user on the system where a scheduled command is executed. Note: The schedcmduser option does NOT affect the user ID used for the pre-schedule and post-schedule commands. Pre-schedule and post-schedule always run as root (user ID 0).

Enabling or disabling scheduled commands

You can use the schedcmddisabled option to disable the scheduling of commands by the server. Commands are scheduled by using the action=command option on the define schedule server command. The schedcmddisabled option does not disable the preschedulecmd and postschedulecmd commands. However, you can specify preschedulecmd or postschedulecmd with a blank or a null string to disable the scheduling of these commands. See Schedcmddisabled on page 331 for more information. | | | | | | | | | You can use the schedrestretrdisabled option to prevent the Tivoli Storage Manager Server administrator from executing restore or retrieve schedule operations. See Schedrestretrdisabled on page 338 for more information. You can use the srvprepostscheddisabled option to prevent the Tivoli Storage Manager Server administrator from executing pre-schedule and post-schedule commands when performing scheduled operations. See Srvprepostscheddisabled on page 354 for more information. You can use the srvprepostsnapdisabled option to prevent the Tivoli Storage Manager Server administrator from executing pre-snapshot and post-snapshot

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commands when performing scheduled image snapshot backup operations. See Srvprepostsnapdisabled on page 355 for more information.

Client return codes

The backup-archive command line interface and the scheduler exit with return codes that accurately reflect the success or failure of the client operation. Scripts, batch files, and other automation facilities can use the return code from the command line interface. For operations that use Tivoli Storage Managers scheduler, the return codes are shown in the output of the QUERY EVENT administrative command. See the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administrators Reference for your operating system for more information about QUERY EVENT. In general, the return code is related to the highest severity message during the client operation. v If the highest severity message is informational (ANSnnnnI), then the return code will be 0. v If the highest severity message is a warning (ANSnnnnW), then the return code will be 8. v If the highest severity message is an error (ANSnnnnE or ANSnnnnS), then the return code will be 12. The exception to the above rules is warning or error messages that individual files could not be processed. For such a skipped file, the return code will be 4. For cases where the return code is not 0, you can examine the dsmerror.log file (and, for scheduled events, the dsmsched.log file). For a description of the return codes and their meanings, see Table 46
Table 46. Client return codes and their meanings Code 0 4 Explanation All operations completed successfully. The operation completed successfully, but some files were not processed. There were no other errors or warnings. This return code is very common. Files are not processed for various reasons. The most common reasons are: v The file satisfies an entry in an exclude list. v The file was in use by another application and could not be accessed by the client. v The file changed during the operation to an extent prohibited by the copy serialization attribute. See Copy serialization on page 161. The operation completed with at least one warning message. For scheduled events, the status will be Completed. Review dsmerror.log (and dsmsched.log for scheduled events) to determine what warning messages were issued and to assess their impact on the operation. The operation completed with at least one error message (except for error messages for skipped files). For scheduled events, the status will be Failed. Review the dsmerror.log file (and dsmsched.log file for scheduled events) to determine what error messages were issued and to assess their impact on the operation. As a general rule, this return code means that the error was severe enough to prevent the successful completion of the operation. For example, an error that prevents an entire file system from being processed yields return code 12. When a file is not found the operation yields return code 12.

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Table 46. Client return codes and their meanings (continued) Code other Explanation For scheduled operations where the scheduled action is COMMAND, the return code will be the return code from the command that was executed. If the return code is 0, the status of the scheduled operation will be Completed. If the return code is nonzero, then the status will be Failed. Some commands might issue a nonzero return code to indicate success. For these commands, you can avoid a Failed status by wrapping the command in a script that invokes the command, interprets the results, and exits with return code 0 if the command was successful (the script should exit with a nonzero return code if the command failed). Then ask your Tivoli Storage manager server administrator to modify the schedule definition to invoke your script instead of the command.

The return code for a client macro will be the highest return code issued among the individual commands that comprise the macro. For example, suppose a macro consists of these commands:
selective "/home/devel/*" -subdir=yes incremental "/home/devel/TestDriver/*" -subdir=yes archive "/home/plan/proj1/*" -subdir=yes

If the first command completes with return code 0; the second command completed with return code 8; and the third command completed with return code 4, the return code for the macro will be 8. Also see Handling return codes from preschedulecmd and postschedulecmd scripts on page 502.

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Chapter 8. Understanding storage management policies

Storage management policies are rules your administrator defines in order to manage your backups and archives on the server. You can associate (or bind) your data to these policies; then when the data is backed up or archived, it is managed according to policy criteria. Policy criteria include a policy domain, a policy set, a management class, and a copy group . Policies determine: v Whether a file is eligible for backup or archive services. v How many backup versions to keep. v How long to keep inactive backup versions and archive copies. v Where to place the copies in storage. v For incremental backup, policies also determine: How frequently a file can be backed up. Whether a file must change before it is backed up again. If you have the Tivoli Space Manager client installed, your administrator also defines rules that determine whether files are eligible for migration from your local file systems to storage. This chapter explains: v Policy criteria (policy domains, policy sets, copy groups, and management classes). v How to display policies. v How Tivoli Storage Manager associates your data with policies.

Using policy domains and policy sets

A policy domain is a group of clients with similar requirements for backing up and archiving data. Policy domains contain one or more policy sets. An administrator uses policy domains to manage a group of client nodes in a logical way. For example, a policy domain might include: v A department, such as Accounting. v A physical location, such as a particular building or floor. v A local area network, such as all clients associated with a particular file server. Tivoli Storage Manager includes a default policy domain named Standard. At first, your client node might be associated with the default policy domain. However, your administrator can define additional policy domains if there are groups of users with unique backup and archive requirements. A policy set is a group of one or more management classes. Each policy domain can hold many policy sets. The administrator uses a policy set to implement different management classes based on business and user needs. Only one of these policy sets can be active at a time. This is called the active policy set. Each policy set contains a default management class and any number of additional management classes.

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Using management classes and copy groups

A management class is a collection of backup and archive copy groups that establishes and contains specific storage management requirements for backing up and archiving data. An administrator can establish separate management classes to meet the backup and archive requirements for different kinds of data, such as: v System data that is critical for the business. v Application data that changes frequently. v Report data that Management reviews monthly. v Legal information that must be retained indefinitely, requiring a large amount of disk space. Note: If you have the Tivoli Space Manager client installed, it can also contain specific requirements for migrating files to storage. Most of the work you do with storage management policies is with management classes. You must associate (or bind) each file and directory that you back up and each file that you archive with a management class: v If you do not associate a file with a management class, Tivoli Storage Manager uses the default management class in the active policy set. v For backing up directories, you can specify a management class with an include statement or the dirmc option. If you do not specify a management class, Tivoli Storage Manager uses the management class in the active policy set specifying the longest retention period. v For archiving directories, you can specify a management class with an include.archive statement or the archmc option. If you do not specify a management class, the server assigns the default management class to the archived directory. If the default management class has no archive copy group, the server assigns the management class that currently has the archive copy group with the shortest retention time. You can use include statements in your include-exclude list to associate files with management classes. See Selecting a management class for files on page 162 for more information. In your client system options file (dsm.sys), you can associate directories with a management class, using the dirmc option. See Selecting a management class for directories on page 164 for more information. Within a management class, the specific backup and archive requirements are in copy groups. Copy groups define the specific storage management attributes that describe how the server manages backed up or archived data. Copy groups include both backup copy groups and archive copy groups. A management class can have one backup copy group, one archive copy group, both, or neither. A backup copy group contains attributes that are used during the backup process to determine: v Whether a file that has changed since the last backup is backed up again. v How many days must elapse before a file is backed up again. v How a file is processed during a backup if it is in use. It also contains attributes to manage the backup versions of your files on the server. These attributes control: v Where the server stores backup versions of your files and directories. v How many backup versions the server keeps of your files and directories. v How long the server keeps backup versions of your files and directories. v How long the server keeps inactive backup versions.

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v How long the last remaining inactive version of a file is kept. An archive copy group contains attributes that control: v Whether a file is archived if it is in use v Where the server stores archived copies of your files v How long the server keeps archived copies of your files When the server is unable to rebind a file to an appropriate management class, the server uses one of two values to determine the number of days to retain the file. If it is a backup version, the server uses backup retention grace period. Archive copies are never rebound because each archive operation creates a different archive copy. Archive copies remain bound to the management class name specified when the user archived them. If the management class to which an archive copy is bound no longer exists or no longer contains an archive copy group, the server uses the default management class. If you later change or replace the default management class, the server uses the updated default management class to manage the archive copy. If the default management class does not contain an archive copy group, the server uses the archive retention grace period specified for the policy domain. For more information about grace periods, see Using a retention grace period on page 166.

Displaying information about management classes and copy groups

Before you select the management classes you want to use, click View policy information from the Utilities menu. The Display policy information window is displayed. You can then determine which management classes are available. The Display policy information window provides the following information: v The name of the default management class. v The name of the policy domain to which the management class belongs. v The policy set that is currently active. v The date and time that this policy set became active. v The number of backup versions which are maintained for files which still exist on your workstation. v The number of backup versions which are maintained for files which have been deleted from your workstation. v The number of days to keep inactive backup versions. v The number of days to keep the last backup version. v The management class name and a description. You can also use the detail option on the query mgmtclass command to view the available management classes. Table 47 shows the default values for the backup and archive copy groups in the standard management class. Each attribute is discussed in more detail immediately following the table.
Table 47. Default values in the standard management class Attribute Copy group name Copy type Copy frequency Versions data exists Versions data deleted Backup default Standard Backup 0 days Two versions One version Archive default Standard Archive CMD (Command) Does not apply Does not apply

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Table 47. Default values in the standard management class (continued) Attribute Retain extra versions Retain only version Copy serialization Copy mode Copy destination Retain versions Backup default 30 days 60 days Shared static Modified Backuppool Does not apply Archive default Does not apply Does not apply Shared static Absolute Archivepool 365 days

Copy group name

The name of the copy group. The default value for both backup and archive is Standard.

Copy type
The type of copy group. The value for backup is always Backup, and the value for archive is always Archive.

Copy frequency
Copy frequency is the minimum number of days that must elapse between successive incremental backups. Use this attribute during a full incremental backup. This management class attribute is ignored during a journal-based backup. Copy frequency works with the mode parameter. For example, if frequency is zero (0) and mode is modified, a file or directory is backed up only if it changed since the last incremental backup. If frequency is zero (0) and mode is absolute, a file is backed up every time you run an incremental backup against it. This attribute is not checked for selective backups. For archive copy groups, copy frequency is always CMD (command). There is no restriction on how often you archive a file.

Versions data exists

The Versions Data Exists attribute specifies the maximum number of different backup versions retained for files and directories currently on your workstation. If you select a management class that permits more than one backup version, the most recent version is called the active version. All other versions are called inactive versions. If the maximum number of versions permitted is five, and you run a backup that creates a sixth version, the oldest version is deleted from server storage.

Versions data deleted

The Versions Data Deleted attribute specifies the maximum number of different backup versions retained for files and directories that you erased from your workstation. This parameter is ignored as long as the file or directory remains on your workstation. If you erase the file or directory, the next time you run an incremental backup, the active backup version is changed to inactive and the oldest versions are erased that exceed the number specified by this parameter.

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The expiration date for the remaining versions is based on the retain extra versions and retain only version parameters.

Retain extra versions

The Retain Extra Versions attribute specifies how many days all but the most recent backup version is retained. The most recent version is the active version, and active versions are never erased. If Nolimit is specified, then extra versions are kept until the number of backup versions exceeds the versions data exists or versions data deleted parameter settings. In this case, the oldest extra version is deleted immediately.

Retain only version

The Retain Only Version attribute specifies the number of days the last remaining inactive version of a file or directory is retained. If Nolimit is specified, the last version is retained indefinitely. This parameter goes into effect during the next incremental backup after a file is deleted from the client machine. Any subsequent updates to this parameter will not affect files that are already inactive. For example: If this parameter is set to 10 days when a file is inactivated during an incremental backup, the file will be deleted from the server in 10 days.

Copy serialization
The Copy Serialization attribute determines whether a file can be in use during a backup or archive, and what to do if it is. The value for this attribute can be one of the following: v Static. A file or directory must not be modified during a backup or archive. If the object is changed during a backup or archive attempt, it is not backed up or archived. Note: During an image backup, the static copy serialization value is no longer controlled by the server management class, but is instead controlled directly from the client, using the imagetype option. See Imagetype on page 265 for more information. v Shared static. A file or directory must not be modified during backup or archive. Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to perform a backup or archive as many as four additional times, depending on the value specified on the changingretries option in your dsm.sys file. If the object is changed during every backup or archive attempt, it is not backed up or archived. v Dynamic. A file or directory is backed up or archived on the first attempt regardless of whether it changes during a backup or archive. Note: During an image backup, the dynamic copy serialization value is no longer controlled by the server management class, but is instead controlled directly from the client, using the imagetype option. See Imagetype on page 265 for more information. v Shared dynamic. A file or directory is backed up or archived regardless of whether it changes during a backup or archive. Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to perform a backup or archive as many as four additional times, depending on the value specified on the changingretries option in your client system options file without the file changing during the attempt. The file is backed up or archived on the last try even if it has changed.

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Attention: Be careful when you select a management class containing a copy group that specifies shared dynamic or dynamic for serialization backup. If you select a management class that permits a file to be backed up or archived while it is in use, the backup version or archived copy stored on the server might be a fuzzy copy. A fuzzy copy is a backup version or archived copy that does not accurately reflect what is currently in the file. It might contain some, but not all, of the changes. If that is not acceptable, select a management class that creates a backup version or archive copy only if the file does not change during a backup or archive. If you restore or retrieve a file that contains a fuzzy copy, the file might not be usable. You should not use dynamic or shared dymamic serialization to back up files, unless you are absolutely certain that a restore of a fuzzy copy will be usable.

Copy mode
The Copy Mode attribute determines whether a file or directory is considered for incremental backup regardless of whether it changed or not since the last backup. Tivoli Storage Manager does not check the mode for selective backups. The value for this parameter can be one of the following: v Modified.The file is considered for incremental backup only if it has changed since the last backup. A file is considered changed if any of the following are true: The date or time of the last modification is different. The file size is different. If only the file meta-data changes (such as access permissions), but the file data does not change, Tivoli Storage Manager might back up only the meta-data. The file owner is different. The file permissions are different. v Absolute. The file is considered for incremental backup regardless of whether it changed since the last backup. For archive copy groups, the mode is always absolute, indicating that a file is archived regardless of whether it changed since the last archive request.

Copy destination
Names the destination where backups or archives are stored. The destination can be either a storage pool of disk devices or a storage pool of devices that support removable media, such as tape.

Retain versions
Specifies the number of days an archived file remains in storage. When the specified number of days elapse for an archived copy of a file, it is deleted from server storage.

Selecting a management class for files

If the default management class meets the backup and archive requirements for all the files on your workstation, it is not necessary to take any action to associate your files with that management class. This is done automatically when you back up or archive your files. When selecting a different management class for your files, consider these questions:

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v Does the management class contain a backup copy group? If you attempt to back up a file associated with a management class that does not contain a backup copy group, the file is not backed up. v Does the management class contain an archive copy group? You cannot archive a file associated with a management class that does not contain an archive copy group. Does the backup copy group contain attributes that back up your files often enough? Mode and frequency work together to control how often a file is backed up when you use incremental backup. Tivoli Storage Manager does not check those attributes for selective backup. Do the copy groups specify either static or shared static for serialization? If serialization is shared dynamic or dynamic, you might get fuzzy backups or archive copies. Verify that this is acceptable. For example, you might want to use shared dynamic or dynamic serialization for a file to which log records are continuously added. If you used static or shared static serialization, the file might never be backed up because it is constantly in use. With shared dynamic or dynamic serialization, the file is backed up, but the backup version of the file might contain inconsistent data. Do not use shared dynamic or dynamic serialization for a file if it is very important that the backup version or archive copy contain all changes. Does the backup copy group specify an adequate number of backup versions to keep, along with an adequate length of time to keep them? Does the archive copy group specify an adequate length of time to keep archived copies of files?

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Assigning a management class to files

A management class defines when your files are included in a backup, how long they are kept on the server, and how many versions of the file the server should keep. The server administrator selects a default management class. You can specify your own management class to override the default management class. To assign a management class other than the default to directories, use the dirmc option in your dsm.sys. See Dirmc on page 222 for more information. You can assign a management class for a file or file group by using an include statement in your client systems options (dsm.sys) file or the include-exclude file specified by the inclexcl option. Management class names are not case-sensitive. Using the command line client, to associate the file /Users/jones/budget.jan with the management class budget, you would enter:
include /home/jones/costs/* budget

To specify a management class named managall to use for all files to which you do not explicitly assign a management class, enter:
include /.../* managall

The example below demonstrates how to use a management class:

exclude include include include include /.../*.sno /home/winter/.../*.ice mcweekly /home/winter/december/*.ice mcdaily /home/winter/january/*.ice mcmonthly /home/winter/winter/white.sno
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Processing follows these steps: 1. The file name white.sno is backed up following bottom-up processing rules. Because you did not specify a management class, the file is assigned to the default management class. 2. Any file with an extension of ice in the /home/winter/january directory is assigned to the management class, mcmonthly. 3. Any file with an extension of ice in the /home/winter/december directory is assigned to the management class, mcdaily. 4. Any other files with an extension of ice in any directory under /home/winter are assigned to the management class, mcweekly. 5. Any file with an extension of sno (except /home/winter/winter/white.sno) in any directory is excluded from backup. To specify your own default management class for files that are not explicitly included, specify:
include /.../* mgmt_class_name

as the first include or exclude option defined. See Include options on page 269 for more information about the include option. When you archive a file using the graphical user interface, you can select a different management class to override the management class assigned to the file.

Overriding the management class for archived files

When you archive a file, you can override the assigned management class using the graphical user interface (GUI), or by using the archmc option on the archive command. Overriding the management class using the GUI is equivalent to using the archmc option on the archive command. To use the GUI, press the Options button on the archive tree to override the management class and select a different management class. On the command line, to associate the file /home/jones/budget.jan with the management class ret2yrs, you would enter:
dsmc archive archmc=ret2yrs /home/jones/budget.jan

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Selecting a management class for directories

If the management class in your active policy set containing the longest Retain only version (RETONLY) setting meets your backup requirements for directories, it might not be necessary to take any action to associate directories with that management class. Tivoli Storage Manager does it automatically when it backs up your directories. If there is more than one management class with the longest RETONLY setting, then the Tivoli Storage Manager client selects the management class whose name is first or last in alphabetical order. If the default management class does not meet your requirements, select a management class with an adequate retention period specified by the retain only version parameter. For example, if the management class happens to back up data directly to tape, but you want your directory backups to go to disk, you will need to choose a different management class. You should keep directories at least as long as you keep the files associated with those directories.

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For backup directories, use the dirmc option to specify the management class to which directories will be bound. For archive directories, use the archmc option with the archive command. You can use these methods to view the available management classes and their attributes: v GUI or Web Client: Select View Policy Information from the Utilities menu. v Command line client: Run dsmc query mgmtclass -detail. Note: During expiration processing on a Tivoli Storage Manager server, if an archived directory is eligible for expiration, the server checks if any existing archived files require the archived directory to remain. If so, the archived directory is not expired and the Tivoli Storage Manager client updates the insert date on the archived directory to ensure that the directory is not expired before the files under it.

Binding management classes to files

Binding associates a file with a management class. When you back up a file for the first time, Tivoli Storage Manager binds it to either the default management class or the management class specified in your include-exclude list. If the backup copy group for the management class specifies keeping multiple backup versions of the file, and you request multiple backups, the server always has one active backup version (the current version) and one or more inactive backup versions of the file. All backup versions of a file are bound to the same management class and are managed based on the attributes in the backup copy group. When you archive a file for the first time, Tivoli Storage Manager binds it to the default management class, to the management class specified in your include-exclude list, or to a management class you specify when modifying your archive options during an archive. Archived files are never rebound to a different management class. If you change the management class for a file using an include.archive statement, the archmc option, or through the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI, any previous copies of the file that you archived remain bound to the management class specified when you archived them. | | | | | If a file is deleted on the client system then that files inactive objects are not rebound. Refer to the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administrators Guide for your operating system, for more information on how files and directories are associated with management classes.

Rebinding backup versions of files

| Rebinding associates a file or a logical volume image with a new management class. Backups of files are bound again to a different management class in the following conditions. In each condition, the files (active and inactive) are not bound again until the next backup.
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v You specify a different management class in an Include statement to change the management class for the file. The backups are managed based on the old management class until you run another backup. v Your administrator deletes the management class from your active policy set. The default management class is used to manage the backup versions when you back up the file again. v Your administrator assigns your client node to a different policy domain and the active policy set in that domain does not have a management class with the same name. The default management class for the new policy domain is used to manage the backup versions. | | | Refer to the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administrators Guide for your operating system, for more information on how files and directories are associated with management classes.

Using a retention grace period

Tivoli Storage Manager also provides a backup retention grace period and an archive retention grace period to help protect your backup and archive data when it is unable to rebind a file to an appropriate management class. The backup retention grace period is used when: v You change the management class for a file, but neither the default management class nor the new management class contain a backup copy group. v The management class to which a file is bound no longer exists, and the default management class does not contain a backup copy group. The backup retention grace period, defined in your policy domain, starts when you run an incremental backup. The default is 30 days. However, your administrator can lengthen or shorten this period. When Tivoli Storage Manager manages a file using the backup retention grace period, it does not create any new backup versions of the file. All existing backup versions of the file expire 30 days (or the number of days specified in your policy domain) from the day they are marked inactive. Archive copies are never rebound because each archive operation creates a different archive copy. Archive copies remain bound to the management class name specified when the user archived them. If the management class to which an archive copy is bound no longer exists or no longer contains an archive copy group, the server uses the default management class. If you later change or replace the default management class, the server uses the updated default management class to manage the archive copy. If the default management class does not contain an archive copy group, the server uses the archive retention grace period specified for the policy domain. | | | | | |

Using event-based policy retention protection

All management classes with an archive copy group must specify a retention period, for example, the number of days that an archived object will be stored on the server before being deleted. Event-based policy provides the option of beginning the retention period either at the time the object is archived or at a later date when an activation event is sent to the server for that object.

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Using the Tivoli Storage Manager copy group value RETINIT=CREATE starts the data retention period when the file is archived. Using the copy group value RETINIT=EVENT starts the data retention period when the server is notified that the event has occurred. The following example demonstrates this concept: The user has two files, create.file and event.file. The user has available two management classes; CREATE, with RETINIT= CREATE, and EVENT, with RETINIT=EVENT. Both management classes have a 60-day retention period. The user, on the same day, archives both files:
dsmc archive create.file -archmc=CREATE dsmc archive event.file -archmc=EVENT

Ten days later, the user issues the set event -type=hold command for the create.file file, so the file cannot be deleted. On the same day the user issues the set event -type=activate for the event.file file. At this time, create.file has 50 days left on its retention period, and event.file has 60 days. If no other action is taken, create.file will remain on the server forever, and event.file will be expired 70 days after it was created (60 days after its event occurred). However, lets say that 20 days after the initial archive, the user issues set event -type=release for the create.file file. Thirty days of its retention period have passed, so the file will be expired in 30 days (the hold does not extend the retention period).

Archiving files on a data retention server

Up to this point, there is no difference between archiving files on a normal server or a data retention server. The following example demonstrates the differences between the two servers, and what can be done at day 5: If the files were archived on a non-data retention server, the user can issue the delete archive create.file event.file command and both files will be deleted. If the files were archived on a data retention server, the same command will fail both files. The data retention server forces the user to keep archives until the stated retention criteria are met. Now lets see the difference at day 15 (after the hold): The delete archive create.file event.file command on the non-data retention server now deletes event.file, but returns a cannot delete error for create.file because it is in hold status. That same command to a data retention server still rejects the deletion of both files. Refer to Set Event on page 493 for more information about the set event command. See the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administrators Guide for your operating system, for more information about RETINIT.

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Chapter 9. Using processing options

You can use defaults for processing options or you can tailor the processing options to meet your specific needs. This chapter: v Provides an overview of processing options. v Includes an options reference section that provides detailed information about each option. See Using options with commands on page 187 for more information.

Overview of processing options

Tivoli Storage Manager uses processing options that you specify in your dsm.sys or client user options file (dsm.opt) or on the command line to control communications, backup-archive processing, and other types of processing. This section provides an overview of the following types of options that you can use: v Communication options v Server and Node options v Backup and archive processing options v Restore and retrieve processing options v Scheduling options v Format and language options v Command processing options v Authorization options v Error processing options v Transaction processing option v Web client options v Diagnostics options See Chapter 2, Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager, on page 41 for information on how to create and modify your dsm.sys or client user options file (dsm.opt) file. Tivoli Storage Manager also includes a group of client command options that you can enter only on the command line with specific commands. You can override some of the options in your options file by entering them with appropriate backup-archive commands. For a complete list of command line options, a description, and where to go in this book for more information, see Table 61 on page 188.

Communication options
You use communication options to specify how your client node communicates with a Tivoli Storage Manager server. For UNIX and Linux use one of the following communication protocols: v TCP/IP v Shared Memory (AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris global and non-global zones only) Use the commmethod option to specify the communication protocol. For more information, see Commmethod on page 206.
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You can also use the lanfreecommmethod option to specify the communication protocol in a SAN environment. See Lanfreecommmethod on page 276 for more information. Ask your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator for assistance in setting your communication options.

TCP/IP options
To use the TCP/IP communication protocol, you must include the tcpserveraddress option in your (dsm.sys). The other TCP/IP options have default values that you can modify if you want to change the default value. If you plan to back up an NFS system, see Nfstimeout on page 295.
Table 48. TCP/IP options Option httpport lanfreetcpport lanfreetcpserveraddress tcpbuffsize tcpnodelay Description Specifies a TCP/IP port address for the Tivoli Storage Manager Web client. Specifies the TCP/IP port number where the Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent is listening. Specifies the TCP/IP address for the Tivoli Storage Manager storage agent. Specifies the size, in kilobytes, of the Tivoli Storage Manager internal TCP/IP communication buffer. Specifies whether the server or client disables the delay of sending successive small packets on the network. This option is for all UNIX clients, except UNIX System Services client for z/OS. Specifies a separate TCP/IP port number on which the server is waiting for requests for administrative client sessions, allowing secure administrative sessions within a private network. Specifies a TCP/IP address for dsmcad. Specifies the TCP/IP port address for a Tivoli Storage Manager server. Specifies the TCP/IP address for a Tivoli Storage Manager server. Specifies the size, in kilobytes, of the TCP/IP sliding window for your client node. Enables the use of the Web client outside a firewall by specifying the TCP/IP port number used by the Client Acceptor daemon and the Web Client Agent service for communications with the Web GUI. Page 262 279 361 361 365

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Shared Memory options

Table 49. Shared Memory communication options Option lanfreeshmport Description Specifies the unique number that is used by the client and the storage agent to identify shared memory area used for communications. 278 Page

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Table 49. Shared Memory communication options (continued) Option shmport Description Specifies the unique number that is used by the client and the server to identify shared memory area used for communications. 278 Page

Server and Node options

Authorized User Use the following options to specify the server to contact for backup-archive services, and the client node for which to request backup-archive services.

Server options
Use the servername option in your (dsm.sys) to begin a group of options (stanzas) used to connect to a Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can set up multiple groups of stanzas in the dsm.sys file to connect to different servers. Each servername stanza must have listed below it all client option stanzas required to establish communication with a server. The stanza list can also contain other options for backup-archive operations. If your client system options file contains only one stanza - Your client node contacts the server you specify in that stanza for all services. If your client system options file contains more than one stanza - You can specify a default server with the defaultserver option. If you do not specify a default server, Tivoli Storage Manager contacts the server you specify in the first stanza of your dsm.sys file. Place the defaultserver option at the beginning of your dsm.sys file before any server stanzas. See Defaultserver on page 217 for more information. Use the servername option in the client user options file (dsm.opt) or on the command line to specify a server to contact for backup-archive services. This overrides the default server specified in your (dsm.sys). Note: You cannot override the migration server specified in the client system options file. Figure 3 on page 172 shows a sample dsm.sys.

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DEFAULTServer SErvername server1 NODename COMMMethod TCPPort TCPServeraddress PASSWORDAccess MAILprog GRoups USERs INCLExcl SErvername server2 COMMMethod shmport PASSWORDAccess GRoups USERs INCLExcl

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node1 TCPip 1500 node.domain.company.com generate /usr/bin/xsend root system adsm ashton stewart kaitlin /adm/adsm/backup1.excl

SHAREdmem 1520 prompt system adsm danielle derek brant /adm/adsm/backup2.excl

Figure 3. Sample client system options file

Node options
You can specify the following node options in your dsm.sys:
Table 50. Server and Node Options Option defaultserver Description The name of the Tivoli Storage Manager server to contact for backup-archive services by default if more than one server is defined in the dsm.sys file. Also specifies the server to contact for space management services if you have the HSM client installed and do not specify a server with the migrateserver option. See IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide, SC32-0148, for more information. asnodename Use the asnodename option to allow agent nodes to back up or restore data on behalf of another node (the target node). This enables concurrent operations from multiple nodes to store data to the same target node and file space in parallel. Specifies whether Tivoli Storage Manager participates in a High Availability Cluster Multi Processing (HACMP) environment. Specifies the node name for the NAS file server when processing NAS file systems. Use the nodename option in your dsm.sys file to identify your workstation to the server to establish communications. In the dsm.sys file, this option specifies the name of a server and starts a server stanza. In the client user options file (dsm.opt), this option specifies the Tivoli Storage Manager server to contact for services. 197 Page 217

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Backup and archive processing options

You can use the following options to control some aspects of backup and archive processing.
Table 51. Backup and archive processing options Option archmc Description Use the archmc option with the archive command to specify the available management class for your policy domain to which you want to bind your archived files. Specifies whether you want Tivoli Storage Manager to follow a symbolic link and archive the file or directory to which it points, or archive the symbolic link only. Use the asnodename option to allow agent nodes to back up or restore data on behalf of another node (the target node). This enables concurrent operations from multiple nodes to store data to the same target node and file space in parallel. Use this option with the domain option to specify all automounted file systems the Tivoli Storage Manager client tries to mount at the following points in time: v When Tivoli Storage Manager client starts v When the backup is started v When the Tivoli Storage Manager client has reached an automounted file system during backup Specifies the number of retries when attempting to back up or archive a file that is in use. Specifies whether to display a list of NAS, client, or WebSphere Application Server (WAS) objects during a query backup, query filespace, or delete filespace operation. The compressalways option specifies whether to continue compressing an object if it grows during compression. Use this option with the compression option. The compression option compresses files before you send them to the server. Compressing your files reduces data storage for backup versions and archive copies of your files. Note: The compression option also applies to migrated files if you install the Tivoli Storage Manager HSM client on your workstation. Page 195

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Table 51. Backup and archive processing options (continued) Option deletefiles Description Use the deletefiles option with the archive command to delete files from your workstation after you archive them. You can also use this option with the restore image command and the incremental option to delete files from the restored image if they were deleted after the image was created. The description option assigns or specifies a description for files when performing archive, delete, retrieve, query archive or query backupset operations. Use the detail option to display management class, file space, backup, and archive information depending on the command with which it is used. Specifies the management class to use for directories. If you do not specify this option, the client uses the management class in the active policy set of your policy domain with the longest retention period. Backs up, restores, archives, retrieves, or queries directories only. Specifies the location where the disk cache database will be created if the option memoryefficient=diskcachemethod is set during an incremental backup. Specifies the file systems to include in your default client domain for an incremental backup. Specifies the mounted file systems and raw logical volumes that you want to include in your client domain for an image backup. This option is for AIX, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER, and Solaris only. Specifies the volumes to include in your default domain for NAS image backups. Page 218

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Table 51. Backup and archive processing options (continued) Option exclude.compression Description Excludes files from compression processing if you set the compression option to yes. This option applies to backups and archives. Excludes a directory, its files, and all its subdirectories and their files from backup processing. Excludes specified files from encryption processing. Excludes file spaces matching a pattern. This option is valid for all UNIX clients. Excludes file systems on the NAS file server from an image backup when used with the backup nas command. This option is for AIX and Solaris clients only. Excludes mounted file systems and raw logical volumes that match the specified pattern from full image backup operations. This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and all Linux clients only. Specifies whether to use AES 128-bit or DES 56-bit data encryption during backup and archive operations. DES 56-bit encryption is the default. Specifies a list of files to be processed for the command. Tivoli Storage Manager opens the designated filelist and processes the files listed within according to the command. Backs up, restores, retrieves, or queries files only. Use this option with the backup group command to specify the fully qualified name of the group leader for a group. Specifies whether the GUI client is returned to the Backup, Restore, Archive, or Retrieve window after a successful operation completes. Use the imagetype option with the backup image command or the include.image option to specify the type of image backup you want to perform. This option is valid for AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, and Linux on POWER clients only. Specifies the path and file name of an include-exclude options file. Use these options to include files or assign management classes for backup processing. Includes files or assigns management classes for archive processing. Includes a file or a group of files that are symbolic links within broad group of excluded files for backup processing only. Page 246

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encryptiontype

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filelist

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filesonly groupname

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guitreeviewafterbackup

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imagetype

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inclexcl include include.backup include.file include.archive include.attribute.symlink

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Table 51. Backup and archive processing options (continued) Option include.compression Description Includes files for compression processing if you set the compression option to yes. This option applies to backups and archives. Includes the specified files for encryption processing. By default, Tivoli Storage Manager does not perform encryption processing. Use the include.fs option to control how Tivoli Storage Manager processes your file space for incremental backup. Use the include.fs.nas option to bind a management class to Network Attached Storage (NAS) file systems. You can also specify whether Tivoli Storage Manager saves Table of Contents (TOC) information during a NAS file system image backup, using the toc option with the include.fs.nas option in your dsm.sys file. See Toc on page 371 for more information. This option is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only. Specifies a file system or logical volume to be included for image backup processing. This option also provides a way to specify an explicit management class assignment for a specified file system or logical volume. The backup image command ignores all other include options. This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and all Linux clients. Use with the incremental command to request an incremental backup by date. Use with the restore image command to ensure that any changes that were made to the base image are also applied to the restored image. This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER, and Solaris only. Specifies a memory-saving backup algorithm for incremental backups when used with the incremental command. Page 269

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include.fs.nas

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memoryefficientbackup

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Table 51. Backup and archive processing options (continued) Option mode Description Use the mode option with these commands, as follows: backup image To specify whether to perform a selective or incremental image backup of client file systems. backup nas To specify whether to perform a full or differential image backup of NAS file systems. backup was To specify whether to perform a full or differential backup of the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration information) or the Application Server to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. backup group To specify whether to perform a full or differential group backup containing a list of files from one or more file space origins. monitor Specifies whether you want to monitor an image backup of file systems belonging to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) file server. suppresses the confirmation prompt that is presented by the delete group, delete archive, expire, restore image, and set event commands. Use this option with the incremental command to specify that you want to perform the traditional full incremental backup, instead of the default journal-based backup. Specifies the client user options file you want to use when you start a Tivoli Storage Manager session. During an online image backup, this option allows you to manually bring up an application after the LVM starts a snapshot. This option is only valid if the LVM is installed and configured on your system allowing you to perform an online image backup. This option is for Linux x86/x86_64 clients only. Use this option during a backup or archive operation to specify whether to reset the last access date of any specified files to their original value following a backup or archive operation. By default, the Tivoli Storage Manager client will not reset the last access date of any backed up or archived files to their original value prior to the backup or archive operation. 293 Page 291

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postsnapshotcmd

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preservelastaccessdate

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Table 51. Backup and archive processing options (continued) Option Description During an online image backup operation, this option allows you to manually quiesce an application before the LVM starts a snapshot. This option is only valid if the LVM is installed and configured on your system allowing you to perform an online image backup operation. This option is for Linux x86/x86_64 clients only. Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager removes the 20-operand limit for Unix-family platforms. If you specify the removeoperandlimit option with the incremental, selective, or archive commands, the 20-operand limit is not enforced and is restricted only by available resources or other operating system limits. Specifies whether to skip ACL processing completely. Specifies whether to perform checksum and size comparisons before and after backup and during incremental processing. Use this option to specify an appropriate snapshot size so that all old data blocks can be stored. A snapshot size of 100 percent will ensure a valid snapshot. This option is valid for Linux x86/x86_64 clients only. Use the snapshotroot option with the incremental, selective, or archive commands in conjunction with a third-party application that provides a snapshot of a logical volume, to associate the data on the local snapshot with the real file space data that is stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. Specifies whether to include subdirectories of a named directory. Specifies whether you want Tivoli Storage Manager to wait for a tape mount if it is required for a backup, archive, restore, or retrieve process, or to be prompted for a choice. Use the toc option with the backup nas command or the include.fs.nas option to specify whether Tivoli Storage Manager saves Table of Contents (TOC) information for each file system backup. If you save TOC information, you can use the query toc server command to determine the contents of a file system backup in conjunction with the restore node server command to restore individual files or directory trees. You can also use the Tivoli Storage Manager Web client to examine the entire file system tree and select files and directories to restore. Use the type option with the query node command to specify the type of node to query. Page 321

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snapshotcachesize

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snapshotroot

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subdir tapeprompt

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Table 51. Backup and archive processing options (continued) Option v2archive Description Use the v2archive option with the archive command to archive only files to the server. Tivoli Storage Manager will not process directories that exist in the path of the source file specification. Use this option with the backup group command to specify the name of the container for the group on which you want to perform the operation. Defines a virtual mount point for a file system if you want to consider files for backup that begin with a specific directory within that file system. If WAS security is enabled, use the wasnode option with the set waspassword command to specify the node name when setting the user name and password for each installation of WAS on your machine. To back up the WebSphere Application Server-Express, use the wasexphome option to specify the fully qualified installation path of the WebSphere Application Server-Express. Use the washome option in your client user options file (dsm.opt) to specify an override base install path for the Application Server Use the wasndhome option in your client user options file (dsm.opt) to specify an override base install path for the Network Deployment Manager. Use the wastype option with the backup was command to back up the WAS Network Deployment Manager or the Application Server. If WAS security is enabled, use the wastype option with the set waspassword command to specify the WAS Network Deployment Manager or Application Server when setting the user name and password for each installation of WAS on your machine. If WAS security is enabled, use the wasuser option with the set waspassword command to set the user name for each installation of WAS on your machine. Page 378

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washome

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wasndhome

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wastype

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wasuser

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Restore and retrieve processing options

The following options relate to restore and retrieve processing.
Table 52. Restore and retrieve processing options Option dirsonly filelist Description Qualifies the operation (backup, archive, restore, retrieve) to process directories alone. Specifies a file containing a list of files to be processed by the specified command.
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Table 52. Restore and retrieve processing options (continued) Option filesonly followsymbolic Description Qualifies the operation (backup, archive, restore, retrieve) to process files alone. Specifies whether you want to restore files to symbolic links or use a symbolic link as a virtual mount point. Use the fromdate option with the fromtime option to specify a date and time from which you want to search for backups or archives during a restore, retrieve, or query operation. Permits one node to perform commands for another node. A user on another node must use the set access command to permit you to query, restore, or retrieve files or images for the other node. Displays file spaces for an alternate owner. Also specifies an alternate owner from which to restore or retrieve files. Use the fromtime option with the fromdate option to specify a beginning time from which you want to search for backups or archives during a restore, retrieve or query operation. Specifies whether the GUI client is returned to the Backup, Restore, Archive, or Retrieve window after a successful operation completes. Replaces an existing file with the latest backup version only if the backup version is newer than the existing file. Use the imagetofile option with the restore image command to specify that you want to restore the source image to a file. You might need to restore the image to a file in the event of bad sectors present on the target volume, or if you want to do some manipulations with the image data. This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER, and Solaris only. Displays a list of active and inactive files when used with the pick option. Restores the most recent backup version of a file whether it is active or inactive. Specifies whether the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI bypasses initial logon with the server to restore a local backup set on a standalone workstation. Specifies where Tivoli Storage Manager searches for the backup set during a query or restore operation. Use the makesparsefile option with the restore or retrieve commands to specify how sparse files are recreated. Page 253 254

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fromowner

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ifnewer

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location

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Table 52. Restore and retrieve processing options (continued) Option monitor Description Specifies whether you want to monitor an image restore of one or more file systems belonging to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) file server. suppresses the confirmation prompt that is presented by the delete group, delete archive, expire, restore image, and set event commands. Specifies the client user options file you want to use when you start a Tivoli Storage Manager session. Creates a list of backup versions, images, or archive copies that match the file specification you enter. From the list, you can select the versions to process. Include the inactive option to view both active and inactive objects. Use the pitdate option with the pittime option to establish a point in time for which you want to display or restore the latest version of your backups. Use the pittime option with the pitdate option to establish a point in time for which you want to display or restore the latest version of your backups. Specifies how much of the source path to reproduce as part of the target directory path when you restore or retrieve files to a new location. Specifies whether to overwrite an existing file, or to prompt you for your selection when you restore or retrieve files. Displays all members of a group. Specifies whether you want to include subdirectories of a named directory. Specifies whether you want Tivoli Storage Manager to wait for a tape required for a restore or retrieve to be mounted, or to prompt you for your choice. Use the todate option with the totime option to specify an ending date and time to which you want to search for backups or archives during a restore, retrieve, or query operation. Use the totime option with the todate option to specify an ending date and time to which you want to search for backups or archives during a restore, retrieve, or query operation. Use the type option with the query node command to specify the type of node to query. Page 293

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pittime

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preservepath

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replace

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Table 52. Restore and retrieve processing options (continued) Option verifyimage Description Use the verifyimage option with the restore image command to specify that you want to enable detection of bad sectors on the destination target volume. If bad sectors are detected on the target volume, Tivoli Storage Manager issues a warning message on the console and in the error log. This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER, and Solaris only. Use the washome option in your client user options file (dsm.opt) to specify an override base install path for the Application Server Use the wasndhome option in your client user options file (dsm.opt) to specify an override base install path for the Network Deployment Manager. Use the wastype option with the restore was command to restore the WAS Network Deployment Manager or Application Server. Page 380

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Scheduling options
You can use the following options to regulate central scheduling. Tivoli Storage Manager uses scheduling options only when the Scheduler is running.
Table 53. Scheduling options Option managedservices Description Specifies whether the Storage Manager Client Acceptor daemon manages the Web client, the scheduler, or both. Specifies the maximum number of times the client scheduler attempts to process a scheduled command that fails. Specifies a command to process after running a schedule. Specifies a command to process before running a schedule. Specifies the number of hours the client scheduler waits between attempts to contact the server for scheduled work. Specifies the number of minutes the client scheduler waits between attempts to process a scheduled command that fails or between unsuccessful attempts to report results to the server. Specifies whether to disable the scheduling of generic commands specified by your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator. Page 286

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retryperiod

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Table 53. Scheduling options (continued) Option Description The scheduler executes commands under a uid of 0, however, there might be some users who have a different user ID. In this case, your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can define schedules and allow these schedules to be executed under a uid other than 0, using this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager Client API does not support this option. Specifies the maximum size of the scheduler log, in megabytes. Specifies the path and file name where you want to store schedule log information. Specifies the number of days to keep log file entries in the schedule log, and whether to save pruned entries. Specifies which schedule mode to use, polling or prompted. Specifies whether to prevent the Tivoli Storage Manager Server administrator from executing restore or retrieve schedule operations. Use the sessioninitiation option to control whether the server or client initiates sessions through a firewall. The default is that the client can initiate sessions. Specifies whether to prevent the Tivoli Storage Manager Server administrator from executing pre-schedule and post-schedule commands when performing scheduled operations. Specifies whether to prevent the Tivoli Storage Manager Server administrator from executing pre-snapshot and post-snapshot commands when performing scheduled image snapshot backup operations. Specifies a TCP/IP address if your client node has more than one address, and you want the server to contact an address other than the one that was used to make the first server contact. The server will use this address when it begins the server prompted scheduled operation. See schedmode prompted (Schedmode on page 336) for details. Specifies a TCP/IP port number for the server to contact the client when the server begins the server prompted scheduled operation. See schedmode prompted (Schedmode on page 336) for details. Page 154

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schedmode schedrestretrdisabled

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Format options
You can use the following options to select different formats for date, time, and numbers.
Table 54. Format options Option dateformat numberformat timeformat Description Specifies the format for displaying dates. Specifies the format for displaying numbers. Specifies the format for displaying time. Page 214 301 369

Command processing options

The following options apply when you use Tivoli Storage Manager commands.
Table 55. Command processing options Option editor quiet Description Specifies if the command-line interface editor and command retrieve capability is turned on or off. Limits the number of messages that are displayed on your screen during processing. This option can be overidden by the server. Specifies the number of lines of information that are displayed on your screen at one time. Use this option only when scrollprompt is set to yes. Specifies whether you want Tivoli Storage Manager to stop and wait after displaying the number of lines of information you specified with the scrolllines option, or scroll through and stop at the end of the information list. Specifies that processing information should be displayed on your screen. The alternative is quiet. This option can be overridden by the server. Page 234 323

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scrollprompt

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verbose

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Authorization options
These options control access to a Tivoli Storage Manager server.
Table 56. Authorization options Option encryptiontype Description Allows you to select AES 128-bit data encryption, providing a stronger form of data encryption than DES 56-bit data encryption. Specifies whether to save the encryption key password locally when performing a backup-archive operation or whether to prompt for the encryption key password. Specifies the groups on your workstation that you want to authorize to request Tivoli Storage Manager services from the server. Page 239

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Table 56. Authorization options (continued) Option mailprog Description Specifies the program and user ID where you want to send a newly-generated password when the old one expires. Specifies a Tivoli Storage Manager password. Specifies whether you want to use a generated password or be prompted for a password each time you start the client. Specifies the directory in which you want to store the automatically generated password for your client node. The encryption key and password are encrypted and stored in the TSM.PWD file. Restricts an administrator with client access privileges from accessing your workstation through the Web client. Authorizes specific users on your workstation to request services from a server. Page 284

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users

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Error processing options

These options specify the name of the error log file and how Tivoli Storage Manager treats the entries in the log file.
Table 57. Error processing options Option errorlogmax errorlogname Description Specifies the maximum size of the error log, in megabytes. Specifies the fully qualified path and file name of the file where you want to store information about errors that occur during processing. Specifies how many days to maintain error log entries before pruning, and whether to save the pruned entries. Page 242 243

errorlogretention

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Transaction processing options

These options control how Tivoli Storage Manager processes transactions between the client and server.
Table 58. Transaction processing options Option collocatebyfilespec Description Specifies that you want the Tivoli Storage Manager client to use only one server session to send objects generated from one file specification. Setting the collocatebyfilespec option to yes eliminates interspersing of files from different file specifications, by limiting the client to one server session per file specification. Therefore, if you store the data to tape, files for each file specification are stored together on one tape (unless another tape is required for more capacity). Specifies the maximum number of minutes you want the client to try to reconnect to a Tivoli Storage Manager server after a communication error occurs. Specifies the number of seconds you want the client to wait between attempts to reconnect to a Tivoli Storage Manager server after a communication error occurs. Specifies the maximum disk I/O buffer size (in kilobytes) that the client can use when reading files. This option has been replaced by the diskbuffsize option. At this time, largecommbuffers will continue to be accepted by the Tivoli Storage Manager client in order to ease the transition to the new option. However, the value specified by largecommbuffers will be ignored in favor of the diskbuffsize setting. Recommendation: Discontinue the use of largecommbuffers because future releases of Tivoli Storage Manager might not accept this option. Page 204

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commrestartinterval

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Specifies the number of seconds the server waits for a status system call on an NFS file system before it times out. Use the resourceutilization option in your dsm.sys file to regulate the level of resources the Tivoli Storage Manager server and client can use during processing. Specifies the number of kilobytes the client program buffers before it sends a transaction to the server.

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txnbytelimit

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Web client options

The following are options for the Tivoli Storage Manager Web Client.
Table 59. Web client options Option httpport Description Specifies a TCP/IP port address for the Web client. Specifies whether the Storage Manager Client Acceptor daemon manages the Web client, the scheduler, or both. Restricts administrator access on a client workstation through the Web client. Enables the use of the Web client outside a firewall by specifying the TCP/IP port number used by the Client Acceptor daemon and the Web Client Agent service for communications with the Web client. Page 262 286

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managedservices

revokeremoteaccess webports

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Diagnostics options
Use the query systeminfo command to gather Tivoli Storage Manager system information and output this information to a file or the console. The query systeminfo command is intended primarily as a diagnostic aid. You can submit the resulting information to technical support personnel for problem diagnosis. See Query Systeminfo on page 462 for more information.
Table 60. Diagnostics options Option console Description Use the console option with the query systeminfo command to output system information to the console. Use the filename option with the query systeminfo command to specify a file name in which to store the system information. Page 213

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Using options with commands

You can override some of the options in your dsm.sys file or client user options file (dsm.opt) by entering them with appropriate Tivoli Storage Manager commands. Tivoli Storage Manager processes options in the following order (precedence): 1. Options defined on the server with server-enforced client options. The server overrides client values. 2. Options entered locally on the command line. 3. Options defined on the server for a schedule using the options parameters. 4. Options entered locally in the options file. 5. Options received from the server with client option sets not set as forced by the server. The server does not override client values if not forced. 6. Default option values.

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Tivoli Storage Manager also includes a group of client command options that you can enter only on the command line with specific commands. For a complete list of command line options, a description, and where to go in this book for more information, see Table 61.

Entering options with a command

Follow these general rules to enter options with a command: v Enter a command, a dash (), the option name, an equal sign (=), and the option value or parameter. There should be no spaces on either side of the = sign. For example,
dsmc archive -description="year end 1999" /home/

v For options that do not include parameters, enter a command, a dash () and the option name. For example,
dsmc incremental -quiet

Note: Use a leading dash (-) to indicate that the following text is the name of an option. If an object name begins with a dash, you must surround it in either single quotes () or double quotes (). Most operating system command line processors strip the quotes before submitting the command line arguments to the Tivoli Storage Manager client application. In such cases, using escape characters or doubling the quotes allows the client to receive the quoted object name. In loop mode, surround such objects in either single quotes () or double quotes (). v Enter either the option name, or an abbreviation for the option name. For example, to enter the latest option, enter either -lat or -latest. The capital letters in the syntax of each option indicate the minimum abbreviation for that option name. For information about how to read the syntax diagrams, see Reading syntax diagrams on page xiii. v Enter options before or after command parameters. For example, you can enter the option before or after a file specification:
dsmc selective -subdir=yes "/home/devel/proj1/*" dsmc selective "/home/devel/proj1/*" -subdir=yes

v When entering several options on a command, separate them with a blank space. v Enclose the value in quotes (" ") if the option value that you enter contains a blank space. For example:
dsmc archive -description="Project A" "/home/devel/proj1/*"

v Most options that you enter on the command line override the value set in the preferences file. However, when you use the domain option with the incremental command, it adds to the domain specified in your client options file rather than overriding the current value. v The maximum number of characters for a file name is 256. The maximum combined length of the file name and path name is 1024 characters. Table 61 lists client command options that you can enter only on the command line with specific commands.
Table 61. Client command options Command option archmc Description Commands Page 195

Use the archmc option with the archive command to archive specify the available management class for your policy domain to which you want to bind your archived files.

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Table 61. Client command options (continued) Command option class Description Specifies whether to display a list of NAS objects or client objects when using the following commands: Use the console option with the query systeminfo command to output system information to the console. Commands query backup delete filespace query filespace query systeminfo Page 202

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213

deletefiles

Deletes the local copy of files from your workstation archive after they are archived on the server. Can also be restore image used with the restore image command and the incremental option to delete files from the restored image that are deleted from the file space after the image is created. Assigns or specifies a description for files when archive performing archive, delete, retrieve, or query archive delete archive operations. query archive query backupset retrieve Displays management class, file space, backup, and archive information depending on the command with which it is used. delete query query query query filespace archive backup filespace mgmtclass

218

description

219

detail

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dirsonly

Backs up, restores, archives, retrieves, or queries directories only.

archive incremental query archive query backup restore restore backupset retrieve selective archive backup group delete archive delete backup expire incremental query archive query backup restore retrieve selective query systeminfo

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filelist

Specifies a list of files to be processed for the command. Tivoli Storage Manager opens the designated filelist and processes the files listed within according to the command.

250

filename

Use the filename option with the query systeminfo command to specify a file name in which to store the system information. Backs up, restores, retrieves, or queries files only.

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filesonly

archive incremental query archive query backup restore restore backupset retrieve selective

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Table 61. Client command options (continued) Command option fromdate Description Use the fromdate option with the fromtime option to specify a date and time from which you want to search for backups or archives during a restore, retrieve, or query operation. Commands delete backup query archive query backup restore retrieve restore group restore was query archive query backup query filespace query group query image query mgmtclass query was restore restore group restore image restore was retrieve query archive query backup query group query image query was restore restore image restore group restore was retrieve Page 255

fromnode

Permits one node to perform commands for another node. A user on another node must use the set access command to permit you to query, restore, or retrieve files or images for the other node.

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fromowner

Displays file spaces for an alternate owner. Also specifies an alternate owner from which to restore or retrieve files.

257

fromtime

Specifies a beginning time on the specified date. Use query archive with the fromdate option. This option is ignored if query backup the fromdate option is absent. restore restore group retrieve restore was Specifies the fully qualified name for a group. backup group

258

groupname ifnewer

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Replaces existing files with the latest backup version restore only if the backup version is newer than the existing restore backupset version. restore group retrieve restore was Use the imagetofile option with the restore image restore image command to specify that you want to restore the source image to a file. You might need to restore the image to a file in the event of bad sectors present on the target volume, or if you want to do some manipulations with the image data. This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER, and Solaris only.

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Table 61. Client command options (continued) Command option inactive Description Commands Page 267

Displays a list of active and inactive files when used delete group with the pick option. query backup query group query image query nas query was restore restore group restore image restore nas restore was Requests an incremental backup by date. Applies changes to the base image using information from incremental backups made after the original image backup. This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER, and Solaris only. Restores the most recent backup version of a file whether it is active or inactive. Specifies whether Tivoli Storage Manager searches for a backup set on the server, in local files, or on a tape device during a query or restore operation. Use the mode option with these commands, as follows: backup image To specify whether to perform a selective or incremental image backup of client file systems. backup nas To specify whether to perform a full or differential image backup of NAS file systems. backup was To specify whether to perform a full or differential backup of the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration information) or the Application Server to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. backup group To specify whether to perform a full or differential group backup containing a list of files from one or more file space origins. incremental restore image

incrbydate incremental

274 275

latest

restore restore group restore was query backupset restore backupset backup group backup nas backup image backup was restore nas

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location

283

mode

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monitor

Specifies whether you want to monitor an image backup nas backup or restore of one or more file systems restore nas belonging to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) file server.

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Table 61. Client command options (continued) Command option Description Use this option with the with the incremental command to specify that you want to perform the traditional full incremental backup, instead of the default journal-based backup. suppresses the confirmation prompt that is presented by the delete group, delete archive, expire, restore image, and set event commands. Commands incremental Page 299

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noprompt

delete archive delete backup delete group expire restore image

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Specifies the client user options file you want to use dsmc when you start a Tivoli Storage Manager session. Creates a list of backup versions, images, or archive copies that match the file specification you enter. From the list, you can select the versions to process. Include the inactive option to view both active and inactive objects. delete archive delete group expire query nas restore restore group restore image restore nas restore was retrieve

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pitdate

Use the pitdate option with the pittime option to query backup establish a point in time for which you want to query group display or restore the latest version of your backups. query image query nas query was restore restore group restore image restore nas restore was Use the pittime option with the pitdate option to query backup establish a point in time for which you want to query image display or restore the latest version of your backups. query nas restore restore image restore nas Specifies how much of the source path to reproduce restore as part of the target directory path when you restore restore backupset or retrieve files to a new location. restore group retrieve restore was Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager removes the 20-operand limit for Unix-family platforms. If you specify the removeoperandlimit option with the incremental, selective, or archive commands, the 20-operand limit is not enforced and is restricted only by available resources or other operating system limits. Displays all members of a group. incremental selective archive

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preservepath

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removeoperandlimit

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query group query was restore group restore was

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Table 61. Client command options (continued) Command option todate Description Use the todate option with the totime option to specify an ending date and time to which you want to search for backups or archives during a restore, retrieve, or query operation. Commands query archive query backup restore retrieve restore group restore was query archive query backup restore retrieve restore group restore was query node Page 373

totime

Use the totime option with the todate option to specify an ending date and time to which you want to search for backups or archives during a restore, retrieve, or query operation.

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type v2archive

Use the type option with the query node command to specify the type of node to query.

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Use the v2archive option with the archive command archive to archive only files to the server. Tivoli Storage Manager will not process directories that exist in the path of the source file specification. Use the verifyimage option with the restore image command to specify that you want to enable detection of bad sectors on the destination target volume. If bad sectors are detected on the target volume, Tivoli Storage Manager issues a warning message on the console and in the error log. This option is valid for Windows 32-bit platformsAIX, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER, and Solaris only. Specifies the name of the virtual file space for the group on which you want to perform the operation. Use the wasnode option with the set waspassword commands to specify the WAS node name when performing the operation on the WAS Network Deployment Manager or Application Server. Use the wastype option with the backup was, query was, restore was, or set waspassword commands to perform the operation on the WAS Network Deployment Manager or Application Server. restore image

verifyimage

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backup group set waspassword

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wastype

backup was query was restore was set waspassword

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wasuser

If WAS security is enabled, use the wasuser option set waspassword with the set waspassword command to set the user name for each installation of WAS on your machine.

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There is a subset of client options that are valid on the initial command line only. Many of these options establish the runtime environment, such as the commmethod and optfile options. Options in this category are not valid in interactive, macro, or scheduler modes. They generate an error and cause processing to stop.

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Table 62. Options that are valid on the initial command line only Options valid on the initial command line clusternode preschedulecmd, prenschedulecmd (can be commmethod included in the schedule definition) diskbuffsize queryschedperiod editor resourceutilization enablelanfree retryperiod errorlogmax schedlogmax errorlogname schedlogname errorlogretention schedlogretention lanfreecommmethod schedmode lanfreeshmport servername lanfreetcpport sessioninitiation language tcpbuffsize maxcmdretries tcpcadaddress nfstimeout tcpclientaddress nodename tcpclientport optfile tcpwindowsize password txnbytelimit postschedulecmd, postnschedulecmd (can virtualnodename be included in the schedule definition)

Client options reference

The following sections contain detailed information about each of the Tivoli Storage Manager processing options. Information for each option includes: v A description of the option. v A syntax diagram of the option. The option name contains uppercase and lowercase characters. The uppercase characters indicate the minimum abbreviation you can use for the option name. See Reading syntax diagrams on page xiii for an explanation of these diagrams. v Detailed descriptions of the option parameters. If the parameter is a constant (a value that does not change), use the minimum abbreviation. v Examples of using the option in the client options file (if applicable). v Examples of using the option on the command line (if applicable). Options with a command line example of Does not apply cannot be used with command line or scheduled commands. Note: For options with a yes parameter, acceptable alternatives are 1, true, and on. For options with a no parameter, acceptable alternatives are 0, false, and off.

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Archmc
Use the archmc option with the archive command to specify the available management class for your policy domain to which you want to bind your archived files and directories. When you archive a file, you can override the assigned management class using the archmc option on the archive command or by using the graphical user interface (GUI). Overriding the management class using the GUI is equivalent to using the archmc option on the archive command. Use the archmc option with the archive command to specify the available management class for your policy domain to which you want to bind your archived directories and files. If you do not use the archmc option, the server binds archived directories to the default management class. If the default management class has no archive copy group, the server binds archived directories to the management class with the shortest retention period.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
ARCHMc = managementclass

Parameters
managementclass Specifies an available management class in the active policy set of your policy domain. This management class overrides the default management class and any include statements for the files and directories you are archiving.

Examples
Command line:
dsmc archive archmc=ret2yrs /home/plan/proj1/budget.jan

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Archsymlinkasfile
The archsymlinkasfile option specifies whether Tivoli Storage Manager follows a symbolic link and archives the file or directory to which it points, or archives the symbolic link only. Use this option with the archive command.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX clients. The server can also define this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax
Yes ARCHSYMLinkasfile No

Parameters
Yes No Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager follows a symbolic link and archives the associated file or directory. This is the default. Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager archives the symbolic link and not the associated file or directory.

Examples
Options file: archsymlinkasfile no Command line: -archsyml=no

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Asnodename
Authorized User Use the asnodename option to allow agent nodes to back up or restore data on behalf of another node (the target node). This enables concurrent operations from multiple nodes to store data to the same target node and file space in parallel. Your client node must be granted access to the target node by the Tivoli Storage Manager server administrative client grant proxynode command. | | | When the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator grants a node proxy authority, and you use the asnodename option to become that node, you can query and restore all files as if you had root authority. An agent node is a client node which has been granted authority to perform client operations on behalf of a target node. A target node is a client node which grants authority to one or more agent nodes to perform client operations on its behalf. For example, you can use the following command to back up shared data for file space /cluster1/mydata stored under the node name MyCluster:
dsmc incremental c:/cluster1/mydata -asnodename=mycluster

You can also use the asnodename option to restore data under another node name on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can only restore the data that you own. The asnodename option differs from the nodename option as follows: v When using the nodename option, you must enter the password for the node name you specify. v When using the asnodename option, you must enter the password for your client agent node to access the data stored for the client target node. Restrictions: You cannot use the asnodename option with -fromnode and you cannot perform NAS backup using asnodename.. Also, asnodename can be used for clustered systems, although no specific cluster software is supported.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the General tab of the Preferences editor. | | | |

Syntax
ASNODEname targetnode

Parameters
targetnode Specifies the node name on the Tivoli Storage Manager server under which you want to back up or restore data.

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Examples
Options file: asnodename mycluster Command line: -asnodename=mycluster This option is not valid in interactive mode, but it can be defined in the options portion of a schedule definition.

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Automount
Authorized User The automount option adds an automounted file system into the domain by mounting it. Use this option with the domain option. Use this option to specify all automounted file systems the Tivoli Storage Manager client tries to mount at the following points in time: v When Tivoli Storage Manager client starts v When the backup is started v When the Tivoli Storage Manager client has reached an automounted file system during backup It is unnecessary to explicitly specify an automounted file system in the automount statement if you use the keywords all-auto-nfs or all-auto-lofs in the domain statement and the file system is already mounted. However, you should add this file system in the automount statement to ensure the file system has been mounted at all the points in time mentioned above. The automounted file systems are remounted if they have gone offline in the meantime during a backup. See Domain on page 227 for more information about working with automounted file systems and the domain option.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX platforms. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax

AUTOMount

filespacename

Parameters
filespacename Specifies one or more automounted file systems that are mounted and added into the domain.

Examples
Options file: automount fs1 fs2 Command line: Does not apply.

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Backupsetname
Authorized User The backupsetname option specifies either the name of the backup set, or the name of the file or tape device containing the backup set. This option is used in conjunction with the location option. You can use backupsetname with the following commands: v query backup v query backupset v query filespace v query image v query systemobject v query systemservices v query systemstate v restore v restore backupset v restore image v restore systemobject v restore systemservices v restore systemstate

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
None. You can specify this option only on the command line.

Syntax
BACKUPSetname backupsetname bset filename tape device

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Parameters
backupsetname Specifies the name of the backup set on the server. The location option should be set to server. bset filename Specifies the name of the file containing the beginning of the backup set. The location option should be set to file. tape device Specifies the name of the tape device where the tape containing the start of the backup set is located. The location option should be set to tape.

Examples
Command line:
dsmc restore /bkSets/file.1 -backupsetname=YEAR_END_ACCOUNTING.1234 dsmc query image -backupsetname=WEEKLY_BSET.1234

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Changingretries
Authorized User The changingretries option specifies how many additional times you want the client to attempt to back up or archive a file that is in use. Use this option with the archive, incremental, and selective commands. This option is applied only when serialization, an attribute in a management class copy group, is shared static or shared dynamic. With shared static serialization, if a file is open during an operation, the operation repeats the number of times that you specify. If the file is open during each attempt, the operation does not complete. With shared dynamic serialization, if a file is open during an operation, the operation repeats the number of times that you specify. The backup or archive occurs during the last attempt whether the file is open or not.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The server can also define this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Backup category, Number of retries if file is in use field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
CHAngingretries numberretries

Parameters
numberretries Specifies the number of times a backup or archive operation is attempted if the file is in use. The range of values is zero through 4; the default is 4.

Examples
Options file: changingretries 3 Command line: -cha=3

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Class
The class option specifies whether to display a list of NAS or client objects when using the following commands: v query backup v delete filespace v query filespace For example, to display a list of the file spaces belonging to a NAS node, enter the following command:
query filespace -class=nas

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
client CLASS = nas

Parameters
client Specifies that you want to display a list of file spaces for a client node. This is the default. nas Specifies that you want to display a list of file spaces for a NAS node.

Examples
Command line: q backup -nasnodename=nodename -class=nas

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Clusternode
The clusternode option specifies whether Tivoli Storage Manager participates in a High Availability Cluster Multi Processing (HACMP) environment. For information on how to configure a Tivoli Storage Manager server to manage a cluster configured client, see Appendix B, Configuring the backup-archive client in an HACMP takeover environment, on page 511. Note: You must set the clusternode option to yes for all Tivoli Storage Manager-managed cluster operations. Inconsistent use of the clusternode option for a given Tivoli Storage Manager cluster node name can cause Tivoli Storage Manager to invalidate the cluster node name encrypted password, and prompt the user to reenter the password during the next Tivoli Storage Manager program invocation. Use the optfile option to properly call the correct (cluster) dsm.opt for all Tivoli Storage Manager programs to ensure proper Tivoli Storage Manager functionality for cluster related operations. See Optfile on page 303 for more information.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for the AIX clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client system options file (dsm.sys).

Syntax
No CLUSTERnode Yes

Parameters
Yes Specifies that you want Tivoli Storage Manager to back up cluster resources and participate in cluster failover for high availability. The default node name is the HACMP-defined cluster name. . Specifies that you do not want the Tivoli Storage Manager client to participate in cluster failover. This is the default.

No

Examples
Options file: cluster no Command line: -cluster=yes This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Collocatebyfilespec
Use the collocatebyfilespec option to specify whether the Tivoli Storage Manager client uses only one server session to send objects generated from one file specification. Setting the collocatebyfilespec option to yes attempts to eliminate interspersing of files from different file specifications, by limiting the client to one server session per file specification. Therefore, if you store the data to tape, files for each file specification are stored together on one tape (unless another tape is required for more capacity). Considerations: v Use the collocatebyfilespec option only if the storage pool is going directly to tape. If you use this option going to a disk storage pool, you could affect some load balancing, and therefore, performance.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The server can also define this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax
No COLlocatebyfilespec Yes

Parameters
Yes Specifies that you want the Tivoli Storage Manager client to use only one server session to send objects generated from one file specification. Therefore, if you store the data to tape, files for each file specification are stored together on one tape, unless another tape is required for more capacity. Restore performance can increase as a result. Specifies that the Tivoli Storage Manager client can (depending on the execution dynamics and on the setting of the resourceutilization option of 3 or higher), use more than one server session to send the files from one file specification. This is the default. Backup performance might increase as a result. If the files are backed up to tape, files will be stored on multiple tapes. Generally, the files specified in the file specification will still be contiguous.

No

Examples
Options file: collocatebyfilespec yes Command line: -collocatebyfilespec=yes

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This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Commmethod
Authorized User The commmethod option specifies the communication method you use to provide connectivity for client-server communication.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Communication category, Communication Method list of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
COMMMethod TCPip SHAREdmem

Parameters
TCPip The Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) communication method. This is the default. SHAREdmem Use the Shared Memory communication method when the client and server are running on the same system. This provides better performance than the TCP/IP protocol. This communication method is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris clients only. When specifying this communication method on AIX, the client can be logged in as root or non-root, as long as the server is running as root. If the server is not running as root, the user ID running the client must match the user ID running the server. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Attention: When using COMMMethod SHAREdmem on Linux, you might receive error message: ANR8294W Shared Memory Session unable to initialize on the server or storage agent console. By default, Linux is not set up with sufficient system resources to create the message queues. You must increase the kernel parameter, MSGMNI, to 128 (the default is 16). You can modify this parameter by performing the following command:
echo 128 > /proc/sys/kernel/msgmni

To enable this parameter to remain persistent after rebooting the system, you can instead add the following line to the file /etc/sysctl.conf, then reboot the machine:
kernel.msgmni=128

To view the current ipc settings, run this command:

ipcs -l

Now look at the max queues system wide value. The default is 16.

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Examples
Options file: commm tcpip Command line: -commm=tcpip This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Commrestartduration
Authorized User The commrestartduration option specifies the maximum number of minutes you want the client to try to reconnect to a Tivoli Storage Manager server after a communication error occurs. Note: A scheduled event will continue if the client reconnects with the server before the commrestartduration value elapses, even if the events startup window has elapsed. You can use the commrestartduration option and the commrestartinterval in busy or unstable network environments to decrease connection failures.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Communication category, Common Options section of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
COMMRESTARTDuration minutes

Parameters
minutes The maximum number of minutes you want the client to attempt to reconnect with a server after a communication failure occurs. The range of values is zero through 9999; the default is 60.

Examples
Options file: commrestartduration 90 Command line: Does not apply.

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Commrestartinterval
Authorized User The commrestartinterval option specifies the number of seconds you want the client to wait between attempts to reconnect to a Tivoli Storage Manager server after a communication error occurs. Note: Use this option only when commrestartduration is a value greater than zero. You can use the commrestartduration option and the commrestartinterval in busy or unstable network environments to decrease connection failures.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Communication category, Common Options section of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
COMMRESTARTInterval seconds

Parameters
seconds The number of seconds you want the client to wait between attempts to reconnect with a server after a communication failure occurs. The range of values is zero through 65535; the default is 15.

Examples
Options file: commrestartinterval 30 Command line: Does not apply.

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Compressalways
The compressalways option specifies whether to continue compressing an object if it grows during compression. Use this option with the compression option. Use the compressalways option with the archive, incremental, and selective commands.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The server can also define this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Backup category, Continue Compressing if Object Grows check box of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
Yes COMPRESSAlways No

Parameters
Yes No File compression continues even if the file grows as a result of compression. This is the default. Backup-archive client objects are resent uncompressed if they grow during compression. API behavior depends on the application. Application backups might fail.

Examples
Options file: compressalways yes Command line: -compressa=no This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Compression
Authorized User The compression option compresses files before you send them to the server. Compressing your files reduces data storage for backup versions and archive copies of your files. It can, however, affect Tivoli Storage Manager throughput. A fast processor on a slow network connection benefits from compression, but a slow processor on a fast network connection does not. Use the compression option with the archive, incremental, and selective commands. The backup image command uses the compression option value specified in the dsm.sys. This option is valid on the initial command line and in interactive mode. The server can also define this option which overrides the client value. | | | | Tivoli Storage Manager backs up a sparse file as a regular file if client compression is off. Set the compression option to yes to enable file compression when backing up sparse files to minimize network transaction time and maximize server storage space. If you set the compressalways option to yes, compression continues even if the file size increases. To stop compression if the file size grows, and resend the file uncompressed, set the compressalways option to no. If you set the compression option to yes, you can control compression processing in the following ways: v Use the exclude.compression option in your client system options file (dsm.sys) to exclude specific files or groups of files from compression processing. See Exclude options on page 246 for more information. v Use the include.compression option in your client system options file (dsm.sys) to include files within a broad group of excluded files for compression processing. See Include options on page 269 for more information. This option controls compression only if your administrator specifies that your client node can compress files before sending them to the server.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The server can also define this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the Backup category, Compress objects check box of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
No COMPRESSIon Yes

Parameters
No Files are not compressed before they are sent to the server. This is the default.
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Yes

Files are compressed before they are sent to the server.

Examples
Options file: compression yes Command line: -compressi=no This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Console
Use the console option with the query systeminfo command to output information gathered from one or more of the following items to the console: v DSMOPTFILE - The contents of the dsm.opt file. v DSMSYSFILE - The contents of the dsm.sys file. v ENV - Environment variables. v ERRORLOG - The Tivoli Storage Manager error log file. v FILE - Attributes for the file name that you specify. v INCLEXCL - Compiles a list of include-exclude in the order in which they are processed during backup and archive operations. v OPTIONS - Compiled options. v OSINFO - Name and version of the client operating system (includes ULIMIT information for UNIX and Linux). v POLICY - Policy set dump. v SCHEDLOG - The contents of the Tivoli Storage Manager schedule log (usually dsmsched.log). v CLUSTER - AIX cluster information. Note: The query systeminfo command is intended primarily as an aid for IBM support to assist in diagnosing problems, although users who are familiar with the concepts addressed by this information might also find it useful. If you use the console option, no special formatting of the output is performed to accommodate screen height or width. Therefore, the console output might be difficult to read due to length and line-wrapping. In this case, it is recommended that you use the filename option with the query systeminfo command to allow the output to be written to a file that can subsequently be submitted to IBM support. See Filename on page 252 for more information.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
CONsole

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line: query systeminfo dsmoptfile errorlog -console

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Dateformat
The dateformat option specifies the format you want to use to display dates. The AIX, Solaris, and HP-UX clients support locales other than English that describe every user interface that varies with location or language. See Table 18 on page 47 for supported locales. | | | | By default, the backup-archive and administrative clients obtain format information from the locale definition in effect at the time you start the client. Consult the documentation on your local system for details about setting up your locale definition. Notes: 1. The dateformat option does not affect the Web client. The Web client uses the date format for the locale that the browser is running in. If the browser is not running in a locale that Tivoli Storage Manager supports, the Web client uses the date format for US English. 2. When you change the date format and use the schedlogretention option to prune the schedule log, Tivoli Storage Manager removes all entries in the schedule log with a different date format when pruning the log. When you change the date format and use the errorlogretention option to prune the error log, Tivoli Storage Manager removes all entries in the error log with a different date when pruning the log. When changing the date format, copy the schedule log and error log if you want to preserve log entries that contain a different date format. You can use the dateformat option with the following commands: v delete archive v delete backup v expire v query archive v query asr v query backup v query filespace v query image v restore v restore image v restore nas v retrieve v set event

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the Regional Settings category, Date Format drop-down list of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
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Parameters
format_number Displays the date using one of the following formats. Select the number that corresponds to the date format you want to use: 0 Use the locale-specified date format. For AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris: This is the default if the locale-specified date format consists of digits and separator characters. 1 MM/DD/YYYY For AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris: This is the default if the locale-specified date format consists of anything but digits and separator characters. This is the default for the following available translations: v US English v Chinese (Traditional) v Korean DD-MM-YYYY This is the default for the following available translations: v Brazilian Portuguese v Italian YYYY-MM-DD This is the default for the following available translations: v Japanese v Chinese (Simplified) v Polish DD.MM.YYYY This is the default for the following available translations: v German v French v Spanish v Czech v Russian YYYY.MM.DD This is the default for the following available translations: v Hungarian For AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris: To set a particular date format, edit the source file for your locale and modify the d_fmt line to support your needs. Whatever date format you select applies both to output and to input; however, the input year can be either 2 or 4 digits. %m/%d/%y Displays the date in the form MM/DD/YY %d.%m.%Y Displays the date in the form DD.MM.YYYY When you include the dateformat option with a command, it must precede the fromdate, pitdate, and todate options.

Examples
Options file: dateformat 3 Command line: -date=3
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This option is valid on the initial command line and in interactive mode. If you use this option in interactive mode, it affects only the command with which it is specified. When that command completes, the value reverts to the value at the beginning of the interactive session. This will be the value from the dsm.opt file unless overridden by the initial command line or by an option forced by the server.

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Defaultserver
Authorized User Use the defaultserver option to specify the name of the Tivoli Storage Manager server to contact for backup-archive services if more than one server is defined in the dsm.sys file. By default, Tivoli Storage Manager will contact the server defined by the first stanza in the dsm.sys file. This option is only used if the servername option is not specified in the client user options file (dsm.opt). If you have the HSM client installed on your workstation, and you do not specify a migration server with the migrateserver option, use this option to specify the server to which you want to migrate files. See IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management for UNIX and Linux Users Guide for more information.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX clients.

Options File
Place this option at the beginning of the dsm.sys file before any server stanzas.

Syntax
DEFAULTServer servername

Parameters
servername Specifies the name of the default server to which you back up or archive files. The server to which files are migrated from your local file systems can also be specified with this option.

Examples
Options file: defaults server_a Command line: Does not apply.

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Deletefiles
Use the deletefiles option with the archive command to delete files from your workstation after you archive them. You can also use this option with the restore image command and the incremental option to delete files from the restored image if they were deleted after the image was created. Deletion of files will be performed correctly if the Tivoli Storage Manager servers backup copy group has enough versions for existing and deleted files.

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Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
DELetefiles

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line:
dsmc archive "/home/foo/*.c" deletefiles dsmc restore image /local/data -incremental -deletefiles

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Description
The description option assigns or specifies a description for files when performing archive, delete archive, retrieve, query archive, or query backupset. For example, if you want to archive a file named budget.jan and assign to it the description 2002 Budget for Proj 1, you would enter:
dsmc archive des="2003 Budget for Proj 1" /home/plan/ proj1/budget.jan

Notes: 1. The maximum length of a description is 254 characters. 2. Enclose the value in quotes (" ") if the option value that you enter contains a blank space. Use the description option with the following commands: v archive v delete archive v query archive v query backupset v retrieve

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
DEScription = description

Parameters
description Assigns a description to the file you are archiving. If you do not specify a description with the archive command, the default is Archive Date:x, where x is the current system date. Note that the date is always 10 characters long. If your date format uses a two digit year, there will be two blank spaces at the end of the date. For example, a default description using a four-digit year might be "Archive Date: 2002/05/03", and the same default with a two-digit year might be "Archive Date: 02/05/03 " (note the two spaces at the end). When retrieving files using the two-digit year description, you can enter the -description option string in either of the following ways:
-description="ArchiveDate: 02/05/03 " or -description="ArchiveDate: 02/05/03*"

If you use the archive command to archive more than one file, the description you enter applies to each file. For example, to archive a group of files and assign the same description, Project X, to each file, you would enter:
dsmc archive description="Project X" "/home/ allproj/.*"

You can then use the description to retrieve all of the files.

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Command line:
dsmc archive "/home/foo/*.prj" des="2003 Budget for Proj 1" dsmc query backupset loc=server descr="My Laptop"

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Detail
Use the detail option to display management class, file space, backup, and archive information depending on the command with which it is used. Use the detail option with the query mgmtclass command to display detailed information about each management class in your active policy set. If you do not use the detail option, only the management class name and a brief description are displayed on the screen. If you specify the detail option, information about attributes in each copy group contained in each management class is displayed on the screen. A management class can contain a backup copy group, an archive copy group, both, or neither. Use the detail option with the delete filespace and query filespace commands to determine the fsID of a file space. The fsID also appears in the file information dialog in the backup-archive client and Web client GUIs. Use the detail option with the query backup and query archive commands to display the last modification date and the last access date of the file you specify. v delete filespace v query archive v query backup v query filespace v query mgmtclass

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
DETail

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line: dsmc query mgmtclass -detail dsmc query filespace -detail

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Dirmc
Authorized User The dirmc option specifies the management class you want to use for directories. If you do not specify this option to associate a management class with directories, the client program uses the management class in the active policy set of your policy domain with the longest retention period. It is recommended that you select a management class for individual directories that retains directories at least as long as it retains the files associated with them. Note: If you want to back up specific files to a management class see Assigning a management class to files on page 163 for more information. If you specify a management class with this option, all directories specified in a backup operation are bound to that management class. The dirmc option specifies the management class of directories you back up and does not effect archived directories. Use the archmc option with the archive command to specify the available management class for your policy domain to which you want to bind your archived directories and files. If you do not use the archmc option, the server binds archived directories to the default management class. If the default management class has no archive copy group, the server binds archived directories to the management class with the shortest retention period.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The server can also define this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the Backup category, Directory Management Class section in the Preferences editor.

Syntax
DIRMc mgmtclassname

Parameters
mgmtclassname Specifies the name of the management class you want to associate with directories. The client uses the management class name that you specify for all directories that you back up. If you do not specify this option, the client associates the management class with the longest retention period with directories.

Examples
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Dirsonly
The dirsonly option processes directories only. The client does not process files. Use the dirsonly option with the following commands: v archive v incremental v query archive v query backup v restore v restore backupset v retrieve v selective

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
DIrsonly

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line: dsmc query backup -dirsonly "*"

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Diskbuffsize
Authorized User The diskbuffsize option specifies the maximum disk I/O buffer size (in kilobytes) that the client can use when reading files. Note: The diskbuffsize option replaces the largecommbuffers option. Optimal backup, archive, or HSM migration client performance can usually be achieved if the value for this option is equal to or smaller than the amount of file read ahead provided by the client file system. A larger buffer will require more memory and might not improve performance. Recommendation: Use the default setting, unless otherwise directed by IBM support personnel.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file.

Syntax
DISKBuffsize size

Parameters
size Specifies the maximum disk I/O buffer size (in kilobytes) that the client will use when reading files. The range of values is 16 through 1023; the default is 32. For AIX: If the enablelanfree option is set to no, the default setting for diskbuffsize is 256.

Examples
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Authorized User The diskcachelocation option specifies the location where the disk cache database will be created if the option memoryefficientbackup=diskcachemethod is set during an incremental backup. You can specify the diskcachelocation option in your dsm.sys file within a server stanza or with the include.fs option. See Include options on page 269 for more information. If the diskcachelocation option appears in the option file, its value will be used for all file systems not represented by an include.fs option containing the diskcachelocation option. The disk cache is a temporary file which is deleted after the incremental command is run. Use this option to select one of the following: 1. A location that has more free disk space if, when you are using memoryefficientbackup=diskcachemethod, you get the message that the disk cache file cannot be created because you do not have enough disk space. 2. A location on a different physical volume to reduce contention for the disk access mechanism, and therefore improve performance. Attention: For performance reasons, do not use a remote drive for diskcachelocation. The disk cache file created by subsequent disk cache incremental backups should require considerably less disk space. The actual amount of disk space required for the disk cache file created by subsequent disk cache incremental backups depends on the number of files and directories included in the backup and on the length of the longest file or directory name which is backed up. The disk cache file created by the initial disk cache incremental backup can require up to 2 gigabytes of disk space for each million files or directories being backed up.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all clients. The server can also define this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza.

Syntax
DISKCACHELocation path

Parameters
path Specifies the location where the disk cache database will be created if memoryefficientbackup is set to diskcachemethod. The default location is to create the disk cache file in the root of the file space being processed.

Examples
Options file: diskcachelocation /home diskcachelocation /Volumes/hfs2

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Domain
The domain option specifies the file systems that you want to include for incremental backup in your client domain. Use the domain option in your dsm.sys file or the client user options file (dsm.opt) to define your default client domain. The server can also define this option. Tivoli Storage Manager uses your default client domain in the following situations to determine which file systems to process during an incremental backup: v When you run an incremental backup using the incremental command and you do not specify which file systems to process. v When your administrator defines a schedule to run an incremental backup for you, but does not specify which file systems to process. v When you select the Backup Domain action from the Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client Java GUI or Web GUI . If you do not use the domain option to specify file systems in your client options file, Tivoli Storage Manager uses the all-local parameter as the default. Note: You can include a virtual mount point in your client domain. For information about defining a virtual mount point, see Virtualmountpoint on page 382. When you use the domain option with the incremental command, Tivoli Storage Manager adds file systems that you specify to the file system defined in your client options file. For example, if you enter the following in your client options file:
domain /home /usr /datasave

and the following on the command line:

dsmc incremental -domain="/fs1 /fs2"

Tivoli Storage Manager performs an incremental backup of the /home, /usr, /datasave, /fs1, and /fs2 file systems. If you use both a file specification and the domain option with the incremental command, Tivoli Storage Manager ignores the domain option and processes only those file systems that you specify in the file specification. For example, if you enter:
dsmc incremental /fs1 /fs2 -domain="/fs3 /fs4"

Tivoli Storage Manager performs an incremental backup for the /fs1 and /fs2 file systems only. You can also exclude file systems by specifying the dash (-) operator before the file systems. For example, in the following option Tivoli Storage Manager will process all local file systems except for the /home file system:
domain ALL-LOCAL -/home

Note: You cannot use the (-) operator in front of a domain keyword such as ALL-LOCAL.

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Attention: If you are running GPFS for AIX or GPFS for Linux x86/x86_64 in a multi-node cluster, and all nodes share a mounted GPFS file system, Tivoli Storage Manager processes this file system as a local file system. Tivoli Storage Manager backs up the file system on each node during an incremental backup. To avoid this, you can do one of the following: v Explicitly configure the domain statement in the client user options file (dsm.opt) to list the file systems you want that node to back up. v Set the exclude.fs option in the client system options file to exclude the GPFS file system from backup services.

Automounted file systems

When performing a backup with the domain option set to all-local, files handled by automounter and loopback file systems are not backed up. If you back up a file system with the domain option set to all-local, any subdirectories that are mount points for an automounted file system (autofs) are excluded from backup. Any files that exist on the server for the automounted subdirectory are expired. When performing a backup with the domain option set to all-lofs, all explicit loopback file systems (LOFS) are backed up and all automounted file systems are excluded. For loop devices and local file systems handled by automounter, set the domain option to all-auto-lofs. You should use the automount option with the domain option to specify one or more automounted file systems to be mounted and added into the domain. If you specify the automount option, automounted file systems are remounted if they have gone offline during the execution of the incremental command. See Automount on page 199 for more information. Virtual mount points cannot be used with automounted file systems. For HP-UX: The domain option is enhanced with the new keywords all-auto-lofs and all-auto-nfs to support automounted file systems. To use this enhancement, set the autofs parameter to 1 in the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file. Changing this parameter requires a reboot. The following UNIX and Linux platforms support automounter, LOFS, or LOFS through automounter, as indicated:
Platform AIX HP-UX All Linux clients z/OS UNIX Solaris automounter yes yes yes yes yes LOFS yes yes yes no yes LOFS through automounter yes no yes no yes

Note: For HP-UX 11i, you must use the new automounter, AutoFS. To activate AutoFS, set the autofs parameter to 1 in the /etc/rc.config.d/nfsconf file. Changing this parameter requires a reboot. If you encounter problems with

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NFS automounted file systems, install patches PHCO_24777 and PHNE_26388 (or later patches). For further information, refer to the HP-UX documentation.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The server can also define this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file or the client user options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the Backup category, Domain for Backup section of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
all-local DOMain domain -domain all-lofs all-nfs all-auto-nfs all-auto-lofs

Parameters
all-local Backs up all local file systems except LOFS file systems and LOFS through automounter. This is the default. The /tmp directory is not included. domain Defines the file systems to include in your default client domain. When you use domain with the incremental command, it processes these file systems in addition to those you specify in your default client domain. -domain Defines the file systems to exclude in your default client domain. all-lofs Backs up all loopback file systems, except those handled by automounter. all-nfs Backs up all network file systems, except those handled by automounter. all-auto-nfs Backs up all network file systems which are handled by automounter. all-auto-lofs Backs up all loop devices and local file systems which are handled through automounter.

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Examples
Options file:
domain /tst /datasave /joe "domain all-local" domain ALL-LOCAL -/home domain ALL-NFS -/mount/nfs1

Command line:
-domain="/fs1 /fs2" -domain=/tmp -domain="ALL-LOCAL -/home"

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Domain.image
The domain.image option specifies the mounted file systems and raw logical volumes that you want to include in your client domain for an image backup. Raw logical volumes must be named explicitly. If you do not specify a file system with the backup image command, the file systems you specify with the domain.image option are backed up. When you specify a file system with the backup image command, the domain.image option is ignored. If you do not use the domain.image option to specify file systems in your client options file, and you do not specify a file system with the backup image command, a message is issued and no backup occurs.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER, Solaris only. The server can also define this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client system options file (dsm.sys) or dsm.opt. You can set this option on the Backup category Domain for Backup box of the Preferences editor.

Syntax

DOMAIN.Image domain

Parameters
domain Defines the file systems or raw logical volumes to include in your default client image domain.

Examples
Options file: domain.image /fs1 /fs2 Command line: Does not apply.

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Domain.nas
The domain.nas option specifies the volumes to include in your NAS image backups. You can specify all-nas to include all the mounted file systems on the NAS file server, except those you exclude with the exclude.fs.nas option. When you use this option in your client system options file (dsm.sys), the domain.nas option defines your default domain for NAS image backups. Tivoli Storage Manager uses your domain for NAS image backups when you run a backup nas command and you do not specify which volumes to process. When you perform a NAS file system image backup using the backup nas command, Tivoli Storage Manager adds volumes that you specify on the command line to the volumes defined in your dsm.sys file. For example, if you enter the following in your dsm.sys file:
domain.nas nas1/vol/vol0 nas1/vol/vol1

and you enter the following on the command line

dsmc backup nas -nasnodename=nas1 /vol/vol2

Tivoli Storage Manager backs up the vol/vol0, vol/vol1, and vol/vol2 volumes on node nas1. If you set the domain.nas option to all-nas in the dsm.opt file, Tivoli Storage Manager backs up all mounted volumes on the NAS file server. When performing a backup, if you use a file specification and set the domain.nas option to all-nas in the dsm.sys file, all-nas takes precedence.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only. The server can also define this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client system options file (dsm.sys) or dsm.opt.

Syntax
all-nas DOMAIN.Nas domain

Parameters
domain Defines the volumes you want to process. You cannot exclude volumes by specifying the dash (-) operator. all-nas Processes all mounted volumes on the NAS file server, except those you exclude with the exclude.fs.nas option. This is the default. If there is no domain.nas statement in the dsm.opt file and no volumes specified on the command line, Tivoli Storage Manager backs up all mounted volumes on the NAS server.

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Examples
Options file: domain.nas nas1/vol/vol0 nas1/vol/vol1 domain.nas all-nas Command line: Does not apply.

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Editor
The editor option turns the command line interface (CLI) editor and retrieve capability on or off. Because certain terminal settings result in non-standard input, the editor might not work as defined in this document. In this case, you can disable the editor by setting the editor option to no in your dsm.sys file or the client user options file (dsm.opt). | | | The dsmc command line editor only supports Latin characters. If you want to enter any other characters (for example, DBCS), you must disable the Tivoli Storage Manager command line editor by setting the editor option to no.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients (except z/OS UNIX System Services) clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file or the client user options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax
Yes EDitor No

Parameters
Yes No Turns on the CLI editor and command retrieve capability. This is the default. Turns off the CLI editor and command retrieve capability.

Note: The editor is not supported on z/OS UNIX System Services, so the editor option should be set to No.

Examples
Options file: editor yes Command line: -editor=yes This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Enablearchiveretentionprotection
The enablearchiveretentionprotection option allows the client to connect to a Tivoli Storage Manager data retention server to ensure that archive objects will not be deleted from the server until policy-based retention requirements for that object have been satisfied. This option is ignored if the client connects to a server that is not retention protection enabled. If the option is no (the default) and an attempt is made to connect to a data retention server, the connection will be refused. The data retention server is specially configured for that task, so normal backup or restore processing is rejected by the server. When the client is connected to a data retention server, the following commands will not be available. If you attempt to use these commands, a message will be displayed indicating that they are not valid with this server. v incremental v backup (all subcommands) v selective v restore (all subcommands except restore backupset -location=file or -location=tape) Note: restore backupset -location=file or -location=tape do not connect to any server (except the virtual one) and thus will not be blocked under any circumstances. restart restore delete backup delete group expire All queries except: query access query archive query filespace query inclexcl query managementclass query node query options query schedule query session query systeminfo query tracestatus query TSA

v v v v v

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
This option is valid only in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza and is not valid in a client option set from the server. It is not valid on any command line.

Syntax
No ENABLEARCHIVERETENTIONProtection Yes

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Enablelanfree
Authorized User The enablelanfree option specifies whether to enable an available LAN-free path to a storage area network (SAN) attached storage device. A LAN-free path allows backup, restore, archive, and retrieve processing between the Tivoli Storage Manager client and the SAN-attached storage device. To support LAN-free data movement you must install and configure the Tivoli Storage Manager Managed System for SAN Storage Agent on the client workstation. For more information, refer to the following publications: v IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for AIX Storage Agent Users Guide, SC32-0129 v IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Sun Solaris Storage Agent Users Guide, SC32-0132 v IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for HP-UX Storage Agent Users Guide, SC32-0130 v IBM Tivoli Storage Manager for Linux Storage Agent Users Guide, SC32-0131 Notes: 1. If you place the enablelanfree option in the client option file (dsm.opt), but zero (0) bytes were transferred through the SAN during an operation, ensure that you bind the data to a LAN-free enabled management class. 2. To restore backup sets in a SAN environment, see Restore Backupset on page 470 for more information. To specify a communication protocol between the Tivoli Storage Manager client and Storage Agent, see Lanfreecommmethod on page 276 for more information.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER, and Solaris clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the General category Enable Lanfree check box of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
No ENABLELanfree Yes

Parameters
Yes No Specifies that you want to enable an available LAN-free path to a SAN-attached storage device. Specifies that you do not want to enable a LAN-free path to a SAN-attached storage device. This is the default.

Examples
Options file: enablelanfree yes

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Encryptiontype
| | | The encryptiontype option allows you to use AES 128-bit data encryption, (not supported on z/OS), providing a stronger form of data encryption than DES 56-bit data encryption. The encryption type only affects backup and archive operations. The data that you include is stored in encrypted form, and encryption does not affect the amount of data sent or received. During restore and retrieve operations, the encrypted data will be decrypted with the proper encryption algorithm, regardless of the setting for this option. Notes: 1. Files that are backed up using AES 128-bit encryption cannot be restored with an older level client. However, if you ever need to reinstall and use an older client, files backed up by the Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 client, using 56-bit DES encryption, can be restored with an older client. 2. HSM data migration only supports 56-bit DES encryption. Therefore, even though you enabled AES 128-bit encryption for the backup-archive client, migrated files will be backed up using 56-bit DES encryption.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can also set this option on the Authorization tab of the Preferences editor. The server can override this.

Syntax
AES128 ENCRYPTIONType DES56

Parameters
AES128 AES 128-bit data encryption. AES 128-bit data encryption provides a stronger form of data encryption than DES 56-bit data encryption. This is the default. DES56 DES 56-bit data encryption.

Examples
Options file: encryptiontype aes128 Command line: Does not apply.

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Encryptkey
Authorized User The encryptkey option specifies whether to save the encryption key password locally when performing a backup-archive operation or whether to prompt for the encryption key password. The encryption key password is saved to the TSM.PWD file in encrypted format. Tivoli Storage Manager client encryption allows you to enter a value of up to 63 characters in length. This encryption password needs to be confirmed when encrypting the file for backup, and also needs to be entered when performing restores of encrypted files. If you set the encryptkey option to save, you are only prompted the first time you perform an operation. Thereafter, Tivoli Storage Manager does not prompt for the password. If you do not save the encryption key password, you are prompted for the initial encryption key password when you begin encryption processing. You can encrypt the data that is sent to the server during a backup or archive operation using standard encryption. If you use the encryption feature to encrypt your data during backup or archive, you must have the encryption key in order to restore or retrieve the data. If the encryption key is not available on the client machine (via the encryptkey option) and you forgot the encryption key, then the data cannot be restored or retrieved under any circumstances. | | | | | Table 63 shows how both Authorized Users and non-Authorized Users can encrypt or decrypt data during a backup or restore operation depending on the value specified for the passwordaccess option. The encryption key is saved when an encrypted backup operation is run by the Authorized User, passwordaccess is set to generate and encryptkey is set to save. Note: When both encryption and compression are enabled, Tivoli Storage Manager compresses the data first, and then encrypts the data.
Table 63. Encrypting or decrypting data Operation Passwordaccess option generate generate prompt prompt Non-authorized user backup generate generate prompt prompt Encryptkey option prompt save prompt save prompt save prompt save Result prompted for encryptkey password, data encrypted data encrypted using the saved key prompted for encryptkey password, data encrypted data not encrypted encryption not data encrypted key encryption not encryption not authorized using the saved authorized authorized

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Table 63. Encrypting or decrypting data (continued) Operation Passwordaccess option generate generate prompt prompt Encryptkey option prompt save prompt save Result prompted for encryptkey password, data decrypted data decrypted using the saved key prompted for encryptkey password, data decrypted prompted for encryptkey password, data decrypted

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Authorized or non-authorized user restore

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client system options file (dsm.sys). You can set this option on the Authorization category, Encryption Key Password section of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
|
ENCRYPTKey prompt save

Parameters
save Specifies that you want to save the encryption key password to the local TSM.PWD file. If you set the encryptkey option to save, you are only prompted the first time you perform an operation. Thereafter, Tivoli Storage Manager does not prompt for the encryption password. This is the default. prompt Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for the encryption password for each backup, archive, and restore operation.

Examples
Options file: encryptkey prompt

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Errorlogmax
Authorized User The errorlogmax option specifies the maximum size of the error log, in megabytes. If you change from errorlogmax to errorlogretention, all existing log entries are retained and the log is pruned using the new errorlogretention criteria. If you change from errorlogretention to errorlogmax, all records in the existing log are copied to the pruned log dsmerlog.pru, the existing log is emptied, and logging begins under the new log wrapping criteria. If you change the value of the errorlogmax option, the existing log is extended or shortened to accommodate the new size. If the value is reduced, the oldest entries are deleted to reduce the file to the new size. Restriction: You cannot specify a non-zero errorlogmax value and enable errorlogretention.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the General category, Select Error Log button of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
ERRORLOGMAX size

Parameters
size Specifies the maximum size, in megabytes, for the log file. The range of values is 0 to 2047; the default is 0, which disables log file wrapping and allows the log file to grow indefinitely.

Examples
Options file: errorlogmax 2000 Command line: -errorlogmax=2000 This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Errorlogname
Authorized User This option specifies the fully qualified path and file name of the file where error messages are written. The value for this option overrides the DSM_LOG environment variable. The dsmwebcl.log and dsmsched.log files are created in the same directory as the error log file you specify with the errorlogname option.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the General category, Select Error Log button of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
ERRORLOGName filespec

Parameters
filespec The fully qualified path and file name in which to store error log information. If any part of the path you specify does not exist, Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to create it. The dsmerror.log file cannot be a symbolic link.

Examples
Options file: errorlogname /tmp/tsmerror.log Command line: -errorlogname=/tmp/tsmerror.log This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Errorlogretention
Authorized User The errorlogretention option specifies how many days to maintain error log entries before pruning, and whether to save the pruned entries. The error log is pruned when the first error is written to the log after a Tivoli Storage Manager session is started. If the only session you run is the client scheduler, and you run it twenty-four hours a day, the error log might not be pruned according to your expectations. Stop the session and start it again to allow the scheduler to prune the error log. If you change from errorlogretention to errorlogmax, all records in the existing log are copied to the pruned log dsmerlog.pru, the existing log is emptied, and logging begins under the new log wrapping criteria. If you change from errorlogmax to errorlogretention, all existing log entries are retained and the log is pruned using the new errorlogretention criteria. Restriction: You cannot specify errorlogretention and a non-zero errorlogmax value.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the General category, Select Error Log button of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
N ERRORLOGRetention days S D

Parameters
N or days Specifies how long to wait before pruning the error log. N Do not prune the error log. This permits the error log to grow indefinitely. This is the default.

days The number of days to keep log file entries before pruning the log. The range of values is zero through 9999. D or S Specifies whether to save the pruned entries. Enter a space or comma to separate this parameter from the previous one. D S Discard the error log entries when you prune the log. This is the default. Save the error log entries when you prune the log. The pruned entries are copied from the error log to the dsmerlog.pru file located in the same directory as the error log.

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Options file: errorlogretention 400 S Command line: -errorlogr=400,S This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Exclude options
Authorized User The exclude options exclude objects from backup, image, or archive services. For example, you might want to exclude all temporary files, any local caches of network files, all files that contain compiled object code that you can easily reproduce using other methods, or your operating system files. You can exclude specific files from encryption processing during a backup. Notes: 1. With the exception of exclude.fs, when you exclude a file that was previously included, existing backup versions become inactive during the next incremental backup. 2. The server can define exclude options with the inclexcl option. Exclude any system files or images that could corrupt the operating system when recovered. You should also exclude the directory containing the Tivoli Storage Manager client files. Use wildcard characters to exclude a broad range of files. See Including and excluding groups of files on page 62 for a list of wildcard characters that you can use. Then, if necessary, use the include option to make exceptions. To exclude an entire directory called /any/test, enter the following:
exclude.dir /any/test

To exclude subdirectories that begin with test under the /any directory, enter the following:
exclude.dir /any/test*

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place these options in the dsm.sys file. You can set these options on the Include-Exclude category, Define Include-Exclude Options section of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
options pattern

exclude, exclude.backup, exclude.file, exclude.file.backup Use these options to exclude a file or group of files from backup services and space management services (if the HSM client is installed). The exclude.backup option only excludes files from normal backup, but not from HSM. exclude.archive Excludes a file or a group of files that match the pattern from archive services only.

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exclude.attribute.symlink Excludes a file or a group of files that are symbolic links from backup processing only. exclude.compression Excludes files from compression processing if the compression option is set to yes. This option applies to backups and archives. exclude.dir Excludes a directory, its files, and all its subdirectories and their files from backup processing. For example, the statement exclude.dir /test/dan/data1 excludes the /test/dan/data1 directory, its files, and all its subdirectories and their files. However, selective backup of a single file overrides exclude.dir. For example, you can still back up the FILE1 file from /test/dan/data1 using a selective backup, as follows:
dsmc sel -subdir=yes /test/dan/data1/

The next time that you perform an incremental backup, the previous backup versions will be inactive. If you exclude a directory that was previously included, Tivoli Storage Manager marks existing backup versions of the files and directories beneath it inactive during the next incremental backup. Use this option to exclude a portion of your data that has no underlying files to back up. exclude.encrypt Excludes the specified files from encryption processing. This option does not affect whether files are excluded from backup or archive processing, only whether they are excluded from encryption processing. | | | | | | | | exclude.fs Excludes file systems that match the specified pattern from file system incremental backup operations and incremental image backup operations. If files from the excluded file systems were ever backed up, then management class rebinding and deleted file expiration will not occur. However, existing backup versions will remain on the server subject to associated management class settings. Use exclude.image to exclude file systems from full image backup operations. exclude.fs.nas Excludes file systems on the NAS file server from an image backup when used with the backup nas command. The NAS node name must be prefixed to the file system name, for example: netappsj1/vol/vol1. To apply this exclude to all NAS nodes, replace the NAS node name with a wildcard, for example: */vol/vol1. The backup nas command ignores all other exclude statements including exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements. This option is valid for AIX and Solaris clients onlyall Windows clients. | | | | | exclude.image Excludes mounted file systems and raw logical volumes that match the specified pattern from full image backup operations. Use exclude.fs to exclude file systems from incremental image backup operations.

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Parameters
pattern Specifies the file or group of files that you want to exclude. Note: For NAS file systems: You must prefix the NAS node name to the file specification to specify the file server to which the exclude statement applies. If you do not specify a NAS node name, the file system identified refers to the NAS nodename specified in the client system options file (dsm.sys) or on the command line. If the pattern begins with a single or double quote or contains any embedded blanks or equal signs, you must surround the value in either single () or double () quotation marks. The opening and closing quotation marks must be the same type of quotation marks. For the exclude.image option, the pattern is the name of a mounted file system or raw logical volume.

Examples
Options file:
exclude /unix/ exclude /.../core exclude /home/jones/proj1/* exclude.archive /.../core exclude.backup /home/jones/proj1/devplan/ exclude.dir /home/jones/tmp exclude.backup /users/home1/file1 exclude.image /usr/*/* exclude.encrypt /users/home2/file1 exclude.compression /home/gordon/proj1/* exclude.fs.nas netappsj/vol/vol0 exclude.attribute.symlink /.../*

Command line: Does not apply.

Controlling symbolic link processing

Tivoli Storage Manager treats symbolic links as actual files and backs them up. However, the file referenced by the symbolic link is not backed up. In some cases symbolic links can be easily recreated and need not be backed up. In addition, backing up these symbolic links can increase backup processing time and occupy a substantial amount of space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can use the exclude.attribute.symlink option to exclude a file or a group of files that are symbolic links from backup processing. If necessary, you can use the include.attribute.symlink option to include symbolic links within broad group of excluded files for backup processing. For example, to exclude all symbolic links from backup processing, except those that exist under the /home/spike directory, enter these statements in your dsm.sys file:
exclude.attribute.symlink /.../* include.attribute.symlink /home/spike/.../*

See Include options on page 269 for more information about the include.attribute.symlink option.

Controlling compression processing

If you want to exclude specific files or groups of files from compression processing during a backup or archive operation, consider the following:

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| | |

v Remember that Tivoli Storage Manager compares the files it processes against the patterns specified in the include-exclude statements, reading from the bottom to the top of the options file. v You must set the compression option to yes to enable compression processing. If you do not specify the compression option or you set the compression option to no, Tivoli Storage Manager does not perform compression processing. See Compression on page 211 for more information. If you set the compression option to yes and no exclude.compression statements exist, Tivoli Storage Manager considers all files for compression processing. v Tivoli Storage Manager processes exclude.fs, exclude.dir, and other include-exclude statements first. Tivoli Storage Manager then considers any exclude.compression statements. For example, consider the following include-exclude list:
exclude /home/jones/proj1/*.* exclude.compression /home/jones/proj1/file.txt include /home/jones/proj1/file.txt

Tivoli Storage Manager examines the statements (reading from bottom to top) and determines that the /home/jones/proj1/file.txt file is a candidate for backup, but is not a candidate for compression processing. v Include-exclude compression processing is valid for backup and archive processing only. The exclude.compression option does not affect whether files are excluded from backup or archive processing, only whether they are excluded from compression processing.

Processing NAS file systems

Use the exclude.fs.nas option to exclude file systems from NAS image backup processing. A NAS file system specification uses the following conventions: v NAS nodes represent a unique node type. The NAS node name uniquely identifies a NAS file server and its data to Tivoli Storage Manager. You can prefix the NAS node name to the file specification to specify the file server to which the exclude statement applies. If you do not specify a NAS node name, the file system identified applies to all NAS file servers. v Regardless of the client platform, NAS file system specifications use the forward slash (/) separator, as in this example: /vol/vol0. For example, to exclude /vol/vol1 from backup services on all NAS nodes, specify the following exclude statement:
exclude.fs.nas */vol/vol1

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Filelist
Use the filelist option with the following commands to process a list of files: v archive v backup group v delete archive v delete backup v expire v incremental v query archive v query backup v restore v retrieve v selective The Tivoli Storage Manager client opens the file you specify with this option and processes the list of files within according to the specific command. With the exception of the restore and retrieve commands, when you use the filelist option, Tivoli Storage Manager ignores all other file specifications on the command line. The files (entries) listed in the filelist must adhere to the following rules: v Each entry must be a fully or partially qualified path to a file or directory or a relative path. v Each entry must be on a new line. v Do not use wildcard characters. v Each entry results in the processing of only one object (file or directory). v If the file name contains any spaces, enclose the file name with quotes. v Tivoli Storage Manager ignores any entry that is not valid. The following is an example of a list of files within a filelist:
/home/dir/file1 /usr/tivoli/file2 /usr/avi/dir1 /fs1/dir2/file3 "/fs2/Ha Ha Ha/file.txt" "/fs3/file.txt"

If an entry in the filelist indicates a directory, only that directory will be processed and not the files within the directory. If the file name (the filelistspec) you specify with the filelist option does not exist, the command fails. Tivoli Storage Manager skips any entries in the filelist that are not valid files or directories. Tivoli Storage Manager logs errors and processing continues to the next entry. Use file specifications with the restore and retrieve commands to denote the destination for the restored filelist entries. For example, in the restore command:
restore -filelist=/home/dir/file3 /usr/record/

the file specification /usr/record/ represents the restore destination for all entries in the filelist. However, in the selective command:
selective -filelist=/home/dir/file3 /usr/record/

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If you specify a directory in a filelist for the delete archive or delete backup command, the directory is not deleted. Filelists that you use with the delete archive or delete backup command should not include directories. The entries in the list are processed in the order they appear in the filelist. For optimal processing performance, pre-sort the filelist by file space name and path. Note: Tivoli Storage Manager might back up a directory twice if the following conditions exist: v The filelist contains an entry for the directory v The filelist contains one or more entries for files within that directory v No backup of the directory exists For example, your filelist includes the entries /home/dir/file1 and /home/dir. If the /dir directory does not exist on the server, the /home/dir directory is sent to the server a second time.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
FILEList = filelistspec

Parameters
filelistspec Specifies the location and name of the file that contains the list of files to process with the command. Note: When you specify the filelist option on the command line, the subdir option is ignored.

Examples
Command line: sel -filelist=/home/avi/filelist.txt

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Filename
Use the filename option with the query systeminfo command to specify a file name in which to store information gathered from one or more of the following items: v DSMOPTFILE - The contents of dsm.opt file. v DSMSYSFILE - The contents of the dsm.sys file. v ENV - Environment variables. v ERRORLOG - The Tivoli Storage Manager error log file. v FILE - Attributes for the file name that you specify. v INCLEXCL - Compiles a list of include-exclude in the order in which they are processed during backup and archive operations. v OPTIONS - Compiled options. v OSINFO - Name and version of the client operating system (includes ULIMIT information for UNIX and Linux). v POLICY - Policy set dump. v SCHEDLOG - The contents of the Tivoli Storage Manager schedule log (usually dsmsched.log. v CLUSTER - AIX cluster information. Note: The query systeminfo command is intended primarily as an aid for IBM support to assist in diagnosing problems, although users who are familiar with the concepts addressed by this information might also find it useful. If you use the console option, no special formatting of the output is performed to accommodate screen height or width. Therefore, the console output might be difficult to read due to length and line-wrapping. In this case, it is recommended that you use the filename option with the query systeminfo command to allow the output to be written to a file that can subsequently be submitted to IBM support. See Console on page 213 for more information.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
FILEName = outputfilename

Parameters
outputfilename Specifies a file name in which to store the information. If you do not specify a file name, by default the information is stored in the dsminfo.txt file.

Examples
Command line: query systeminfo dsmoptfile errorlog -filename=tsminfo.txt

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Filesonly
The filesonly option restricts backup, restore, retrieve, or query processing to files only. You cannot restore or retrieve directories from the Tivoli Storage Manager server when using the filesonly option with the restore or retrieve commands. However, directories with default attributes are created, if required, as placeholders for files that you restore or retrieve. You can also use the filesonly option with the following commands: v archive v incremental v query archive v query backup v restore v restore backupset v restore group v retrieve v selective

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
FILESOnly

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line: dsmc incremental -filesonly

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Followsymbolic
The followsymbolic option specifies whether you want to restore files to symbolic links or use a symbolic link as a virtual mount point. Use this option with the restore and retrieve commands, or in the client user options file (dsm.opt). The followsymbolic option does not determine whether Tivoli Storage Manager follows symbolic links during backup or archive operations. During a backup operation, symbolic links are never followed. During an archive operation, you can use the archsymlinkasfile option to specify whether Tivoli Storage Manager follows a symbolic link and archives the file or directory it points to, or archives the symbolic link only. See Archsymlinkasfile on page 196 for more information about the archsymlinkasfile option. See Understanding how symbolic links are handled on page 116 for more information about how Tivoli Storage Manager handles symbolic links.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax
No FOLlowsymbolic Yes

Parameters
No Yes Specifies that you do not want to restore to symbolic links, or to use symbolic links as virtual mount points. This is the default. Specifies that you want to restore to symbolic links, or to use a symbolic link as a virtual mount point.

Examples
Options file: followsymbolic Yes Command line: -fol=Yes

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Fromdate
Use the fromdate option with the fromtime option to specify a date and time from which you want to search for backups or archives during a restore, retrieve, or query operation. Files that were backed up or archived before this date and time are not included, although older directories might be included, if necessary, to restore or retrieve the files. Use the fromdate option with the following commands: v delete backup v query archive v query backup v restore v restore group v restore was v retrieve

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
FROMDate = date

Parameters
date Specifies the date from which you want to search for backup copies or archived files. Enter the date in the format you selected with the dateformat option. When you include dateformat with a command, it must precede the fromdate, pitdate, and todate options.

Examples
Command line: dsmc query backup -fromdate=12/11/2003 /home/dilbert/*

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Fromnode
The fromnode option permits one node to perform commands for another node. A user on another node must use the set access command to permit you to query, restore, or retrieve files or images for the other node. Use the fromnode option with the following commands: v query archive v query backup v query filespace v query group v query image v query mgmtclass v query was v restore v restore group v restore image v restore was v retrieve

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
FROMNode = node

Parameters
node Specifies the node name on a workstation or a file server whose backup copies or archived files you want to access.

Examples
Command line: dsmc query archive -fromnode=bob -subdir=yes "/home/jones/*"

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Fromowner
The fromowner option specifies an alternate owner from which to restore backup versions or archived files or images. The owner must give access to another to use the files or images. For example, to restore files from the /home/devel/proja directory belonging to usermike on system puma, and place the restored files in a directory you own named /home/id/proja, enter:
dsmc restore -fromowner=usermike -fromnode=puma /home/devel/proja/ /home/id/proja/

Non-root users can specify -fromowner=root to access files owned by the root user if the root user has granted them access. Note: If you specify the fromowner option without the fromnode option, the active user must be on the same node as the fromowner user. | | See How Tivoli Storage Manager handles long user and group names on page 86 for information about the character limits for group names. Use the fromowner option with the following commands: v query archive v query backup v query group v query image v query was v restore v restore image v restore group v restore was v retrieve

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX clients.

Syntax
FROMOwner = owner

Parameters
owner Name of an alternate owner.

Examples
Command line: dsmc query archive "/home/id/proja/*" -fromowner=mark

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Fromtime
Use the fromtime option with the fromdate option to specify a beginning time from which you want to search for backups or archives during a restore, retrieve, or query operation. Tivoli Storage Manager ignores this option if you do not specify the fromdate option. Use the fromtime option with the following commands: v delete backup v query archive v query backup v restore v restore group v restore was v retrieve

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
FROMTime = time

Parameters
time Specifies a beginning time on a specific date from which you want to search for backed up or archived files. If you do not specify a time, the time defaults to 00:00:00. Specify the time in the format you selected with the timeformat option. When you include the timeformat option in a command, it must precede the fromtime, pittime, and totime options.

Examples
Command line: dsmc q b -timeformat=4 -fromt=11:59AM -fromd=06/30/2003 -tot=11:59PM -tod=06/30/2003 /home/*

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Groupname
Use the groupname option with the backup group command to specify the name for a group. You can only perform operations on new groups or the current active version of the group.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
GROUPName = name

Parameters
name Specifies the name of the group which will contain the files backed up using the filelist option. Directory delimiters are not allowed in the group name since the group name is not a file specification, but a name field.

Examples
Command line:
backup group -filelist=/home/dir1/filelist1 -groupname=group1 -virtualfsname=/virtfs -mode=full

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Groups
Authorized User The groups option specifies UNIX and Linux system groups on your workstation that you want to authorize to request Tivoli Storage Manager services from the server. You can use the groups option more than once to specify several group names. If you do not specify group names with the groups option, or user IDs with the users option, all users can request Tivoli Storage Manager services. If you use both the groups option and the users option, only users specified with these options can request Tivoli Storage Manager services. A root user is always authorized to request services. | | See How Tivoli Storage Manager handles long user and group names on page 86 for information about the character limits for group names.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza.

Syntax

GRoups

groupname

Parameters
groupname Specifies the name of a group you want to authorize to request Tivoli Storage Manager services.

Examples
Options file:
groups groups dsmcdev group1 test1 test2 design1 endicott almaden qadev qadev1 tools23

Command line:
Does not apply.

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Guitreeviewafterbackup
The guitreeviewafterbackup option specifies whether the client returns to the Backup, Restore, Archive, or Retrieve window after a successful operation completes.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt) or the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the General category, Return to tree window after function completed check box of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
No GUITREEViewafterbackup Yes

Parameters
No Yes Returns you to the Tivoli Storage Manager main window after a successful operation completes. This is the default. Returns you to the Backup, Restore, Archive, or Retrieve window after a successful operation completes.

Examples
Options file: guitreeviewafterbackup yes Command line: Does not apply.

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Httpport
Authorized User The httpport option specifies a TCP/IP port address for the Web client.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client system options file (dsm.sys). You can set this option on the Web Client category HTTP Port field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
HTTPport port_address

Parameters
port_address Specifies the TCP/IP port address that is used to communicate with the Web client. The range of values is 1000 through 32767; the default is 1581.

Examples
Options file: httpport 1502 Command line:
Does not apply.

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Ifnewer
The ifnewer option replaces an existing file with the latest backup version only if the backup version is newer than the existing file. Only active backups are considered unless you also use the inactive or latest options. Note: Directory entries are replaced with the latest backup version, whether the backup version is older or newer than the existing version. Use the ifnewer option with the following commands: v restore v restore backupset v restore group v restore was v retrieve Note: This option is ignored if the replace option is set to No.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
IFNewer

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line: dsmc restore "/home/grover/*" -sub=y -rep=y -ifnewer

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Imagetofile
Use the imagetofile option with the restore image command to specify that you want to restore the source image to a file. You might need to restore the image to a file if bad sectors are present on the target volume, or if you want to manipulate the image data. Later, you can use a data copy utility of your choice to transfer the image from the file to a disk volume. Linux supports mounting an image file as a logical volume, so you can get access to file data within the image. The following are some examples: v The file system /usr has been backed up by Tivoli Storage Manager. The following command will restore the file system image to the file /home/usr.img:
# dsmc restore image /usr /home/usr.img -imagetofile

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To mount the image file at the /mnt/usr directory, the following mount command can be executed:
# mount /home/usr.img /mnt/usr -o loop=/dev/loop0

Now the image contents are available from /mnt/usr as if a regular file system was mounted at that directory.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, all Linux clients and Solaris. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
IMAGETOfile

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line: dsmc restore image /usr /home/usr.img -imagetofile

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Imagetype
Authorized User Use the imagetype option with the backup image command or the include.image option to specify the type of image backup you want to perform. This option replaces the dependency on the copy serialization value in the management class to perform an image backup. Attention: Tivoli Storage Manager dynamic image backups should not be used for certain file systems such as the AIX JFS2 file system, because the file systems internal design could provide inconsistent data even when there is no write activity. Dynamic image backup can easily result in a fuzzy image, and that image cannot be guaranteed to be valid or complete when restored. If the Tivoli Storage Manager client fails to mount the file system after restoring an image, you can run fsck to attempt to restore the file systems integrity. However, be aware that running fsck can affect the integrity of large amounts of data. Place the include.image statement containing the imagetype value in your client system options file dsm.sys.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, and all Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client system options file (dsm.sys). You can set this option on the Include-Exclude category of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
IMAGETYpe =value

Parameters
value Specifies one of the following values: snapshot Specifies that you want to perform a snapshot image backup during which the volume is available to other system applications. This is the default for file systems residing on a logical volume created by the Linux Logical Volume Manager. Valid for Linux clients only. dynamic Use this option only if the volume cannot be unmounted and remounted read-only. Tivoli Storage Manager backs up the volume as is without remounting it read-only. Corruption of the backup can occur if applications write to the volume while the backup is in progress. In this case, run fsck after a restore and manually mount the filesystem in order to regain access to the volume. This option is valid for AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, and all Linux clients. static Specifies that you want to perform an image backup during which the
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volume is unmounted and remounted read-only. This is the default for AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris. This option is valid for AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, and all Linux clients

Examples
Options file: include.image /home MYMC imagetype=static Command line: -imagetype=static

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Inactive
Use the inactive option with the following commands to display both active and inactive objects: v delete group v query asr v query backup v query group v query image v query nas v query was v restore v restore group v restore image v restore nas v restore was | | | | Recommendation: When using the inactive option during a restore operation, also use the pick or some other filtering option because, unlike the latest option, all versions will be restored in an indeterminate order. This option is implicit when pitdate is used.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
INActive

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line: dsmc restore "/home/zoe/*" -inactive -pick

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Inclexcl
Authorized User The inclexcl option specifies the path and file name of an include-exclude options file. Multiple inclexcl statements are permitted. However, you must specify this option for each include-exclude file. Ensure that you store your include-exclude options file in a directory to which all users have read access, such as /etc. When processing occurs, the include-exclude statements within the include-exclude file are placed in the list position occupied by the inclexcl option, in the same order, and processed accordingly. If you have the HSM client installed on your workstation, you can use an include-exclude options file to exclude files from backup and space management, from backup only or from space management only. For more information about creating an include-exclude options file, see Creating an include-exclude list (optional root user or authorized user task) on page 59.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the Include-Exclude category of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
INCLExcl filespec

Parameters
filespec Specifies the path and file name of one include-exclude options file.

Examples
Options file:
inclexcl /usr/dsm/backup.excl inclexcl /etc/inclexcl.def

Command line:
Does not apply.

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Include options
Authorized User The include options specify any of the following: v Objects within a broad group of excluded objects that you want to include for backup, archive, image, and space management services. v Files that are included for backup or archive processing that you want to include for encryption processing. v Files that are included for backup or archive processing that you also want to include for compression processing. v Objects to which you want to assign a specific management class. v A management class to assign to all objects to which you do not explicitly assign a management class. | | | v File spaces to which you want to assign memory-efficient backup processing or use the diskcachelocation option to cause specific file systems to use different, specific locations for their diskcache. If you do not assign a specific management class to objects, Tivoli Storage Manager uses the default management class in the active policy set of your policy domain. Use the query mgmtclass command to display information about the management classes available in your active policy set. | | | Remember that Tivoli Storage Manager compares the files it processes against the patterns specified in the include-exclude statements, reading from the bottom to the top of the options file. Notes: 1. The exclude.fs and exclude.dir statements override all include statements that match the pattern. 2. The server can also define these options with the inclexcl option.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place these options in the dsm.sys file. You can set these options on the Include-Exclude category, Define Include-Exclude Options section of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
options pattern mgmtclassname

include, include.backup, include.file Use these options to include files or assign management classes for backup processing. | | | | The include option affects archive and backup processing. If you want to assign different management classes for archive and backup processing, always specify include.archive and include.backup with their own management classes. In the following example, the archmc management class is assigned when an

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archive operation is performed, because include.backup is used only for backup processing, it is not used for archive processing.
include.archive /home/test/* archmc include.backup /home/test/*

include.archive Includes files or assigns management classes for archive processing. include.attribute.symlink Includes a file or a group of files that are symbolic links within a broad group of excluded files for backup processing only. include.compression Includes files for compression processing if you set the compression option to yes. This option applies to backups and archives. include.encrypt Includes the specified files for encryption processing. By default, Tivoli Storage Manager does not perform encryption processing. Attention: The include.encrypt option is the only way to enable encryption on the Backup-Archive client. If no include.encrypt statements are used, encryption will not occur.

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include.fs To control how Tivoli Storage Manager processes your file space for incremental backup, you can specify these additional options in your dsm.sys file, your dsm.opt file, or as values of the include.fs option: diskcachelocation and memoryefficientbackup. If these options appear both in the options file and an include.fs option, the include.fs values will be used for the specified file space in place of any values in an option file or on the command line. Examples: Options file or include/exclude file: Each include.fs, memoryefficientbackup and diskcachelocation below must be on the same line in the options file.
include.fs /home memoryefficientbackup=diskcachemethod diskcachelocation=/usr include.fs /usr memoryefficientbackup=diskcachemethod diskcachelocation=/home include.fs /Volumes/hfs3 memoryefficientbackup=diskcachemethod diskcachelocation=/Volumes/hfs2

include.fs.nas Use the include.fs.nas option to bind a management class to Network Attached Storage (NAS) file systems. You can also specify whether Tivoli Storage Manager saves Table of Contents (TOC) information during a NAS file system image backup, using the toc option with the include.fs.nas option in your dsm.sys file. See Toc on page 371 for more information. This option is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only. include.image Includes a file space or logical volume, or assigns a management class when used with the backup image command. The backup image command ignores all other include options. You can use the imagetype option with the backup image command or the include.image option to specify whether to perform a static, dynamic, or snapshot (Linux x86/x86_64 only) image backup.

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For Linux x86/x86_64 clients: Use the snapshotcachesize option with the backup image command, in the dsm.opt file, or with the include.image option to specify an appropriate snapshot size so that all old data blocks can be stored while the image backup occurs. A snapshot size of 100 percent will ensure a valid snapshot. See Snapshotcachesize on page 350 for more information. This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, and all Linux clients.

Parameters
pattern Specifies the objects to include for backup or archive processing or to assign a specific management class. Note: For NAS file systems: You must prefix the NAS node name to the file specification to specify the file server to which the include statement applies. If you do not specify a NAS node name, the file system identified refers to the NAS node name specified in the client system options file (dsm.sys) or on the command line. If the pattern begins with a single or double quote or contains any embedded blanks or equal signs, you must surround the value in either single () or double () quotation marks. The opening and closing quotation marks must be the same type of quotation marks. For the include.image option, the pattern is the name of a mounted file system or raw logical volume. mgmtclassname Specifies the name of the management class to assign to the objects. If a management class is not specified, the default management class is used.

Examples
Options file:
include /home/proj/text/devel.* include /home/proj/text/* textfiles include * managall include /WAS_ND_NDNODE mgmtclass include /WAS_APPNODE mgmtclass include.image /home/*/* include.archive /home/proj/text/* myarchiveclass include.backup /home/proj/text/* mybackupclass include.compression /home/proj/text/devel.* include.encrypt /home/proj/gordon/* include.fs.nas netappsj/vol/vol0 homemgmtclass include.image /home MGMTCLASSNAME type=snapshot snapshotcachesize=40 include.image /home imagetype=static include.image /home imagetype=snapshot include.image /home MGMTCLASSNAME imagetype=static include.attribute.symlink /home/spike/.../* include.fs /usr memoryefficientbackup=diskcachemethod

Command line:
Does not apply.

Controlling symbolic link processing

Tivoli Storage Manager treats symbolic links as actual files and backs them up. However, the file referenced by the symbolic link is not backed up. In some cases symbolic links can be easily recreated and need not be backed up. In addition, backing up these symbolic links can increase backup processing time and occupy a
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substantial amount of space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can use the exclude.attribute.symlink option to exclude a file or a group of files that are symbolic links from backup processing. If necessary, you can use the include.attribute.symlink option to include symbolic links within broad group of excluded files for backup processing. For example, to exclude all symbolic links from backup processing, except those that exist under the /home/spike directory, enter these statements in your dsm.sys file:
exclude.attribute.symlink /.../* include.attribute.symlink /home/spike/.../*

See Exclude options on page 246 for more information about the exclude.attribute.symlink option.

Compression and encryption processing

If you want to include specific files or groups of files for compression and encryption processing during a backup or archive operation, consider the following: v You must set the compression option to yes to enable compression processing. If you do not specify the compression option or you set the compression option to no, Tivoli Storage Manager does not perform compression processing. See Compression on page 211 for more information. v Tivoli Storage Manager processes exclude.fs, exclude.dir, and other include-exclude statements first. Tivoli Storage Manager then considers any include.compression and include.encrypt statements. For example, consider the following include-exclude list:
exclude /home/jones/proj1/file.txt include.compression /home/jones/proj1/file.txt include.encrypt /home/jones/proj1/file.txt

Tivoli Storage Manager examines the exclude /home/jones/proj1/file.txt statement first and determines that /home/jones/proj1/file.txt is excluded from backup processing and is, therefore, not a candidate for compression and encryption processing. v Include-exclude compression and encryption processing is valid for backup and archive processing only.

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Processing NAS file systems

Use the include.fs.nas option to bind a management class to NAS file systems and to control if Table of Contents information is saved for the file system backup. A NAS file system specification uses the following conventions: v NAS nodes represent a new node type. The NAS node name uniquely identifies a NAS file server and its data to Tivoli Storage Manager. You can prefix the NAS node name to the file specification to specify the file server to which the include statement applies. If you do not specify a NAS node name, the file system you specify applies to all NAS file servers. v Regardless of the client platform, NAS file system specifications use the forward slash (/) separator, as in this example: /vol/vol0. Use the following syntax:
pattern mgmtclassname toc=value

Parameters pattern Specifies the objects to include for backup services, to assign a specific management class, or to control TOC creation. You can use wildcards in the pattern. mgmtclassname Specifies the name of the management class to assign to the objects. If a management class is not specified, the default management class is used. toc=value See Toc on page 371 for more information. For example, to assign a management class to the /vol/vol1 file system of a NAS node called netappsj, specify the following include statement:
include.fs.nas netappsj/vol/vol1 nasMgmtClass toc=yes

Processing WebSphere Application Server (WAS) file systems

You can use the include option in your dsm.sys file to assign a management class to a WAS group backup. For example: v For the Network Deployment Manager: include /WAS_ND_NDNODE mgmtclass v For the Application Server: include /WAS_APPNODE mgmtclass See Creating an include-exclude list (optional root user or authorized user task) on page 59 for more information.

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Incrbydate
Use the incrbydate option with the incremental command to back up new and changed files with a modification date later than the last incremental backup stored at the server, unless you exclude the file from backup. Files added at the client after the last incremental backup, but with a modification date earlier than the last incremental, are not backed up. | | | | | | Attention: Files that are modified or created after their respective directory was processed by the Tivoli Storage Manager client, but before the incremental-by-date backup completes, are not backed up and will not be backed up in future incremental-by-date backups, unless the files are modified again. For this reason, a regular incremental backup should be run periodically, without specifying the incrbydate option. An incremental-by-date updates the date and time of the last incremental at the server. If you perform an incremental-by-date on only part of a file system, the date of the last full incremental is not updated and the next incremental-by-date will back up these files again. Both full incrementals and incrementals-by-date back up new and changed files. An incremental-by-date takes less time to process than a full incremental and requires less memory. However, unlike a full incremental, an incremental-by-date does not maintain current server storage of all your workstation files because: v It does not expire backup versions of files that are deleted from the workstation. v It does not rebind backup versions to a new management class if the management class has changed. v It does not back up files with attributes that have changed, such as Access control list (ACL) data, unless the modification dates and times have also changed. v It ignores the copy group frequency attribute of management classes. Note: If you have limited time during the week to perform backups, but extra time on weekends, you can maintain current server storage of your workstation files by performing an incremental backup with the incrbydate option on weekdays and a full incremental backup on weekends.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
INCRbydate

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line: dsmc incremental -incrbydate

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Incremental
Use the incremental option with the restore image command to ensure that any changes that were made to the base image are also applied to the restored image. If you also use the deletefiles option, changes include the deletion of files and directories that were in the original image but later deleted from the workstation. | | Note: Using the incremental option with the restore image command to perform a dynamic image backup is not supported.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER, and Solaris only. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
INCREmental

Examples
Command line: res i "/home/devel/projecta/*" -incremental

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Lanfreecommmethod
Authorized User The lanfreecommmethod option specifies the communications protocol between the Tivoli Storage Manager client and Storage Agent. This enables processing between the client and the SAN-attached storage device. If you are using LAN failover, you must have lanfreecommmethod TCPip in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. For AIX, HP-UX, Linux and Solaris, use the lanfreeshmport to specify the Shared Memory port number where the Storage Agent is listening. See Lanfreeshmport on page 278 for more information.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris clients only.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza.

Syntax
LANFREECommmethod commmethod

Parameters
commmethod Specifies the supported protocol for your Tivoli Storage Manager client: TCPip The Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) communication method. Use the lanfreetcpport option to specify the TCP/IP port number where the Storage Agent is listening. See Lanfreetcpport on page 279 for more information. The TCP/IP communication method is the default for non-root users on all supported platforms. On Linux, this is the only communication method you can use. SHAREdmem Use the Shared Memory communication method when the client and Storage Agent are running on the same system. Shared Memory provides better performance than the TCP/IP protocol. This is the default communication method for AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris root users. When specifying this communication method on AIX, the backup-archive client user can be logged in as root or non-root, as long as the Storage Agent is running as root. If the Storage Agent is not running as root, the user ID running the backup-archive client must match the user ID running the Storage Agent.

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Command line: -lanfreec=tcp This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Lanfreeshmport
Authorized User Use the lanfreeshmport option when lanfreecommmethod=SHAREdmem is specified for communication between the Tivoli Storage Manager client and Storage Agent. This enables processing between the client and the SAN-attached storage device. See Lanfreecommmethod on page 276 for more information about the lanfreecommmethod option.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux and Solaris clients only.

Options File
Place this option in the client system options file (dsm.sys) within a server stanza.

Syntax
LANFREEShmport port_address

Parameters
port_address Specifies the number that is used to connect to the storage agent. The range of values is 1 through 32767; the default is 1.

Examples
Options file: lanfrees 1520 Command line: -lanfrees=1520 This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Lanfreetcpport
Authorized User The lanfreetcpport option specifies the TCP/IP port number where the Tivoli Storage Manager Storage Agent is listening. Use this option when you specify lanfreecommmethod=TCPip for communication between the Tivoli Storage Manager client and Storage Agent. Do not specify the lanfreetcpport option if you want to use the NAMedpipes communication method for LAN-free communication. See Lanfreecommmethod on page 276 for more information about the lanfreecommmethod option.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER, and Solaris clients only.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza.

Syntax
LANFREETCPport port_address

Parameters
port_address Specifies the TCP/IP port number where the Storage Agent is listening. The range of values is 1000 through 32767; the default is 1500. Note: The client lanfreetcport value must match Storage Agent tcpport value for communications with the Storage Agent (virtual server). The client tcpport value must match the server tcpport value for communications with the actual server.

Examples
Options file: lanfreetcp 1520 Command line: -lanfreetcp=1520 This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Lanfreetcpserveraddress
Authorized User The lanfreetcpserveraddress option specifies the TCP/IP address for a Tivoli Storage Manager Storage Agent. Use this option when you specify lanfreecommmethod=TCPip for communication between the Tivoli Storage Manager client and Storage Agent. Overriding the default for this option is useful when configuring LAN-free in an environment where the client and storage agent are running on different systems. You can obtain this Storage Agent address from your administrator.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER, and Solaris clients only.

Options File
Place this option in the client system options file.

Syntax
LANFREETCPServeraddress stagent_address

Parameters
stagent_address Specifies a 1 to 64 character TCP/IP address for a server. Specify a TCP/IP domain name or a dot address. Default value is 127.0.0.1 (localhost).

Examples
Options file: LANFREETCPServeraddress stagent.bayamon.ibm.com LANFREETCPServeraddress 192.168.1.50 Command line: Does not apply.

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Latest
Use the latest option with the following commands to restore the most recent backup version of a file, even if the backup is inactive: v restore v restore group v restore was | | If you are performing a point-in-time restore (using the pitdate option), it is not necessary to specify latest since this option is implicit when pitdate is used.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
LATest

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line: dsmc restore "/home/devel/projecta/*" -latest

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Localbackupset
The localbackupset option specifies whether the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI bypasses initial logon with the Tivoli Storage Manager server to restore a local backup set on a standalone workstation. You can place this option in the dsm.opt or dsm.sys file. If you set the localbackupset option to yes, the GUI does not attempt initial logon with the server. In this case, the GUI only enables the restore functionality. If you set the localbackupset option to no (the default), the GUI attempts initial logon with the server and enables all GUI functions. Note: The restore backupset command supports restore of local backup sets on a standalone workstation without using the localbackupset option. See Restore Backupset on page 470 for more information.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file.

Syntax
No LOCALbackupset Yes

Parameters
No Yes Specifies that the GUI attempts initial logon with the server and enables all functions. This is the default. Specifies that the GUI does not attempt initial logon with the server and enables only the restore functionality.

Examples
Options file: localbackupset yes This option is not valid with the dsmc command line client.

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Location
| | | | | | | The location option specifies where Tivoli Storage Manager searches for a backup set during a query or restore operation. You can use this option to locate backup sets on the server or locally. Backup sets that are generated on the server can be used locally specifying the location option and either the file name of the file containing the start of the backup set, or the tape device where the tape containing the start of the backup set is located. Use the location option with the query and restore commands.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
server LOCation = file tape

Parameters
server Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager searches for the backup set on the server. This is the default. file Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager searches for the backup set on a local file. tape Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager searches for the backup set on a local tape device. Specifying location=tape covers all tape device types. This parameter is valid for Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX clients. Note: For Solaris, AIX, and HP-UX, if you want to restore a backup set from a 3570 or 3590 tape device, but you do not have the 3570 or 3590 generic device driver on your client workstation, you can download these device drivers from the following Web site:
ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/storage/devdrvr/

For Solaris: Use tapes that are fully compliant with Sun standards.

Examples
Command line:
restore backupset "/dev/rmt0" -loc=tape restore backupset mybackupsetname -loc=server restore backupset /home/budget/backupsetfile.name -loc=file

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Mailprog
Authorized User The mailprog option passes the information that is specified in the option value to the operating system to execute.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. | | | |

Syntax
MAILprog command

Parameters
command Indicates how you want to invoke a mail program.

Examples
Options file:
MAILPROG /usr/bin/mailx -c cc@host1 -b bcc@host2 root@host3

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On UNIX, this example would invoke the mailx program to send email with CC and BCC copies, because any number of parameters are acceptable. On z/OS and OS/400, only two parameters would be accepted: program name and recipients email. Command line:
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Makesparsefile
Use the makesparsefile option with the restore or retrieve commands to specify how sparse files are recreated. Sparse files do not have disk space allocated for every block in the whole address space, leading to holes within the file. The Tivoli Storage Manager client detects sparse files during a backup operation and marks them as sparse on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. Holes are detected by their content, which is always zeros. If you set the makesparsefile option to yes (default), holes within the file are not written to disk so no additional disk space is allocated during a restore. If you set the makesparsefile option to no, holes are not recreated, leading to disk blocks allocated for the whole address space. This might result in a larger amount of used disk space. Ensure that you have enough disk space to restore all data. On some UNIX and Linux systems, it might be necessary to back up system specific files as non-sparse files. Use the makesparsefile option for files where the existence of physical disk blocks is required, such as ufsboot on Solaris, which is executed during boot time. The boot file loader of the operating system accesses physical disk blocks directly and does not support sparse files.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax
Yes MAKesparsefile No

Parameters
Yes No Specifies that holes within the file are not written so that no additional disk space is allocated during a restore. This is the default. Specifies that holes are not recreated leading to disk blocks allocated for the whole address space.

Examples
Options file: makesparsefile no Command line: -makesparsefile=no This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Managedservices
Authorized User The managedservices option specifies whether the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Acceptor daemon (CAD) manages the scheduler, the Web client, or both. See Configuring the client scheduler on page 51 for instructions to set up the CAD to manage the scheduler. | Attention: You cannot use the dsmcad for scheduling when you set the sessioninitiation option to serveronly. Refer to Sessioninitiation on page 344 for more information. The CAD serves as an external timer for the scheduler. When the scheduler is started, it queries the server for the next scheduled event. The event is either executed immediately or the scheduler exits. The CAD restarts the scheduler when it is time to execute the scheduled event. Notes: 1. If you set the schedmode option to prompt, the server prompts the CAD when it is time to run the schedule. The scheduler will connect and disconnect to the server when the CAD is first started. 2. Set the passwordaccess option to generate in your dsm.sys fiile and generate a password, so Tivoli Storage Manager can manage your password automatically. See Passwordaccess on page 305 for more information. Using the CAD to manage the scheduler service can provide the following benefits: v Memory retention problems that can occur when using traditional methods of running the scheduler are resolved. Using the CAD to manage the scheduler requires very little memory between scheduled operations. v The CAD can manage both the scheduler program and the Web client, reducing the number of background processes on your workstation. v By default, if you do not specify the managedservices option, the CAD manages the Web client only.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client system options file (dsm.sys) within a server stanza. You can set this option on the Web Client category of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
MANAGEDServices mode webclient schedule

Parameters
mode Specifies whether the CAD manages the scheduler, the Web client, or both.

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webclient Specifies that the CAD manages the Web client. This is the default. schedule Specifies that the CAD manages the scheduler.

Examples
Options file: The following are examples of how you might specify the managedservices option in your client system options file (dsm.sys). Task Task Task Specify that the CAD manages the Web client only.
managedservices webclient

Specify that the CAD manages the scheduler only.

managedservices schedule

Specify that the CAD manages both the Web client and the scheduler.
managedservices schedule webclient

Note: The order in which these values are specified is not important. Command line: Does not apply.

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Maxcmdretries
Authorized User The maxcmdretries option specifies the maximum number of times the client scheduler (on your workstation) attempts to process a scheduled command that fails. The command retry starts only if the client scheduler has not yet backed up a file, never connected to the server, or failed before backing up a file. This option is only used when the scheduler is running. Your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator can also set this option. If your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator specifies a value for this option, that value overrides what you specify in the client options file after your client node successfully contacts the server.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Scheduler category, Maximum command retries field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
MAXCMDRetries maxcmdretries

Parameters
maxcmdretries Specifies the number of times the client scheduler can attempt to process a scheduled command that fails. The range of values is zero through 9999; the default is 2.

Examples
Options file: maxcmdr 4 Command line: -maxcmdretries=4 This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Memoryefficientbackup
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The memoryefficientbackup option specifies the memory-conserving algorithm to use for processing full file space backups. One method backs up one directory at a time, using less memory. The other method uses much less memory, but requires more disk space. Use the memoryefficientbackup option with the incremental command when your workstation is memory constrained. You can also use this option as a parameter to the include.fs option in order to select the algorithm Tivoli Storage Manager uses on a per-filespace basis. See Include options on page 269 for more details. If the memoryefficientbackup option appears in the option file, its value will be used for all file systems not represented by an include.fs option containing the memoryefficientbackup parameter. If a directory-level incremental is being performed, and memoryefficientbackup=diskcachemethod is present, memoryefficientbackup=yes will be used. Use memoryefficientbackup=diskcachemethod for any file space that has too many files for Tivoli Storage Manager to complete the incremental backup with either the default setting, memoryefficientbackup=no, or with memoryefficientbackup=yes. The disk cache file created by the initial disk cache incremental backup can require up to 2 gigabytes of disk space for each million files or directories being backed up. The disk cache file created by subsequent disk cache incremental backups should require considerably less disk space. The actual amount of disk space required for the disk cache file created by subsequent disk cache incremental backups depends on the number of files and directories included in the backup and on the length of the longest file or directory name which is backed up. Since the disk cache file can become very large, ensure that large file support is enabled on the file system that is being used for the disk cache file.

Supported Clients
| This option is valid for all clients. The server can also define this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt), the client system options file (dsm.sys) within a server stanza, or on the initial command line. You can also set this option on the Performance Tuning category, Use memory-saving algorithm checkbox of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
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MEMORYEFficientbackup Yes DISKCACHEMethod No

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Parameters
No Yes Your client node uses the faster, more memory-intensive method when processing incremental backups. This is the default. Your client node uses the method that requires less memory when processing incremental backups.
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Diskcachemethod Your client node uses the method that requires much less memory but more disk space when processing incremental backups for full file systems.

Examples
| | | | Options file: memoryefficientbackup yes memoryefficientbackup diskcachem Command line: -memoryef=no

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Mode
Use the mode option with these commands, as follows: backup image To specify whether to perform a selective or incremental image backup of client file systems. backup nas To specify whether to perform a full or differential image backup of NAS file systems. backup was To specify whether to perform a full or differential backup of the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration information) or the Application Server (also contains setup, application files, and configuration information) to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. backup group To specify whether to perform a full or differential group backup containing a list of files from one or more file space origins. The mode option has no effect on a raw logical device backup.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER, Linux zSeries and Solaris only. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
For image backup of client file systems (AIX, Solaris, HP-UX, Linux x86/x86_64, and Linux on POWER)
Selective MODE = Incremental

For image backup of NAS file systems (AIX and Solaris)

differential MODE = full

For group and WAS backups (AIX, Solaris, Linux x86/x86_64)

full MODE = differential

Parameters
selective Specifies that you want to perform a full (selective) image backup. This is the default for image backup of client file systems.
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Examples
Task Perform the NAS image backup of the entire file system. Command: dsmc backup nas -mode=full -nasnodename=nas1 /vol/vol0 /vol/vol1 Task Back up the /home/test file space using an image incremental backup that backs up only new and changed files after the last full image backup. Command: dsmc backup image /home/test -mode=incremental Task Perform a full backup of all the files in filelist /home/dir1/filelist1 to the virtual file space name /virtfs containing the group leader /home/group1 file. Command:
backup group -filelist=/home/dir1/filelist1 -groupname=group1 -virtualfsname=/virtfs -mode=full

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The monitor option specifies whether to monitor an image backup or restore of file systems belonging to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) file server. If you specify monitor=yes, Tivoli Storage Manager monitors the current NAS image backup or restore operation and displays processing information on your screen. This is the default. If you specify monitor=no, Tivoli Storage Manager does not monitor the current NAS image backup or restore operation and is available to process the next command. Use this option with the backup nas or restore nas commands.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only.

Syntax
Yes MONitor = No

Parameters
Yes Specifies that you want to monitor the current NAS image backup or restore operation and display processing information on your screen. This is the default. Specifies that you do not want to monitor the current NAS image backup or restore operation.

No

Examples
Command line:
backup nas -mode=full -nasnodename=nas1 -monitor=yes /vol/vol0 /vol/vol1

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Nasnodename
The nasnodename option specifies the node name for the NAS file server when processing NAS file systems. The node name identifies the NAS file server to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The server must register the NAS file server. You can specify this option on the command line or in the client system options file (dsm.sys). You can override the default value in the dsm.sys file by entering a different value on the command line. If you do not specify the nasnodename option in the dsm.sys file, you must specify this option on the command line when processing NAS file systems. You can use the nasnodename option with the following commands: v backup nas v delete filespace v query backup v query filespace v restore nas

Supported Clients
This option is valid for the AIX and Solaris clients only. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client system options file (dsm.sys). You can set this option on the General category of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
NASNodename nodename

Parameters
nodename Specifies the node name for the NAS file server.

Examples
Options file: nasnodename nas2 Command line: -nasnodename=nas2

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Nfstimeout
Authorized User The nfstimeout option specifies the number of seconds the client waits for a status system call on an NFS file system before it times out. You can use this option to mitigate the default behavior of status calls on file systems. For example, if an NFS file system is stale, a status system call will be timed out by NFS (softmounted) or hang the process (hardmounted). When the value of this option is changed to a value other than zero, a new thread is created by a caller thread to issue the status system call. The new thread is timed out by the caller thread and the operation can continue. Note: On Solaris and HP-UX, the nfstimeout option can fail if the NFS mount is hard. If a hang occurs, deactivate the nfstimeout option and mount the NFS file system soft mounted, as follows:
mount -o soft,timeo=5,retry=5 machine:/filesystem /mountpoint

The parameters are defined as follows: soft Generates a soft mount of the NFS file system. If an error occurs, the stat() function returns with an error. If the option hard is used, stat() does not return until the file system is available.

timeo=n Sets the time out for a soft mount error to n seconds retry=n Set the internal retries and the mount retries to 5, the default is 10000. See Understanding how NFS hard and soft mounts are handled on page 118, SC32-0145, for a discussion of how NFS hard and soft mounts are handled.

Supported Clients
This option is for all UNIX clients. The server can also define this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza or the client options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax
NFSTIMEout number

Parameters
number Specifies the number of seconds the client waits for a status system call on a file system before timing out. The range of values is 0 through 120; the default is 0 seconds.

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Nodename
Authorized User Use the nodename option in your dsm.sys file to identify your workstation to the server. You can use different node names to identify multiple operating systems on your workstation. When you use the nodename option, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for the password assigned to the node you specify, if a password is required. If you want to restore or retrieve files from the server while you are working from a different workstation, use the virtualnodename option. You can also use the asnodename option, if it is set up by the administrator. See Virtualnodename on page 384 for more information. When connecting to a server, the client must identity itself to the server. This login identification is determined in the following manner: v In the absence of a nodename entry in the dsm.sys file, or a virtualnodename entry in the client user options file (dsm.opt), or a virtual node name specified on a command line, the default login ID is the name that the hostname command returns. v If a nodename entry exists in the dsm.sys file, the nodename entry overrides the name that the hostname command returns. v If a virtualnodename entry exists in the client user options file (dsm.opt), or a virtual node name is specified on a command line, it cannot be the same name as the name returned by the hostname command. When the server accepts the virtual node name, a password is required (if authentication is on), even if the passwordaccess option is generate. When a connection to the server is established, access is permitted to any file that is backed up using this login ID.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the General category, Node Name field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
NODename nodename

Parameters
nodename Specifies a 1 to 64 character node name for which you want to request Tivoli Storage Manager services. The default is the value returned with the hostname command. If you set the clusternode option to yes, the default is the cluster name.

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Nojournal
Use the nojournal option with the incremental command to specify that you want to perform a traditional full incremental backup, instead of the default journal-based backup. Journal-based incremental backup differs from the traditional full incremental backup in the following ways: v Tivoli Storage Manager does not enforce non-default copy frequencies (other than 0). v UNIX special file changes are not detected by the Journal daemon and are not, therefore, backed up. For these reasons, you want to use the nojournal option periodically to perform a traditional full incremental backup. See Journal-based backup on page 431 for more information about journal-based incremental backup.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for the AIX Backup-Archive client.

Syntax
NOJournal

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line:
dsmc incr /home -nojournal

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Noprompt
The noprompt option suppresses the confirmation prompt that is presented by the delete group, delete archive, expire, restore image, and set event commands. v delete archive v delete backup v delete group v expire v restore image

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
NOPrompt

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line: dsmc delete archive -noprompt "/home/project/*"

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The numberformat option specifies the format you want to use to display numbers. The AIX, Solaris, and HP-UX clients support locales other than English that describe every user interface that varies with location or language. See Table 18 on page 47 for supported locales. By default, the backup-archive and administrative clients obtain format information from the locale definition in effect at the time the client is called. Consult the documentation on your local system for details about setting up your locale definition. Note: The numberformat option does not affect the Web client. The Web client uses the number format for the locale that the browser is running in. If the browser is not running in a supported locale, the Web client uses the number format for US English. You can use the numberformat option with the following commands: v delete archive v delete backup v expire v query archive v query asr v query backup v query image v query nas v restore v restore image v restore nas v retrieve v set event

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the Regional Settings category, Number Format field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
NUMberformat number

Parameters
| | | | | | number Displays numbers using any one of the following formats. Specify the number (06) that corresponds to the number format you want to use. 0 Use the locale-specified date format. This is the default. 1 1,000.00 This is the default for the following available translations: v US English
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v Japanese v Chinese (Traditional) v Chinese (Simplified) v Korean 1,000,00 1 000,00 This is the default for the following available translations: v French v Czech v Hungarian v Polish v Russian 1 000.00 1.000,00 This is the default for the following available translations: v Brazilian Portuguese v German v Italian v Spanish 1000,00

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For AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris: To define number formats, modify the following lines in the source file of your locale. Whatever format you select applies both to output and to input. decimal_point The character that separates the whole number from its fractional part. thousands_sep The character that separates the hundreds from the thousands from the millions. grouping The number of digits in each group that is separated by the thousands_sep character.

Examples
Options file: num 4 Command line: -numberformat=4 This option is valid on the initial command line and in interactive mode. If you use this option in interactive mode, it affects only the command with which it is specified. When that command completes, the value reverts to the value at the beginning of the interactive session. This will be the value from the dsm.opt file unless overridden by the initial command line or by an option forced by the server.

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Optfile
The optfile option specifies the client user options file you want to use when you start a Tivoli Storage Manager session.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
OPTFILE = file_name

Parameters
file_name Specifies an alternate client options file, if you use the fully qualified path name. If you specify only the file name, Tivoli Storage Manager assumes the file name specified is located in the current working directory. The default is dsm.opt. Restriction: Specify the full path when you use this option with the Client Acceptor Daemon (dsmcad), because the CAD changes its working directory to root (/) after initialization.

Examples
Command line:
dsmc query session -optfile=myopts.opt

CAD:
dsmcad -optfile=/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/myopts.opt

This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Password
The password option specifies a Tivoli Storage Manager password. If you do not specify this option and your administrator has set authentication to On, you are prompted for a password when you start a Tivoli Storage Manager session. Notes: 1. If the server prompts for a password, the password is not displayed as you enter it. However, if you use the password option on the command line, your password will be displayed as you enter it. 2. If the Tivoli Storage Manager server name changes or Tivoli Storage Manager clients are directed to a different Tivoli Storage Manager server, all clients must re-authenticate with the server because the stored encrypted password must be regenerated. The password option is ignored when the passwordaccess option is set to generate.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax
PASsword password

Parameters
password Specifies a 1 to 63 character password. A password is not case-sensitive. Valid characters include: Characters Description AZ Any letter, A through Z, uppercase or lowercase 09 Any number, 0 through 9 + Plus . Period _ Underscore Hyphen & Ampersand

Examples
Options file: password secretword Command line: -password=secretword This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Passwordaccess
Authorized User The passwordaccess option specifies whether you want to generate your password automatically or set as a user prompt. Your administrator can require a password for your client node by enabling the authentication feature. Ask your administrator if a password is required for your client node. If a password is required, you can choose to: v Set the password for your client node yourself and have Tivoli Storage Manager prompt for it each time you request services. v Let Tivoli Storage Manager automatically generate a new password for your client node each time it expires, encrypt and store the password in a file, and retrieve the password from that file when you request services. You are not prompted for the password. For information on where the password is stored, see Passworddir on page 307. When the passwordaccess option is set to generate and you specify the password option, the password option is ignored. Setting the passwordaccess option to generate is required in the following situations: v When using the HSM client. v When using the Web client. v When performing NAS operations. v When using Tivoli Continuous Data Protection for Files.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the Authorization category, Password Access section of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
prompt PASSWORDAccess generate

Parameters
prompt You are prompted for your workstation password each time a client connects to the server. This is the default. To keep your client node password secure, enter commands without the password and wait for Tivoli Storage Manager to prompt you for the password. Each user must know the Tivoli Storage Manager password for your client node. Any user who knows the password for your client node can gain access to all backups and archives that originate from your client node. For example:
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v If the user enters the node name and password for your client node from a different client node, the user becomes a virtual root user. API applications must supply the password when a session is initiated. The application is responsible for obtaining the password. generate Encrypts and stores your password locally and generates a new password when the old password expires. A password prompt is displayed when registering a workstation with a server using open registration or if your administrator changes your password manually. You can use the mailprog option to specify the program and user ID where you want to send the new password each time the old password expires. When logging in locally, users do not need to know the Tivoli Storage Manager password for the client node. However, by using the nodename option at a remote node, users can access files they own and files to which another user grants access.

Examples
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Passworddir
Authorized User The passworddir option specifies the directory location in which to store an encrypted password file. . Regardless of where it is stored, the password file created by Tivoli Storage Manager is always named TSM.PWD.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client system options file (dsm.sys). You can set this option on the Authorization category, Location section of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
PASSWORDDIR directoryname

Parameters
directoryname Specifies the path in which to store the encrypted password file. The name of the password file is TSM.PWD. If any part of the specified path does not exist, Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to create it. The default directory for AIX is /etc/security/adsm and for other UNIX and Linux platforms it is /etc/adsm. | | | | | For non-root users, if the Tivoli Storage Manager executable is owned by a non-root user and the owner execution permission bit is set to s, the default directory is the directory specified by the DSM_DIR (or DSMI_DIR for the API) environment variable. If DSM_DIR is not set, the default directory is the client installation directory.

Examples
Options file:
passworddir /etc/security/tsm passworddir "/Users/user1/Library/Preferences/Tivoli Storage Manager/"

Command line: Does not apply.

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Pick
The pick option creates a list of backup versions, images, or archive copies that match the file specification you enter. From the list, you can select the versions to process. Include the inactive option to view both active and inactive objects. For images, if you do not specify a source file space and destination file space, the pick list contains all backed up images. In this case, the images selected from the pick list are restored to their original location. If you specify the source file space and the destination file space, you can select only one entry from the pick list. Use the pick option with the following commands: v delete archive v delete backup v delete group v expire v restore v restore group v restore image v restore nas v restore was v retrieve

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
PIck

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line: dsmc restore "/home/project/*" -pick -inactive

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Pitdate
Use the pitdate option with the pittime option to establish a point in time for which you want to display or restore the latest version of your backups. Files or images that were backed up on or before the date and time you specified, and which were not deleted before the date and time you specified, are processed. Backup versions that you create after this date and time are ignored. Use the pitdate option with the following commands: v delete backup v query asr v query backup v query group v query image v query nas v query was v restore v restore group v restore was v restore image v restore nas | When pitdate is used, the inactive and latest options are implicit.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
PITDate = date

Parameters
date Specifies the appropriate date. Enter the date in the format you selected with the dateformat option. When you include dateformat with a command, it must precede the fromdate, pitdate, and todate options.

Examples
Command line: dsmc restore "/fs1/*" -sub=y -pitdate=08/01/2003 -pittime=06:00:00

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Pittime
Use the pittime option with the pitdate option to establish a point in time for which you want to display or restore the latest version of your backups. Files or images that were backed up on or before the date and time you specify, and which were not deleted before the date and time you specify, are processed. Backup versions that you create after this date and time are ignored. This option is ignored if you do not specify pitdate option. Use the pittime option with the following commands: v delete backup v query asr v query backup v query image v query nas v restore v restore image v restore nas v restore was

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
PITTime = time

Parameters
time Specifies a time on a specified date. If you do not specify a time, the time defaults to 23:59:59. Specify the time in the format you selected with the timeformat option. When you include the timeformat option in a command, it must precede the fromtime, pittime, and totime options.

Examples
Command line: dsmc q b "/fs1/*" -pitt=06:00:00 -pitd=08/01/2003

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Postschedulecmd/Postnschedulecmd
Authorized User The postschedulecmd option specifies a command that the client program processes after it runs a schedule. The client program waits for the command to complete before it continues with other processing. If you do not want to wait, specify postnschedulecmd. Notes: 1. If the postschedulecmd command does not complete with return code 0, the client will report that the scheduled event completed with return code 8 (unless the scheduled operation encounters a more severe error yielding a higher return code). If you do not want the postschedulecmd command to be governed by this rule, you can create a script or batch file that invokes the command and exits with return code 0. Then configure postschedulecmd to invoke the script or batch file. The return code for the postnschedulecmd command is not tracked, and does not influence the return code of the scheduled event. 2. The server can also define the postschedulecmd option (and the postnschedulecmd option).

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Scheduler category, Schedule Command button of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
POSTSchedulecmd POSTNschedulecmd cmdstring

Parameters
cmdstring Specifies the command to process. You can enter a command to be executed after a schedule with this option. Use only one postschedulecmd option. If the command string contains blanks, enclose the command string in double quotes. If you placed double quotes within the command string, then enclose the entire command string in single quotes. Use a blank, or null, string for cmdstring if you want to prevent any commands from running that the Tivoli Storage Manager server administrator uses for postschedulecmd or preschedulecmd. If you specify a blank or null string on either option, it prevents the administrator from using a command on both options. If your administrator uses a blank or null string on the postschedulecmd option, you cannot run a post-schedule command.

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Examples
Options file: postschedulecmd "restart database" The command string is a valid command for restarting your database. Command line: -postschedulecmd="restart database" This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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The postsnapshotcmd option allows you to run operating system shell commands after the LVM starts a snapshot. This allows you to bring up an application after the LVM starts a snapshot during an online image backup operation. This option is only valid if the LVM is installed and configured on your system allowing you to perform an online image backup operation. For an online image backup, use this option with the backup image command, the include.image option, or in the dsm.sys file. If the postsnapshotcmd fails the volume image backup continues, but appropriate warnings are logged.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for Linux x86/x86_64 clients only. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the Image-Snapshot tab of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
POSTSNapshotcmd cmdstring

Parameters
cmdstring Specifies a command to process.Use the srvprepostsnapdisabled option to prevent the Tivoli Storage Manager server administrator from executing operating system commands on the client system. See Srvprepostscheddisabled on page 354 for details on this option. If the command string contains blanks, enclose the command string in double quotes:
"net stop someservice"

If you placed double quotes within the command string, then enclose the entire command string in single quotes:
net stop "some service"

Examples
Options file: postsnapshotcmd "any command" The command string is a valid command for restarting your application. Command line: backup image -postsnapshotcmd="any command" This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Preschedulecmd/Prenschedulecmd
Authorized User The preschedulecmd option specifies a command that the client program processes before it runs a schedule. The client program waits for the command to complete before it starts the schedule. If you do not want it to wait, specify prenschedulecmd. Notes: 1. Successful completion of the preschedulecmd command is considered to be a prerequisite to running the scheduled operation. If the preschedulecmd command does not complete with return code 0, the scheduled operation and any postschedulecmd and postnschedulecmd commands will not run. The client will report that the scheduled event failed, and the return code will be 12. If you do not want the preschedulecmd command to be governed by this rule, you can create a script or batch file that invokes the command and exits with return code 0. Then configure preschedulecmd to invoke the script or batch file. The return code for the prenschedulecmd command is not tracked, and does not influence the return code of the scheduled event. 2. The server can also define the preschedulecmd option (and the prenschedulecmd option).

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Scheduler category, Schedule Command button of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
PRESchedulecmd PRENSchedulecmd cmdstring

Parameters
cmdstring Specifies the command to process. Use only one preschedulecmd option. You can enter a command to be executed before a schedule using this option. If the command string contains blanks, enclose the command string in double quotes. If you placed double quotes within the command string, then enclose the entire command string in single quotes. Use a blank or null string for cmdstring if you want to prevent any commands from running that the Tivoli Storage Manager server administrator uses for postschedulecmd and preschedulecmd. If you specify a blank or null string on either option, it prevents the administrator from using a command on both options. If your administrator uses a blank or null string on the preschedulecmd option, you cannot run a pre-schedule command.

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Examples
Options file:
preschedulecmd "<your database products quiesce command> database"

The command string is a valid command for quiescing your database. Command line: -preschedulecmd="quiesce database" This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Preservelastaccessdate
Any application that touches a file can implicitly cause that files last access date to change to the time that the application touches it. This is a function of the file system, not the application. Because of this, when the client backs up or archives a file, it can trigger an update to the files last access date. This can cause problems for other applications such as Storage Resource Management (SRM) or Hierarchical Storage Management, whose processing relies on accurate last access dates. Use the preservelastaccessdate option during a backup or archive operation to specify whether to reset the last access date of any specified files to their original value following the backup or archive operation. By default, the Tivoli Storage Manager client will not reset the last access date of any backed up or archived files to their original value following the backup or archive operation. Use this option with the incremental, selective, or archive commands. Notes: 1. This option only applies to files; it does not apply to directories. 2. Resetting the last access date incurs additional overhead that can impact backup and archive performance. The last access date should be reset only if you are using another application, such as a Storage Resource Management (SRM) or Hierarchical Storage Management that relies on accurate last access dates. 3. You cannot reset the last access date of read-only files. The preservelastaccessdate option ignores read-only files and does not change their date.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the Backup category of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
No PRESERVELAstaccessdate Yes

Parameters
No Specifies that the Tivoli Storage Manager client will not reset the last access date of any backed up or archived files to their original value following the backup or archive operation. This is the default. Specifies that the Tivoli Storage Manager will reset the last access date of any backed up or archived files to their original value following the backup or archive operation.

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Options file: preservelastaccessdate yes Command line: Incremental /proj/test/test_file -preservelastaccessdate=yes

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The preservepath option specifies how much of the source path to reproduce as part of the target directory path when you restore or retrieve files to a new location. Use the -subdir=yes option to include the entire subtree of the source directory (directories and files below the lowest-level source directory) as source to be restored. If a required target directory does not exist, it is created. If a target file has the same name as a source file, it is overwritten. Use the -replace=prompt option to have Tivoli Storage Manager prompt you before files are overwritten. Use the preservepath option with the following commands: v restore v restore backupset v restore group v retrieve v restore was

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
Subtree PRESERvepath = Complete NOBase NONe

Parameters
Subtree Creates the lowest-level source directory as a subdirectory of the target directory. Files from the source directory are stored in the new subdirectory. This is the default. Complete Restores the entire path, starting from the root, into the specified directory. The entire path includes all the directories except the file space name. NOBase Restores the contents of the source directory without the lowest level, or base directory, into the specified destination directory. NONe Restores all selected source files to the target directory. No part of the source path at or above the source directory is reproduced at the target. If you specify =yes, Tivoli Storage Manager restores all files in the source directories to the single target directory.

Examples
Command line: For the examples below, assume that the server file space contains the following backup copies:

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/fs/h1/m1/file.a /fs/h1/m1/file.b /fs/h1/m1/l1/file.x /fs/h1/m1/l1/file.y

This command:
dsmc res /fs/h1/m1/ /u/ann/ -preser=complete

Restores these directories and files:

/u/ann/h1/m1/file.a /u/ann/h1/m1/file.b

This command:
dsmc res /fs/h1/m1/ /u/ann/ -preser=nobase

Restores these directories and files:

/u/ann/file.a /u/ann/file.b

This command:
dsmc res backupset /fs/h1/m1/ /u/ann/ -su=yes -preser=nobase -loc=file

Restores these directories and files:

/u/ann/file.a /u/ann/file.b /u/ann/file.x /u/ann/file.y

This command:
dsmc res /fs/h1/m1/ /u/ann/ -preser=subtree

Restores these directories and files:

/u/ann/m1/file.a /u/ann/m1/file.b

This command:
dsmc res /fs/h1/m1/ /u/ann/ -preser=none

Restores these directories and files:

/u/ann/file.a /u/ann/file.b

This command:
dsmc res /fs/h1/m1/ /u/ann/ -su=yes -preser=complete

Restores these directories and files:

/u/ann/h1/m1/file.a /u/ann/h1/m1/file.b /u/ann/h1/m1/l1/file.x /u/ann/h1/m1/l1/file.y

This command:
dsmc res /fs/h1/m1/ /u/ann/ -su=yes -preser=nobase

Restores these directories and files:

/u/ann/file.a /u/ann/file.b /u/ann/l1/file.x /u/ann/l1/file.y

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This command:
dsmc res /fs/h1/m1/ /u/ann/ -su=yes -preser=subtree

Restores these directories and files:

/u/ann/m1/file.a /u/ann/m1/file.b /u/ann/m1/l1/file.x /u/ann/m1/l1/file.y

This command:
dsmc res /fs/h1/m1/ /u/ann/ -su=yes -preser=none

Restores these directories and files:

/u/ann/file.a /u/ann/file.b /u/ann/file.x /u/ann/file.y

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The presnapshotcmd option allows you to run operating system shell commands before the LVM starts a snapshot. This allows you to quiesce an application before the LVM starts the snapshot during an online image backup. This option is only valid if the LVM is installed and configured on your system allowing you to perform an online image backup. For an online image backup, use this option with the backup image command, the include.image option, or in the dsm.opt or dsm.sys file. If the presnapshotcmd fails it is assumed that the application is not in a consistent state and the client will stop the backup and display the appropriate error message.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for the Linux x86/x86_64 clients only. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client options file (dsm.opt) or in the client system option file (dsm.sys). You can set this option on the Image-Snapshot tab of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
PRESNapshotcmd cmdstring

Parameters
cmdstring Specifies a command to process. Use the srvprepostsnapdisabled option to prevent the Tivoli Storage Manager server administrator from executing operating system commands on the client system. See Srvprepostscheddisabled on page 354 for details on this option. If the command string contains blanks, enclose the command string in double quotes:
"net stop someservice"

If you placed double quotes within the command string, then enclose the entire command string in single quotes:
net stop "some service"

Examples
Options file: presnapshotcmd "any shell command or script" Command line:
backup image -presnapshotcmd="any shell command or script"

This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.
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Queryschedperiod
Authorized User The queryschedperiod option specifies the number of hours you want the client scheduler to wait between attempts to contact the server for scheduled work. This option applies only when you set the schedmode option to polling. This option is used only when the scheduler is running. Your administrator can also set this option. If your administrator specifies a value for this option, that value overrides the value set in your client options file after your client node successfully contacts the server.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option. The server can also define this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Scheduler category, Query Schedule Interval field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
QUERYSCHedperiod hours

Parameters
hours Specifies the number of hours the client scheduler waits between attempts to contact the server for scheduled work. The range of values is 1 through 9999; the default is 12.

Examples
Options file: querysch 6 Command line: -queryschedperiod=8 This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Quiet
The quiet option limits the number of messages that are displayed on your screen during processing. For example, when you run the incremental, selective, or archive commands, information might appear about each file that is backed up. Use the quiet option if you do not want to display this information. When you use the quiet option, error and processing information appears on your screen, and messages are written to log files. If you do not specify quiet, the default option, verbose is used.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The server can also define the quiet option, overriding the client setting. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the Command Line category, Do not display process information on screen checkbox of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
QUIET

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Options file: quiet Command line: -quiet This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Removeoperandlimit
The removeoperandlimit option specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager removes the 20-operand limit for Unix-family platforms. If you specify the removeoperandlimit option with the incremental, selective, or archive commands, the 20-operand limit is not enforced and is restricted only by available resources or other operating system limits. The removeoperandlimit option can be useful if you generate scripts which can invoke the command line client with a large number of operands. For example, you can prescan a directory tree looking for files to back up. As each eligible file is discovered, it is added to the operand list of a selective command. Later, this selective command is submitted by a controlling script. In this case, specifying the removeoperandlimit option removes the 20-operand limit for Unix-family platforms. Notes: 1. The removeoperandlimit option must be placed immediately after the incremental, selective, or archive command before any file specifications. 2. This option does not accept a value. If this option is specified on a command, the 20-operand limit for Unix-family platforms is removed. 3. Because it adversely affects performance to allow the shell to expand wild cards, it is recommended that you use the removeoperandlimit option in backup or archive operations in which wild cards are not used. 4. The removeoperandlimit option is valid only on the incremental, selective, or archive commands in batch mode. It is not valid in the client options file (dsm.opt) or dsm.sys file.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX clients.

Syntax
REMOVEOPerandlimit

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
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Replace
The replace option specifies whether to overwrite existing files on your workstation, or to prompt you for your selection when you restore or retrieve files. Attention: The replace option does not affect recovery of directory objects. Directory objects are always recovered, even when specifying REPlace=no. To prevent overwriting existing directories, use the FILESonly option. You can use this option with the following commands: v restore v retrieve v restore backupset v restore group v restore was Note: Replace prompting does not occur during a scheduled operation. If you set the replace option to prompt, Tivoli Storage Manager skips files without prompting during a scheduled operation.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the Restore category, Action for files that already exist section of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
Prompt REPlace All Yes No

Parameters
Prompt You are prompted whether to overwrite a file that already exists on your workstation. If the existing file is read-only, you are prompted whether to overwrite it. This is the default. All All existing files are overwritten, including read-only files. If access to a file is denied, you are prompted to skip or overwrite the file. No action is taken on the file until there is a response to the prompt. Yes Any existing files are overwritten, except read-only files. If a file is read-only, you are prompted to overwrite the file or skip it. No action is taken on the file until there is a response to the prompt. If access to a file is denied, the file is skipped. No Existing files are not overwritten. No prompts will be displayed.
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Examples
Options file: replace all Command line: -replace=no This option is valid on the initial command line and in interactive mode. If you use this option in interactive mode, it affects only the command with which it is specified. When that command completes, the value reverts to the value at the beginning of the interactive session. This will be the value from the dsm.opt file unless overridden by the initial command line or by an option forced by the server.

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Resourceutilization
Authorized User Use the resourceutilization option in your dsm.sys file to regulate the level of resources the Tivoli Storage Manager server and client can use during processing.

Regulating backup and archive sessions

When you request a backup or archive, the client can use more than one session to the server. The default is to use a maximum of two sessions; one to query the server and one to send file data. The client can use only one server session if you specify a resourceutilization setting of 1. The client is also restricted to a single session if a user who is not an authorized user invokes a UNIX and Linux client with passwordaccess=generate specified. A client can use more than the default number of sessions when connecting to a server that is Version 3.7 or higher. For example, resourceutilization=10 permits up to eight sessions with the server. Multiple sessions can be used for querying the server and sending file data. Multiple query sessions are used when you specify multiple file specifications with a backup or archive command. For example, if you enter:
inc /Volumes/filespaceA /Volumes/filespaceB

and you specify resourceutilization=5, the client might start a second session to query files on file space B. Whether or not the second session starts depends on how long it takes to query the server about files backed up on file space A. The client might also try to read data from the file system and send it to the server on multiple sessions. Note: During a backup operation, if you enter multiple file specifications, the result might be that files from one file specification are stored on multiple tapes and interspersed with files from different file specifications. This can decrease restore performance. Setting the collocatebyfilespec option to yes eliminates interspersing of files from different file specifications, by limiting the client to one server session per file specification. Therefore, if you store the data to tape, files for each file specification are stored together on one tape (unless another tape is required for more capacity). See Collocatebyfilespec on page 204 for more information.

Regulating restore sessions

When you request a restore, the default is to use a maximum of one session, based on how many tapes the requested data is stored on, how many tape drives are available, and the maximum number of mount points allowed for the node. Notes: 1. If all of the files are on disk, only one session is used. There is no multi-session for a pure disk storage pool restore. However, if you are performing a restore in which the files reside on 4 tapes and some on disk, you could use up to 5 sessions during the restore. 2. The Tivoli Storage Manager server can set the maximum number of mount points a node can use on the server using the MAXNUMMP parameter. If the resourceutilization option value exceeds the value of the MAXNUMMP on the server for a node, the backup can fail with an Unknown System Error message. For example, if the data you want to restore is on 5 different tape volumes, the maximum number of mount points is 5 for your node, and resourceutilization is set to 3, then 3 sessions will be used for the restore. If you increase the
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resourceutilization setting to 5, then 5 sessions will be used for the restore. There is a 1 to 1 relationship to the number of restore sessions allowed for the resourceutilization setting. Multiple restore sessions are only allowed for no query restore operations.

Considerations
The following factors can affect the throughput of multiple sessions: v The servers ability to handle multiple client sessions. Is there sufficient memory, multiple storage volumes, and CPU cycles to increase backup throughput? v The clients ability to drive multiple sessions (sufficient CPU, memory, etc.). v The configuration of the client storage subsystem. File systems that are striped across multiple disks, using either software striping or RAID-5 can better handle an increase in random read requests than a single drive file system. Additionally, a single drive file system might not see performance improvement if it attempts to handle many random concurrent read requests. v Sufficient bandwidth in the network to support the increased traffic. Potentially undesirable aspects of running multiple sessions include: v The client could produce multiple accounting records. v The server might not start enough concurrent sessions. To avoid this, the server maxsessions parameter must be reviewed and possibly changed. v A query node command might not summarize client activity.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The server can also define this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the General category, Resource Utilization field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
RESOURceutilization number

Parameters
number Specifies the level of resources the Tivoli Storage Manager server and client can use during processing. The range of values that you can specify is 1 through 10.

Examples
Options file: resourceutilization 7 Command line: -resourceutilization=7 This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Retryperiod
Authorized User The retryperiod option specifies the number of minutes the client scheduler waits between attempts to process a scheduled command that fails, or between unsuccessful attempts to report results to the server. Use this option only when the scheduler is running. Your administrator can also set this option. If your administrator specifies a value for this option, that value overrides the value in your client system options file after your client node successfully contacts the server.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Scheduler category, Retry period field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
RETRYPeriod minutes

Parameters
minutes Specifies the number of minutes the client scheduler waits between attempts to contact the server, or to process a scheduled command that fails. The range of values is 1 through 9999; the default is 20.

Examples
Options file: retryp 10 Command line: -retryperiod=10 This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Revokeremoteaccess
The revokeremoteaccess option restricts an administrator with client access privilege from accessing a client workstation that is running the Web client. This option does not restrict administrators with client owner, system, or policy privilege from accessing your workstation through the Web client.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt) or the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Web Client category of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
None REVOKEremoteaccess Access

Parameters
None Does not revoke access to administrators who have client access authority for the client. This is the default. Access Revokes access to administrators who have client access authority for the client.

Examples
Options file: revokeremoteaccess none Command line: Does not apply

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Schedcmddisabled
Authorized User The schedcmddisabled option specifies whether to disable the scheduling of commands by the server action=command option on the define schedule server command. This option does not disable the preschedulecmd and postschedulecmd commands. However, you can specify preschedulecmd or postschedulecmd with a blank or a null string to disable the scheduling of these commands. You can disable the scheduling of commands defined by your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator by setting the schedcmddisabled option to yes. Use the query schedule command to query the schedules defined by your administrator. See Query Schedule on page 460 for more information.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza.

Syntax
No SCHEDCMDDisabled Yes

Parameters
Yes Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager disables the scheduling of commands by the server using the action=command option on the define schedule server command. Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager does not disable the scheduling of commands by the server using the action=command option on the define schedule server command. This is the default.

No

Examples
Options file: schedcmddisabled no Command line: Does not apply.

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Schedlogmax
Authorized User The schedlogmax option specifies the maximum size of the schedule log, in megabytes. Log records are added to the end of the file, until the maximum specified size is reached. When the maximum specified size is reached, a log record saying Continued at beginning of file is placed as the last record in the file. Subsequent logging is resumed at the top of the file. The end of the wrapped log is indicated by a record saying END OF DATA. Log messages that are overwritten by wrapping are not saved in a prune file, as they are with the pruning method of log size management. If you change from schedlogmax to schedlogretention, all existing log entries are retained and the log is pruned using the new schedlogretention criteria. If you change from schedlogretention to schedlogmax, all records in the existing log are copied to the pruned log, dsmsched.pru, the existing log is emptied, and logging begins under the new log wrapping criteria. If you change the value of the schedlogmax option, the existing log is extended or shortened to accommodate the new size. If the value is reduced, the oldest entries are deleted to reduce the file to the new size. Restriction: You cannot specify a non-zero schedlogmax value and enable schedlogretention.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Scheduler category, Schedule Log button of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
SCHEDLOGMAX size

Parameters
size Specifies the maximum size, in megabytes, for the log file. The range of values is 0 to 2047; the default is 0, which disables log file wrapping and allows the log file to grow indefinitely.

Examples
Options file: schedlogmax 100 Command line: -schedlogmax=100 This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Schedlogname
Authorized User The schedlogname option specifies the path and file name where you want to store schedule log information. Use this option only when you want to store schedule log information. This option applies only when the scheduler is running. If this option is not used, the dsmsched.log file is created in the same directory as the dsmerror.log file. See Errorlogname on page 243 for more information on placement of the dsmsched.log file. When you run the schedule command, output from scheduled commands appears on your screen. Output is also sent to the file you specify with this option. If any part of the path you specify does not exist, Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to create it

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Scheduler category, Schedule Log button of the Preferences editor. Attention: Set the DSM_LOG environment variable to name a directory where the log is to be placed. The directory specified must have permissions which allow write access from the account under which the client is run. The root directory is not a valid value for DSM_LOG.

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Syntax
SCHEDLOGName filespec

Parameters
filespec Specifies the path and file name where you want to store schedule log information when processing scheduled work. If any part of the path you specify does not exist, Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to create it. If you specify a file name only, the file is stored in your current directory. The default is the current working directory with a file name of dsmsched.log. The dsmsched.log file cannot be a symbolic link.

Examples
Options file:
schedlogname /home/mydir/schedlog.jan

Command line: -schedlogname=/home/mydir/schedlog.jan This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Schedlogretention
Authorized User The schedlogretention option specifies the number of days to keep entries in the schedule log, and whether to save the pruned entries. The schedule log is pruned during the initial start of scheduler and after a scheduled event completes. If you change from schedlogretention to schedlogmax, all records in the existing log are copied to the pruned log dsmsched.pru, the existing log is emptied, and logging begins under the new log wrapping criteria. If you change from schedlogmax to schedlogretention, all existing log entries are retained and the log is pruned using the new schedlogretention criteria. Restriction: You cannot specify a non-zero schedlogmax value and enable schedlogretention.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Scheduler category, Schedule Log button of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
N SCHEDLOGRetention days S D

Parameters
N or days Specifies how long to wait before pruning the schedule log. N Do not prune the log. This permits the log to grow indefinitely. This is the default.

days Specifies the number of days to keep log file entries before pruning. The range of values is zero through 9999. D or S Specifies whether to save the pruned entries. Use a space or comma to separate this parameter from the previous one. D S Discards the log entries when pruning the log. This is the default. Saves the log entries when pruning the log. Pruned entries are copied to the dsmsched.pru file that is stored in the same directory as the schedule log.

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Examples
Options file: schedlogretention 30 S Command line: -schedlogretention=30,S This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Schedmode
Authorized User The schedmode option specifies whether you want to use the polling mode (your client node periodically queries the server for scheduled work), or the prompted mode (the server contacts your client node when it is time to start a scheduled operation). All communication methods can use the client polling mode, but only TCP/IP can use the server prompted mode. This option applies only if you are using the TCP/IP communication method, and the schedule command is running. Your administrator can specify that the server support both modes or just one mode. If your administrator specifies that both modes are supported, you can select either schedule mode. If your administrator specifies only one mode, you must specify that mode in your dsm.sys file or scheduled work will not be processed. If you specify prompted mode, you should consider supplying values for the tcpclientaddress and tcpclientport options in your dsm.sys file or on the schedule command; the client can then be contacted at either an address or a port of your choice (useful for client machines with multiple network interface cards). Notes: 1. When changing the setting of this option in the dsm.sys file you must stop and restart the scheduler service for the setting to take effect. 2. The server can also define this option.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Scheduler category, Schedule Mode section of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
POlling SCHEDMODe PRompted

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Parameters
POlling The client scheduler queries the server for scheduled work at prescribed time intervals. This is the default. You can set the time intervals using the queryschedperiod option. PRompted The client scheduler waits for the server to contact your client node when scheduled work needs to be done.

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Options file: schedmode prompted Command line: -schedmod=po This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Schedrestretrdisabled
Authorized User The schedrestretrdisabled option specifies whether to disable the execution of restore or retrieve schedule operations.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all clients. The server cannot define this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza for the scheduler. You can set this option on the Scheduler category, Schedule Command button of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
No SCHEDRESTRETRDisabled Yes

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Parameters
No Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager does not disable the execution of restore and retrieve schedule operations. This is the default. Yes Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager disable the execution of restore and retrieve schedule operations.

Examples
Options file: schedrestretrdisabled yes Command line: Does not apply.

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Scrolllines
The scrolllines option specifies the number of lines of information that are displayed on your screen at one time. Use this option when you set the scrollprompt option to Yes and you use one of the following commands. You can use the scrolllines option with the following commands only: v delete filespace v query archive v query backup v query backupset v query filespace v query image v query group v query nas v query node v query options

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The server can also define this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the Command Line category, Number of lines to display on screen field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
SCROLLLines number

Parameters
number Specifies the number of lines of information that are displayed on your screen at one time. The range of values is 1 through 80; the default is 20.

Examples
Options file: scrolllines 25 Command line: -scrolll=25 This option is valid on the initial command line and in interactive mode. If you use this option in interactive mode, it affects only the command with which it is specified. When that command completes, the value reverts to the value at the beginning of the interactive session. This will be the value from the dsm.opt file unless overridden by the initial command line or by an option forced by the server.

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Scrollprompt
The scrollprompt option specifies whether you want Tivoli Storage Manager to stop and wait after displaying the number of lines of information you specified with the scrolllines option, or scroll through and stop at the end of the information list. You can use the scrollprompt option with the following commands only: v delete filespace v query archive v query backup v query backupset v query filespace v query image v query group v query nas v query node v query options

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The server can also define this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the Command Line category, Pause after displaying the following number of lines field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
No SCROLLPrompt Yes

Parameters
No Yes Scrolls to the end of the list and stops. This is the default. Stops and waits after displaying the number of lines you specified with the scrolllines option. The following prompt is displayed at the bottom of the screen:
Press Q to quit, C to continuous scroll, or Enter to continue.

Examples
Options file: scrollprompt yes Command line: -scrollp=yes This option is valid on the initial command line and in interactive mode. If you use this option in interactive mode, it affects only the command with which it is specified. When that command completes, the value reverts to the value at the

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Servername
In your dsm.sys file, the servername option specifies the name you want to use to identify a server and to begin a stanza containing options for that server. You can name and specify options for more than one server. The following example demonstrates how to specify options for two different servers:
SErvername server_a COMMMethod TCPPort TCPServeraddress PASSWORDAccess GRoups USERs INCLExcl SErvername server_b COMMMethod shmport PASSWORDAccess MAILprog GRoups INCLExcl TCPip 1500 server_hostname2.domain.company.com prompt tsm sullivan mushock tallan /adm/tsm/backup.excl

SHAREdmem 1520 generate /usr/bin/xsend root system tsm /adm/tsm/archive.excl

In your client user options file (dsm.opt), the servername option specifies which server, of those named in your dsm.sys file, to contact for backup-archive services. When specified in a client user options file (dsm.opt) or on the command line, the servername option overrides the default server specified in your client system options file. Notes: 1. You cannot use the servername option to override the server that is specified for migration in your client system options file. 2. If the Tivoli Storage Manager server name changes or Tivoli Storage Manager clients are directed to a different Tivoli Storage Manager server, all clients will need to have a new password initialized for the new server name.

Supported Clients
This option is for all UNIX clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt) and the dsm.sys file.

Syntax
SErvername servername

Parameters
servername In your dsm.sys file, specify the name you want to assign to a particular server. In your client user options file (dsm.opt) or on the command line, specify the name of the server you want to contact for backup-archive services. A server name is not case sensitive; it can have up to 64 characters.

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Examples
Options file: servername server_a Command line: -se=server_b This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Sessioninitiation
Authorized User Use the sessioninitiation option to control whether the server or client initiates sessions through a firewall. The default is that the client initiates sessions. You can use this option with the schedule command. For the client scheduler, it is unnecessary to open any ports on the firewall. If you set the sessioninitiation option to serveronly, the client will not attempt to contact the server. All sessions must be initiated by server prompted scheduling on the port defined on the client with the tcpclientport option. The sessioninitiation option only affects the behavior of the client scheduler running in the prompted mode. If you set the sessioninitiation option to serveronly, with the exception of CAD-managed schedulers, the command line client, backup-archive client Java GUI, and Web client GUI will still attempt to initiate sessions. Attention: You cannot use the dsmcad for scheduling when you set the sessioninitiation option to serveronly. Note: If you set the sessioninitiation option to serveronly, the client setup wizard and scheduler service are unable to authenticate to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. In this case, you can execute the scheduler from the command line (dsmc schedule) and enter the password for your node when prompted. A similar problem can occur if an encryption key is required for backup operations. In this case, you can execute the scheduler from the command line (dsmc schedule) and enter the encryption key when prompted. After the password and encryption key are updated, you must restart the scheduler. If you set the sessioninitiation option to client, the client will initiate sessions with the server by communicating on the TCP/IP port defined with the server option tcpport. This is the default. Server prompted scheduling can be used to prompt the client to connect to the server. Notes: 1. The Tivoli Storage Manager server can specify SESSIONINITiation=clientorserver or SESSIONINITiation=serveronly on the register node and update node commands. If the server specifies SESSIONINITiation=clientorserver, the client can decide which method to use. If the server specifies SESSIONINITiation=serveronly, all sessions are initiated by the server. 2. If sessioninitiation is set to serveronly, the value for the tcpclientaddress client option must be the same as the value for the HLAddress option of the update node or register node server command. The value for the tcpclientport client option must be the same as the value for the LLAddress option of the update node or register node server command. 3. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

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Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the Scheduler category, Session Initiation field of the Preferences editor.

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Syntax
Client SESSIONINITiation SERVEROnly

Parameters
Client Specifies that the client will initiate sessions with the server by communicating on the TCP/IP port defined with the server option tcpport. This is the default. Server prompted scheduling can be used to prompt the client to connect to the server. SERVEROnly Specifies that the server will not accept client requests for sessions. All sessions must be initiated by server prompted scheduling on the port defined on the client with the tcpclientport option (see Tcpclientport on page 364. Except for CAD-managed schedulers, the command line client, backup-archive client Java GUI, and Web client GUI will still attempt to initiate sessions.

Examples
Options file: sessioninitiation serveronly Command line: schedule -sessioninitiation=serveronly This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Shmport
Authorized User The shmport option specifies the TCP/IP port address on which the Tivoli Storage Manager server listens to establish a Shared Memory connection. To use Shared Memory, TCP/IP must be installed on your workstation. Note: The value specified for the shmport option in the dsm.sys file must match the value specified for shmport in the server options file.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris clients only.

Options File
Place this option in the client system options file (dsm.sys).

Syntax
SHMPort port_address

Parameters
port_address Specifies the shared memory port address that the server is listening on to establish a Shared Memory connection. The range of values is 1 through 32767; the default is 1.

Examples
Options file: shmport 1520 Command line: Does not apply.

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Showmembers
Use the showmembers option with the following commands to display all members of a group: v query group v query was v restore group v restore was The showmembers option is not valid with the inactive option. If you want to display members of a group that are not currently active, use the pitdate and pittime options.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
SHOWMembers

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line:
restore group /virtfs/* -pick -showmembers

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Skipacl
The skipacl option allows you to back up or restore ACL data. When set to yes (default is no), the Tivoli Storage Manager client will skip ACL processing completely. No ACL data will be backed up or restored. skipacl=yes should be used only when ACLs are not defined on the file system or when the loss of data contained in the ACLs during restore is acceptable. The file mode permissions (rwx) will continue to be backed up and restored as before. If a prior version of the file being restored has ACL data backed up, ACLs will be restored even when the skipacl option is set.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all AIX clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options (dsm.opt) file.

Syntax
No SKIPACL Yes

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Parameters
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Examples
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The skipaclupdatecheck option disables checksum and size comparisons of ACL data. When set to yes (default is no), the Tivoli Storage Manager client will not perform checksum and size comparisons before or after backup and during incremental processing (ACL checksum from previous backup and current ACL) to detect ACL updates. However, current ACL data will be backed up if the file is selected for backup due to other reasons. If only ACLs are updated on a file, the next incremental backup will not recognize this ACL update, and the file will not be backed up.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all AIX clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options (dsm.opt) file.

Syntax
No SKIPACLUPdatecheck Yes

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Parameters
No If you specify No, the Tivoli Storage Manager client performs checksum and size comparisons of the ACL data, before and after backup and during incremental processing. This is the default. If you specify Yes, the Tivoli Storage Manager client does not perform checksum and size comparisons of the ACL data.

Yes

Examples
Options file: skipaclup yes

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Snapshotcachesize
Authorized User Use the snapshotcachesize option to specify an appropriate snapshot size so that all old data blocks can be stored. A snapshot size of 100 percent will ensure a valid snapshot. For online image backups, use the snapshotcachesize option with the backup image command, the include.image option, or in your dsm.sys file.

Supported Clients
| This option is valid for Windows 32-bit platformsLinux x86/x86_64 clients only. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Image-Snapshot category of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
SNAPSHOTCACHESize snapshotcachesize

Parameters
snapshotcachesize Specifies an appropriate snapshot size so that all old data blocks can be stored during a snapshot image backup. The value is the percent of the used space that is expected to change on the volume on which the snapshot is taken. On a volume with high filesystem write activity, this value can be increased to remove the condition where the snapshot cache fills up during the operation. The snapshot cache location is specified with the snapshotcachelocation option. The range of values is one through 100 percent; the default is 100 percent. The minimum cache file size is 100 megabytes. If 100 megabytes of free space is not available on the snapshotcachelocation volume, then the cache size will be reduced to fit on the volume.

Examples
Options file: snapshotcachesize 10 Command line: -snapshotcachesize=10

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Snapshotroot
Use the snapshotroot option with the incremental, selective, or archive commands in conjunction with a third-party application that provides a snapshot of a logical volume, to associate the data on the local snapshot with the real file space data that is stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. | | | | | The snapshotroot option can be used to back up NFS mounted file systems. Both the back up specification (source) and the snapshotroot value can be a NFS mounted file specification. For example, the snapshotroot option can be used to back up a NFS file system hosted on a network-attached storage (NAS) that supports snapshot. In the following example, /philo/test945 is NFS mounted from a NAS filer and /philo/test945.snapshot/backupsnap represents the snapshot created at the NAS filer. | | |
dsmc i /philo/test945 -snapshotroot=philo/test945/.snapshot/backupsnap

You can also specify a directory with the snapshotroot option when backing up each fileset as a separate file space. The snapshotroot option does not provide any facilities to take a volume snapshot, only to manage data created by a volume snapshot. For example, consider an application that takes a snapshot of the /usr file system and mounts it as /snapshot/day1. If you back up this data using the following command:
dsmc incremental /snapshot/day1

a unique file space called /snapshot/day1 is created on the server. However, you might want to associate the snapshot data with the data already processed for the /usr file system. Using the snapshotroot option, you can associate the data with the file space corresponding to the /usr file system on the Tivoli Storage Manager server:
dsmc incremental /usr -snapshotroot=/snapshot/day1

On a subsequent day, you can back up a snapshot that was written to an alternate location, but managed under the same file space on the server:
dsmc incremental /usr -snapshotroot=/snapshot/day2

You can perform incremental backups, selective backups, or archives of a single directory, directory structure, or single file using the snapshotroot option. In all instances, the snapshotroot option must identify the root of the logical volume that was created by the snapshot. For example:
dsmc incremental /usr/dir1/* -subdir=yes -snapshotroot=/snapshot/day1 dsmc selective /usr/dir1/sub1/file.txt -snapshotroot=/snapshot/day1 dsmc archive /usr/dir1/sub1/*.txt -snapshotroot=/snapshot/day1

If you want to include or exclude specific file specifications, the include and exclude statements should contain the name of the file system that was the source of the snapshot (the /usr file system), and not the name of the target of the snapshot (/snapshot/day1). This allows you to preserve a set of include and

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exclude statements regardless of the name of the logical volume to which the snapshot is written. Examples of include and exclude statements are:
include /usr/dir1/*.txt 1yrmgmtclass exclude /usr/mydocs/*.txt

The following include-exclude statements are not valid because they contain the name of the snapshot:
include /snapshot/day1/dir1/*.txt 1yrmgmtclass exclude /snapshot/day1/mydocs/*.txt

You must use the snapshotroot option in conjunction with a single file specification for a incremental, selective, or archive operation. You cannot specify multiple file specifications or no file specifications. For example, these commands are valid:
dsmc incremental /usr -snapshotroot=/snapshot/day1 dsmc incremental /usr/dir1/* -snapshotroot=/snapshot/day1

The following command is invalid because it contains two file specifications:

dsmc incremental /usr/dir1/* /home/dir2/* -snapshotroot=/snapshot/day1

The following command is invalid because it contains no file specification:

dsmc incremental -snapshotroot=/snapshot/day1

Processing SAN File System FlashCopy images

SAN File System provides snapshot support called FlashCopy. FlashCopy images can only be created using the SAN File System administrative interface. FlashCopy images are created on a per fileset (container) basis and are accessible in the .flashcopy directory of each filesets root directory. For example, there are two filesets, root fileset (the default one) and another fileset called tivoli1. An administrator creates one FlashCopy image for each fileset, called RootImage-1 and tivoli1Image-1 respectively. A SAN File System is mounted in the /tank directory on AIX. In this case, the FlashCopy images are accessible in the following directories:
/tank/TIVOLI/.flashcopy/RootImage-1/ /tank/TIVOLI/tivoli1/.flashcopy/tivoli1Image-1/

You can specify these directories with the snapshotroot option when backing up each fileset as a separate file space as follows: 1. Define a virtual mount point for the fileset, using the virtualmountpoint option in your dsm.sys file:
virtualmountpoint /tank/TIVOLI virtualmountpoint /tank/TIVOLI/tivoli1

2. Define virtual mount points for the FlashCopy image locations:

virtualmountpoint /tank/TIVOLI/.flashcopy/RootImage-1 virtualmountpoint /tank/TIVOLI/tivoli1/.flashcopy /tivoli1Image-1

3. Exclude the .flashcopy directory itself, so the data is not backed up twice:
exclude.dir /.../.flashcopy

4. On the command line, enter the following backup command:

dsmc incremental /tank/TIVOLI -snapshotroot=/tank/TIVOLI /.flashcopy/RootImage-1 dsmc incremental /tank/TIVOLI/tivoli1 -snapshotroot=/tank /TIVOLI/tivoli1/ .flashcopy/tivoli1Image-1

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Notes: 1. Ensure that the snapshotroot references a snapshot of the correct volume. Ensure that snapshotroot refers to the root of the snapshot. If these rules are not followed, unintended results such as files expiring incorrectly can result. 2. You cannot use the snapshotroot option in conjunction with the filelist option. 3. You can use the snapshotroot option in conjunction with the preschedulecmd and postschedulecmd options, or in a automated script that you execute with the Tivoli Storage Manager client scheduler.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
SNAPSHOTRoot = snapshot_volume_name

Parameters
snapshot_volume_name Specifies the root of the logical volume created by the third-party snapshot application.

Examples
Command line: dsmc incremental /usr -snapshotroot=/snapshot/day1

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Authorized User The srvprepostscheddisabled option specifies whether to prevent the pre-schedule and post-schedule commands specified by the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator from executing on the client machine, when performing scheduled operations. The srvprepostscheddisabled option can be used in conjunction with the schedcmddisabled and srvprepostsnapdisabled options to disable the execution of any unwanted Operating System command by a Tivoli Storage Manager administrator on a Tivoli Storage Manager client node.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all Tivoli Storage Manager clients that use the Tivoli Storage Manager client scheduler. The server cannot define this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza for the scheduler. You can set this option on the Scheduler tab of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
No SRVPREPOSTSCHeddisabled Yes

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Parameters
No Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager allows pre-schedule and post-schedule commands defined by the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator to execute on the client machine, when performing scheduled operations. If a pre-schedule or a post-schedule command is defined by both the client and the Tivoli Storage Manger administrator, the command defined by the administrator will override the corresponding command defined in the client option file. This is the default. Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager prevents pre-schedule and post-schedule commands defined by the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator to execute on the client machine, when performing scheduled operations. If a pre-schedule or a post-schedule command is defined by both the client and the Tivoli Storage Manger administrator, the command defined by the administrator will not override the corresponding command defined in the client option file. This option can be used in conjunction with the schedcmddisabled and srvprepostsnapdisabled options.

Yes

Examples
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Authorized User The srvprepostsnapdisabled option specifies whether to prevent the pre-snapshot and post-snapshot commands specified by the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator from executing on the client machine, when performing scheduled image snapshot backup operations. The srvprepostsnapdisabled option can be used in conjunction with the schedcmddisabled and srvprepostscheddisabled options to disable the execution of any unwanted Operating System command by a Tivoli Storage Manager administrator on a Tivoli Storage Manager client node.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for Linux clients that support the image snapshot backup command. The server cannot define this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza for the scheduler. You can set this option on the Image-Snapshot category of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
No SRVPREPOSTSNApdisabled Yes

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Parameters
No Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager allows pre-snapshot and post-snapshot commands defined by the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator to execute on the client machine, when performing scheduled image snapshot backup operations. If a pre-snapshot or a post-snapshot command is defined by both the client and the Tivoli Storage Manger administrator, the command defined by the administrator will override the corresponding command defined in the client option file. This is the default. Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager allows pre-snapshot and post-snapshot commands defined by the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator to execute on the client machine, when performing scheduled image snapshot backup operations. If a pre-snapshot or a post-snapshot command is defined by both the client and the Tivoli Storage Manger administrator, the command defined by the administrator will not override the corresponding command defined in the client option file. This option can be used in conjunction with the schedcmddisabled and srvprepostscheddisabled options.

Yes

Examples
Options file: srvprepostsnapdisabled yes Command line: Does not apply.

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Subdir
The subdir option specifies whether you want to include subdirectories of named directories for processing on the following commands: v archive v delete archive v delete backup v incremental v query archive v query backup v restore v restore backupset v retrieve v selective For example, if you set the subdir option to yes when backing up a specific path and file, Tivoli Storage Manager recursively backs up all subdirectories under that path, and any instances of the specified file that exist under any of those subdirectories.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The server can also define this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax
No SUbdir Yes

Parameters
No Yes Subdirectories are not processed. This is the default. Subdirectories are processed. Because the client program searches all subdirectories of a directory that is being processed, processing can take longer to complete. Specify Yes only when necessary. Note: If you use the preservepath option in addition to subdir=yes, it can affect which subdirectories are processed. For more information, see Preservepath on page 318. If a subdirectory is a mounted file system, it will not be processed even if you specify subdir=yes.

Examples
Options file: subdir no Command line: To restore the structure:

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/path2/dir1 /path2/dir1/file1 /path2/dir1/dir2 /path2/dir1/dir2/file1

enter any of the following commands:

dsmc rest "/path/dir1/*" /path2/ -su=yes dsmc rest "/path/dir1/file*" /path2/ -su=yes dsmc rest "/path/dir1/file1*" /path2/ -su=yes

This option is valid on the initial command line and in interactive mode. If you use this option in interactive mode, it affects only the command with which it is specified. When that command completes, the value reverts to the value at the beginning of the interactive session. This will be the value from the dsm.opt file unless overridden by the initial command line or by an option forced by the server.

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Tapeprompt
The tapeprompt option specifies whether you want Tivoli Storage Manager to wait for a tape mount if it is required for a backup, archive, restore, or retrieve process, or to be prompted for a choice. In the Tivoli Storage Manager GUI, the Media Mount dialog can display the Information Not Available value in the Device and Volume Label fields if you perform a standard (also known as classic) restore or retrieve operation. This value means that this information is only available for no query restore or retrieve operations; not a standard restore or retrieve operation. The Device field displays the name of the device on which to mount the media needed to process an object. The Volume Label field displays the name of the volume needed to process an object. See No query restore on page 124 for a discussion of standard and no query restore operations. Tape prompting does not occur during a scheduled operation regardless of the setting for the tapeprompt option. The tapeprompt option can be used with the following commands: v archive v delete archive v delete backup v incremental v restore v retrieve v selective Note: The server can also define this option.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the General category, Prompt before mounting tapes checkbox of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
No TAPEPrompt Yes

Parameters
No Yes You are not prompted for your choice. The server waits for the appropriate tape to mount. This is the default. You are prompted when a tape is required to back up, archive, restore, or retrieve data. At the prompt, you can wait for the appropriate tape to be mounted, always wait for a tape to be mounted, skip a particular object, skip all objects on a single tape, skip all objects on all tapes, or cancel the entire operation.

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Options file: tapeprompt yes Command line: -tapep=yes This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Tcpadminport
Authorized User Use the tcpadminport option to specify a separate TCP/IP port number on which the server waits for requests for administrative client sessions, allowing secure administrative sessions within a private network. The client tcpadminport setting depends on how the Tivoli Storage Manager server tcpadminport and adminonclientport options are configured. The Tivoli Storage Manager server has a tcpadminport setting that indicates on which port the server listens for administrative sessions, and the adminonclientport setting, which can be either yes or no. If tcpadminport is not set on the server, then administrative sessions will be allowed on the same port as client sessions. If tcpadminport is set on the server, then administrative sessions will be allowed on the port specified by that setting. In this case, if adminonclientport yes is in effect, then administrative sessions can connect on either the regular client port or the port specified by tcpadminport. If adminonclientport no is in effect, then administrative sessions can connect only on the port specified by tcpadminport.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The server can also define this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the Communication category, Admin Port field of the Preferences editor. See the IBM Tivoli Storage Manger Administrators Reference for your operating system, for more information.

Syntax
TCPADMINPort admin_port_address

Parameters
admin_port_address Specifies the port number of the server. The default value is the value of the tcpport option.

Examples
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Tcpbuffsize
Authorized User The tcpbuffsize option specifies the size of the internal TCP/IP communication buffer used to transfer data between the client node and server. Although it uses more memory, a larger buffer can improve communication performance.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Communication category, Buffer Size field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
TCPBuffsize size

Parameters
size Specifies the size, in kilobytes, that you want to use for the internal TCP/IP communication buffer. The range of values is 1 through 512; the default is 32. Depending on the operating system communication settings, your system might not accept all values in the range of 1 through 512.

Examples
Options file: tcpb 32 Command line:
-tcpbuffsize=32

This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Tcpcadaddress
Authorized User The tpccadaddress option specifies a TCP/IP address for dsmcad. Normally, this option is not needed. Use this option only if your client node has more than one TCP/IP address, or if TCP/IP is not the default communication method (see Commmethod on page 206).

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza.

Syntax
TCPCADAddress cad_address

Parameters
cad_address Specifies a TCP/IP Internet domain name or a dotted address.

Examples
Options file: tcpcada dsmclnt.sanjose.ibm.com Command line:
-tcpcadaddress=128.33.10.249

or
-tcpcadaddress=khoyt.mycompany.mydomain.com

This option is valid only on the initial command line of the dsmcad program. It is not valid with other dsm modules.

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Tcpclientaddress
Authorized User The tcpclientaddress option specifies a TCP/IP address if your client node has more than one address, and you want the server to contact an address other than the one that was used to make the first server contact. The server will use this address when it begins the server prompted scheduled operation. Use this option only if you use the prompted parameter with the schedmode option. | | If sessioninitiation is set to serveronly, the value for the tcpclientaddress client option should be the same as the value for the HLAddress server option.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the Scheduler category, Your TCP/IP address field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
TCPCLIENTAddress client_address

Parameters
client_address Specifies the TCP/IP address you want the server to use to contact your client node. Specify a TCP/IP Internet domain name or a dot address.

Examples
Options file: tcpclienta dsmclnt.sanjose.ibm.com Command line:
-tcpclientaddress=128.33.10.249 or -tcpclientaddress=khoyt.mycompany.mydomain.com

This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Tcpclientport
Authorized User The tcpclientport option specifies a TCP/IP port number for the server to contact the client when the server begins the server prompted scheduled operation. Use this option only if you specify the prompted parameter with the schedmode option. | | If sessioninitiation is set to serveronly, the value for the tcpclientport client option should be the same as the value for the LLAddress server option.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the Scheduler category, Your TCP/IP port field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
TCPCLIENTPort client_port_address

Parameters
client_port_address Specifies the TCP/IP port address you want the server to use to contact your client node. The range of values is 1000 through 32767; the default is 1501.

Examples
Options file: tcpclientp 1502 Command line:
-tcpclientport=1492

This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Tcpnodelay
Authorized User The tcpnodelay option specifies whether the client disables the delay of sending successive small packets on the network, per transaction. Change the value from the default of yes only under one of these conditions: v You are directed to change the option by IBM technical support. v You fully understand the effects of the TCP Nagle algorithm on network transmissions. Setting the option to no enables the Nagle algorithm, which delays sending small successive packets.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients, except UNIX System Services client for z/OS.

Options File
Place this option in the client system options file (dsm.sys) within a server stanza. You can set this option on the Communication category of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
Yes TCPNodelay No

Parameters
No Specifies that the server does not allow successive small packets to be sent immediately over the network. Setting this option to no can degrade performance. Specifies that the server or client allows successive small packets to be sent immediately over the network. The default is yes.

Yes

Examples
Options file: tcpnodelay yes Command line: Does not apply.

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Tcpport
Authorized User The tcpport option specifies a TCP/IP port address for a Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can obtain this address from your administrator.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Communication category, Server Port field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
TCPPort port_address

Parameters
port_address Specifies the TCP/IP port address that is used to communicate with a server. The range of values is 1000 through 32767; the default is 1500.

Examples
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Tcpserveraddress
Authorized User The tcpserveraddress option specifies the TCP/IP address for a Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can obtain this server address from your administrator.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Communication category, Server Address field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
TCPServeraddress server_address

Parameters
server_address Specifies a 1 to 64 character TCP/IP address for a server. Specify a TCP/IP domain name or a dot address.

Examples
Options file: tcps dsmchost.endicott.ibm.com | Command line: Does not apply.

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Tcpwindowsize
Authorized User Use the tcpwindowsize option to specify, in kilobytes, the size you want to use for the TCP/IP sliding window for your client node. The sending host cannot send more data until it receives an acknowledgment and a TCP receive window update. Each TCP packet contains the advertised TCP receive window on the connection. A larger window allows the sender to continue sending data and can improve communication performance.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the Communication category, Window Size field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
TCPWindowsize window_size

Parameters
window_size Specifies the size, in kilobytes, to use for your client node TCP/IP sliding window. The range of values is 0 through 2048. A value of 0 allows Tivoli Storage Manager to use the operating system default TCP window size. Values from 1 to 2048 indicate that the window size is in the range of 1KB to 2MB. The default is 63. | | If you specify a value less than 1, the TCP window size defaults to 1. If you specify a value greater than 2048, the TCP window size defaults to 2048. Notes: 1. The TCP window acts as a buffer on the network. It is not related to the tcpbuffsize option, or to the send and receive buffers allocated in client or server memory. 2. A window size larger than the buffer space on the network adapter might degrade throughput due to resending packets that were lost on the adapter. 3. Depending on the operating system communication settings, your system might not accept all values in the range of values.

Examples
| | | | Options file: tcpwindowsize 63 Command line: -tcpw=63 This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Timeformat
The timeformat option specifies the format in which you want to display system time. The AIX, Solaris, and HP-UX clients support locales other than English that describe every user interface that varies with location or language. See Table 18 on page 47 for supported locales. | | | | By default, the backup-archive and administrative clients obtain format information from the locale definition in effect at the time the client is called. Consult the documentation on your local system for details about setting up your locale definition. Note: The timeformat option does not affect the Web client. The Web client uses the time format for the locale that the browser is running in. If the browser is not running in a locale that Tivoli Storage Manager supports, the Web client uses the time format for US English. You can use the timeformat option with the following commands: v delete archive v delete backup v expire v query archive v query asr v query backup v query filespace v query image v query nas v restore v restore image v restore nas v retrieve v set event

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the Regional Settings category, Time Format field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
TIMEformat format_number

Parameters
format_number Displays time in one of the formats listed below. Select the format number that corresponds to the format you want to use. When you include the timeformat option in a command, it must precede the fromtime, pittime, and totime options. 0 Use the locale-defined time format.
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For AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris: This is the default if the locale-specified format consists of digits, separator characters, and, if applicable, the AM or PM string. 23:00:00 For AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris: This is the default if the locale-specified format does not consist of digits, separator characters, and, if applicable, the AM or PM string. 23,00,00 23.00.00 12:00:00 A/P

2 3 4

For AIX, HP-UX, and Solaris: To set a particular time format, edit the source file for your locale and modify the t_fmt line to support your needs. Whatever time format you select applies both to output and to input. %H:%M:%S Displays time in the form hh:mm:ss with hh ranging from 0 through 23. %H,%M,%S Displays time in the form hh,mm,ss with hh ranging from 0 through 23. %I,%M,0p Displays time in the form hh,mm,ssA/P with hh ranging from 1 through 12 and A/P is the local abbreviation for ante-meridian (AM in English) or post-meridian (PM in English).

Examples
Options file: timeformat 4 Command line: -time=3 This option is valid on the initial command line and in interactive mode. If you use this option in interactive mode, it affects only the command with which it is specified. When that command completes, the value reverts to the value at the beginning of the interactive session. This will be the value from the dsm.opt file unless overridden by the initial command line or by an option forced by the server.

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Toc
Use the toc option with the backup nas command or the include.fs.nas option to specify whether Tivoli Storage Manager saves Table of Contents (TOC) information for each file system backup. You should consider the following when deciding whether you want to save TOC information: v If you save TOC information, you can use the query toc server command to determine the contents of a file system backup in conjunction with the restore node server command to restore individual files or directory trees. v You can also use the Tivoli Storage Manager Web client to examine the entire file system tree and select files and directories to restore. v Creation of a TOC requires that you define the TOCDESTINATION attribute in the backup copy group for the management class to which this backup image is bound. Note that TOC creation requires additional processing, network resources, storage pool space, and possibly a mount point during the backup operation. v If you do not save TOC information, you can still restore individual files or directory trees using the restore node server command, provided that you know the fully qualified name of each file or directory and the image in which that object was backed up.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place the include.fs.nas statement containing the toc value in the dsm.sys file.

Syntax
Preferred TOC Yes No

Parameters
Yes Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager saves TOC information during a NAS file system image backup. However, the backup will fail if an error occurs during creation of the TOC. Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager does not save TOC information during a NAS file system image backup.

No

Preferred Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager saves TOC information during a NAS file system image backup. The backup does not fail if an error occurs during creation of the TOC. This is the default. Note: If the mode option is set to differential and you set the toc option to preferred or yes, but the last full image does not have a TOC, Tivoli Storage Manager performs a full image backup and creates a TOC.

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Examples
Options file: include.fs.nas netappsj/vol/vol0 homemgmtclass toc=yes Command line: backup nas -nasnodename=netappsj /vol/vol0 -toc=yes

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Todate
Use the todate option with the totime option to specify an ending date and time to which you want to search for backups or archives during a restore, retrieve, or query operation. For example, you might request a list of files that were backed up before 11:59 PM on June 30, 2002. Use the todate and totime options with the fromtime and fromdate options to request a list of backed up or archived files within a period of time. For example, you might request a list of files that were backed up between 6:00 AM on July 1, 2002 and 11:59 PM on July 30, 2002. Use the todate option with the following commands: v delete backup v query archive v query backup v restore v restore group v retrieve v restore was

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
TODate = date

Parameters
date Specifies an ending date. Enter the date in the format you selected with the dateformat option. When you include dateformat with a command, it must precede the fromdate, pitdate, and todate options.

Examples
Command line: dsmc restore "/home/user1/*" -todate=12/11/2003

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Totime
Use the totime option with the todate option to specify an ending date and time to which you want to search for backups or archives during a restore, retrieve, or query operation. For example, you might request a list of files that were backed up before 11:59 PM on June 30, 2003. Tivoli Storage Manager ignores this option if you do not specify the todate option. Use the totime and todate options with the fromtime and fromdate options to request a list of files that were backed up within a period of time. For example, you might request a list of files that were backed up between 6:00 AM on July 1, 2003 and 11:59 PM on July 30, 2003. Use the totime option with the following commands: v delete backup v query archive v query backup v restore v restore group v restore was v retrieve

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
TOTime = time

Parameters
time Specifies an ending time. If you do not specify a time, the time defaults to 23:59:59. Specify the time in the format you selected with the timeformat option. When you include the timeformat option in a command, it must precede the fromtime, pittime, and totime options.

Examples
Command line: dsmc restore "/home/user1/*" -todate=09/17/2003 -totime=23:00:00

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Txnbytelimit
Authorized User The txnbytelimit option specifies the number of kilobytes the client program buffers before it sends a transaction to the server. A transaction is the unit of work exchanged between the client and server. Because the client program can transfer more than one file or directory between the client and server before it commits the data to server storage, a transaction can contain more than one file or directory. This is called a transaction group. This option permits you to control the amount of data sent between the client and server before the server commits the data and changes to the server database, thus changing the speed with which the client performs work. The amount of data sent applies when files are batched together during backup or when receiving files from the server during a restore procedure. The server administrator can limit the number of files or directories contained within a transaction group using the txngroupmax option on the server, so the actual size of a transaction can be less than your txnbytelimit. Once this number is reached, the client sends the files to the server even if the transaction byte limit is not reached.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file. You can set this option on the General category Transaction Buffer Size field of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
TXNBytelimit number

Parameters
number Specifies the number of kilobytes the client program can buffer together in a transaction before it sends data to the server. The range of values is 300 through 2097152 (2 GB); the default is 25600.

Examples
Options file: txnb 25600 Command line: -txnb=25600 This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Type
Use the type option with the query node command to specify the type of node to query.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
any TYpe = nas server client

Parameters
any Specifies all nodes registered at the server. This is the default. nas Specifies all NAS nodes registered at the server. server Specifies client nodes that are other Tivoli Storage Manager servers. client Specifies client nodes that are backup-archive clients.

Examples
Command line: query node -type=nas

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Users
Authorized User The users option authorizes specific users on your workstation to request services from a server. You can use this option more than once to specify a large number of user IDs. If you do not specify group names with the groups option, or user IDs with the users option, all users can request Tivoli Storage Manager services. If you use the groups option, the users option, or both, only users included in one of the specified groups, or included in the list of users, can request Tivoli Storage Manager services. Define your root user name only with the users option to exclude all other users from accessing the server. | | See How Tivoli Storage Manager handles long user and group names on page 86 for information about the character limits for group names.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza.

Syntax

USERs

username

Parameters
username Names a user that you want to authorize to request Tivoli Storage Manager services.

Examples
Options file:
users users carol larry davecd kathyba amyb tkaspar kbsmith egray michelle srjames

Command line: Does not apply.

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V2archive
Use the v2archive option with the archive command to archive only files to the server. Tivoli Storage Manager will not process directories that exist in the path of the source file specification. This option differs from the filesonly option in that the filesonly option archives the directories that exist in the path of the source file specification. The v2archive and dirsonly options are mutually exclusive and an error message is displayed if you use both options in the same archive command. If you use this option, you might want to consider the following: v You might experience performance problems when retrieving large amounts of data archived with this option. v You might want to use this option only if you are concerned about expiration performance on a server that already contains extremely large amounts of archived data. v If there are multiple files with the same name for the v2archive option, the files are archived multiple times, with their directory structure. The v2archive option archives only the files.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
V2archive

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
This command: dsmc archive "/home/relx/dir1/*" -v2archive -su=y. Archives these files:
/home/relx/dir1/file1 /home/relx/dir1/file2 /home/relx/dir1/file3 /home/relx/dir1/dir2/file4 /home/relx/dir1/dir2/file5

Note: Tivoli Storage Manager does not archive /home/relx/dir1 and /home/relx/dir1/dir2.

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Verbose
The verbose option specifies that you want to display detailed processing information on your screen. This is the default. When you run the incremental, selective, or archive commands, information is displayed about each file that is backed up. Use the quiet option if you do not want to display this information. The following behavior applies when using the verbose and quiet options: v If the server specifies either the quiet or verbose option in the server client option set, the server settings override the client values, even if force is set to no on the server. v If you specify quiet in your dsm.opt file, and you specify -verbose on the command line, -verbose prevails. v If you specify both -quiet and -verbose on the same command, the last option encountered during options processing prevails. If you specify -quiet -verbose, -verbose prevails. If you specify -verbose -quiet, -quiet prevails.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. The server can also define this option. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt). You can set this option on the Command Line category, Do not display process information on screen checkbox of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
VErbose

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Options file: verbose Command line: -verbose This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Verifyimage
Use the verifyimage option with the restore image command to specify that you want to enable detection of bad sectors on the destination target volume. If bad sectors are detected on the target volume, Tivoli Storage Manager issues a warning message on the console and in the error log.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, HP-UX, all Linux clients, and Solaris only. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Syntax
VERIFYImage

Parameters
There are no parameters for this option.

Examples
Command line: dsmc restore image /usr -verifyimage

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Virtualfsname
Use the virtualfsname option with the backup group command to specify the name of the virtual file space for the group on which you want to perform the operation.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
VIRTUALFSname = fsname

Parameters
fsname Specifies the name of the container for the group on which you want to perform the operation.

Examples
Command line:
backup group -filelist=/home/dir1/filelist1 -groupname=group1 -virtualfsname=/virtfs -mode=full

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Virtualmountpoint
Authorized User The virtualmountpoint option defines a virtual mount point for a file system if you want to consider files for backup that begin with a specific directory within that file system. Using the virtualmountpoint option to identify a directory within a file system provides a direct path to the files you want to back up, saving processing time. It is more efficient to define a virtual mount point within a file system than it is to define that file system using the domain option, and then to use the exclude option in your include-exclude options list to exclude the files that you do not want to back up. Use the virtualmountpoint option to define virtual mount points for multiple file systems, for local and remote file systems, and to define more than one virtual mount point within the same file system. Virtual mount points cannot be used in a file system handled by automounter. Note: If the directory that you want to specify as a virtual mount point is a symbolic link, set the followsymbolic option to Yes. If that option is set to no (the default), you are not permitted to use a symbolic link as a virtual mount point. Also, if you back up a file system, then add a virtualmountpoint, and then do another incremental on the file system, the files and directories in the virtualmountpoint directory will be expired, because they are logically contained within the virtualmountpoint directory and not the file system. After you define a virtual mount point, you can specify the path and directory name with the domain option in either the default client options file or on the incremental command to include it for incremental backup services. When you perform a backup or archive using the virtualmountpoint option, the query filespace command will list the virtual mount point in its response along with other file systems. Generally, directories that you define as virtual mount points are treated as actual file systems and require that the virtualmountpoint option is specified in the dsm.sys file to restore or retrieve the data. Note: When you specify a virtualmountpoint option, the path that it specifies is added to the default backup domain (domain ALL-LOCAL). The virtualmountpoint path is always considered a local mount point regardless of the real file system type it points to.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX clients. The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file.

Syntax

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Parameters
directory Specifies the path and directory name for the directory you want to use as the virtual mount point for a file system. You cannot use wildcard characters in either the path or directory names. Define only one virtual mount point with each virtualmountpoint option that you include in your client system options file. Use the virtualmountpoint option as many times as necessary to define all of the virtual mount points that you want to use.

Examples
Options file:
virtualmountpoint /afs/xyzcorp.com/home/ellen virtualmountpoint /afs/xyzcorp.com/home/ellen/test/data

Command line: Does not apply.

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Virtualnodename
The virtualnodename option specifies the node name of your workstation when you want to restore or retrieve files to a different workstation. When you use the virtualnodename option in your client user options file, or with a command: v You must specify the name you specified with the nodename option in your client system options file (dsm.sys). This name should be different from the name returned by the hostname command on your workstation. v Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for the password assigned to the node you specify, if a password is required. If you enter the correct password, you have access to all backups and archives that originated from the specified node. When connecting to a server, the client must identity itself to the server. This login identification is determined in the following ways: v If the nodename and virtualnodename options are not specified, or a virtual node name is not specified on the command line, the default login ID is the name returned by the hostname command. v If the nodename option is specified, the name specified with the nodename option overrides the name returned by the hostname command. v If the virtualnodename option is specified, or a virtual node name is specified on a command line, it cannot be the same name as the name returned by the hostname command. When the virtual node name is accepted by the server, a password is required (assuming authentication is on), even if the passwordaccess option is generate. Once a connection to the server is established, then access is permitted to any file backed up using this login ID. | | | | For the Java GUI, the virtualnodename option will only work if you are root user. If you need to use the virtualnodename option with a non-root user account, please use the command line client (or native GUI, for platforms that still have one).

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax
VIRTUALNodename nodename

Parameters
nodename Specifies a 1- to 64-character name that identifies the node for which you want to request Tivoli Storage Manager services. There is no default.

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Examples
Options file: virtualnodename cougar Command line: -virtualn=banshee This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode.

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Wasexphome
To back up the WebSphere Application Server-Express, use the wasexphome option to specify the fully qualified installation path of the WebSphere Application Server-Express. Ensure that the washome option is not set.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, Solaris, and Linux x86/x86_64 clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax
WASExpHome pathvalue

Parameters
pathvalue Specifies the fully qualified path of the home directory of the WebSphere Application Server - Express. If the path contains spaces, enclose the path in double quotes.

Examples
Options file: wasexphome /usr/mywas/Express

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Washome
Use the washome option in your client user options file (dsm.opt) to specify an override base install path for the Application Server. You can use this option if your entire WebSphere installation is corrupted and must be reinstalled, or you are installing WAS on a new machine. See WAS instance restore procedures on page 481 for more information. If you do not specify a value for this option, Tivoli Storage Manager uses the default installation path. If there are multiple installations of the Application Server on the same machine, use a different options file for each installation with the proper path to the installation directory.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, Solaris, and Linux x86/x86_64 clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax
WASHOMe pathvalue

Parameters
pathvalue Specifies the fully qualified path of the home directory of the WebSphere Application Server installation. This value is the path of the directory where the configuration information and properties reside. If the path contains spaces, enclose the path in double quotes.

Examples
Options file: washome /usr/mywas/appserver

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Wasndhome
Use the wasndhome option in your client user options file (dsm.opt) to specify an override base install path for the Network Deployment Manager. You can use this option if your entire WebSphere installation is corrupted and must be reinstalled, or you are installing WAS on a new machine. See WAS instance restore procedures on page 481 for more information. If you do not specify a value for this option, Tivoli Storage Manager uses the default installation path. If there are multiple installations of the Network Deployment Manager on the same machine, use a different options file for each installation with the proper path to the installation directory.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, Solaris, and Linux x86/x86_64 clients clients.

Options File
Place this option in the client user options file (dsm.opt).

Syntax
WASNDHome pathvalue

Parameters
pathvalue Specifies the fully qualified path of the home directory of the Network Deployment Manager installation. This value is the path of the directory where the configuration information and properties reside. If the path contains spaces, enclose the path in double quotes.

Examples
Options file: wasndhome /usr/mywas/DeploymentManager

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Wasnode
Use the wasnode option with the set waspassword command to specify the WAS node name when performing the operation on the WAS Network Deployment Manager or Application Server.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, Solaris, and Linux x86/x86_64 clients.

Syntax
WASNode = nodename

Parameters
nodename Specifies the WAS node name when performing the operation on the WAS Network Deployment Manager or Application Server.

Examples
Command line: backup was -wasnode=ednode -wastype=app

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Wastype
Use the wastype option with the backup was, query was, or restore was, or set waspassword commands to perform the operation on the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration information), the Application Server, or both.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, Solaris, and Linux x86/x86_64 clients clients.

Syntax
ND WASType = APP ANY LOCAL

Parameters
ND Specifies that you want to perform the operation on the Network Deployment Manager (ND) associated with the node name that you specify. This is the default for the backup was and restore was commands. APP Specifies that you want to perform the operation on the Application Server (APP) associated with the node name that you specify. ANY Specifies that you want to query all backups of Network Deployment Manager and Application Server associated with the node name that you specify, including instances of ND and APP. This parameter is valid for the query was command only, and is the default. LOCAL Specifies that you want to query all the of the Application Servers, Network Deployment Manager, and their instances on your local machine. This parameter displays the instance name, hostname, soap port information, installed path, the type of the WAS (ND or APP), and whether security is enabled. This parameter is valid for the query was command only.

Examples
Command line: dsmc query was -wastype=local

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Wasuser
If WAS security is enabled, use the wasuser option with the set waspassword command to set the WAS user name for each installation of WAS on your machine.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for AIX, Solaris, and Linux x86/x86_64 clients clients.

Syntax
WASuser = username

Parameters
username Specifies the WAS user name when performing the operation on the WAS Network Deployment Manager or Application Server.

Examples
Command line: dsmc set waspassword -wasnode=wasnode -wastype=app -wasuser=ed

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Webports
The webports option enables the use of the Web client outside a firewall by specifying the TCP/IP port number used by the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Acceptor daemon and Web Client Agent service for communications with the Web client. Values for both the Client Acceptor daemon and the Web Client Agent service are required. If you do not specify this option, the default value, zero (0), is used for both ports. This causes TCP/IP to randomly assign a free port number for the Client Acceptor daemon and the Web Client Agent service. Note: The Tivoli Storage Manager client API does not support this option.

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Options File
Place this option in the dsm.sys file within a server stanza. You can set this option on the Web Client category, WEB Ports fields of the Preferences editor.

Syntax
WEBPorts cadport agentport

Parameters
cadport Specifies the required Tivoli Storage Manager Client Acceptor daemon port number. The range of values is 1000 through 32767. If a value is not specified, the default, zero (0), causes TCP/IP to randomly assign a free port number. agentport Specifies the required Tivoli Storage Manager Web client agent service port number. The range of values is 1000 through 32767. If a value is not specified, the default, zero (0), causes TCP/IP to randomly assign a free port number.

Examples
Options file: webports 2123 2124 Command line:
Does not apply.

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Tivoli Storage Manager provides a command line interface (CLI) that you can use as an alternative to the graphical user interface (GUI). This chapter describes how to start or end a client command session and how to enter commands. Table 64 shows a list of tasks related to entering commands.
Table 64. Entering commands Task Starting and ending a client command session Entering client commands Remembering previous commands Using wildcard characters Page 395 397 399 400

Table 65 provides an alphabetical list of the commands, a brief description, and where to locate more information.
Table 65. Commands Command archive backup group Description Archives files from a workstation to Tivoli Storage Manager storage. Creates and backs up a group containing a list of files from one or more file space origins to a virtual file space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. Creates an image backup of one or more file systems or logical volumes that you specify. Creates an image backup of one or more file systems belonging to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) file server. Backs up the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration information) or the Application Server to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. Displays a list of current NAS (if NDMP support is enabled) image backup and restore processes for which the administrative user has authority. Displays a list of restartable restore sessions from which you can select one to cancel. Deletes authorization rules for files or images that are stored on the server. Deletes archived files from Tivoli Storage Manager server storage. Deletes active and inactive backup files from Tivoli Storage Manager server storage. Deletes file spaces in Tivoli Storage Manager server storage. Page 402 404

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Table 65. Commands (continued) Command query systeminfo Description Gathers Tivoli Storage Manager system information and outputs this information to a file or the console. Displays backups of the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration information) or the Application Server that match the node name and type of the WAS group backup that you specify. Displays a list of restartable restore sessions from which you can one to restart. Restores copies of backup versions of your files from a Tivoli Storage Manager server. Restores a backup set from the Tivoli Storage Manager server or a local file. You can also restore a backup from a tape device. Restores specific members or all members of a group backup. Restores a file system or raw volume image backup. Restores the image of a file system belonging to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) file server. Restores the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration information) or the Application Server from the Tivoli Storage Manager server. Retrieves copies of archived files from the Tivoli Storage Manager server. Starts the client scheduler on the workstation. Backs up selected files. Authorizes another user to access your backup versions, archived copies, or image backupsbackup or archive data. Allows you to specify the circumstances for when archived data is deleted. Changes the Tivoli Storage Manager password for your workstation. When WAS security is enabled, this command allows you to set your WebSphere node name, user name, and password for the WAS Network Deployment Manager or the Application Server. Page 462

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Starting and ending a client command session

You can start or end a client command session in either batch mode or interactive mode. Use batch mode when you want to enter a single client command. Tivoli Storage Manager processes the command and returns to the shell command prompt.
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Use interactive mode when you want to enter a series of commands. Since Tivoli Storage Manager establishes connection to the server only once for interactive mode, a series of commands can be processed more quickly. Tivoli Storage Manager processes the commands and returns to the tsm> prompt.

Process commands in batch mode

| | | | | | | | | | | | | Some options are valid only on the initial command line and not in interactive mode. These options generally affect the operation of the entire session. For example, the command dsmc query session -errorlogname=myerror.log is accepted and it does name the error log. However, it is accepted simply because it appears in the initial command, even though the option is not valid for the query command. There are also some options that are always valid on the initial command line as well as on individual commands in interactive mode. Therefore, certain options are accepted on the initial command line even though they have no effect on the command being entered. For example, dsmc query session -subdir=yes is a valid command, but in this case the -subdir option has no effect on the command that was entered. Refer to Chapter 9, Using processing options, on page 169 for the option that you are using to see if it is valid only on the initial command line. When you enter a single command in batch mode, precede it with the executable program name, dsmc. Tivoli Storage Manager processes the command and returns to the shell command prompt. For example, to process the incremental command in batch mode, you would enter:
dsmc incremental

Tivoli Storage Manager prompts you each time you enter a command if the passwordaccess option is set to prompt and authentication on the server is set to On. Type your password and press Enter. You can also enter your password using the password option with a command, but your password appears on the screen. For example, if your password is secret, enter:
dsmc incremental password=secret

If you set the passwordaccess option to generate in your dsm.opt file, you do not need to specify the password with the command. Tivoli Storage Manager only prompts you for your password if you are registering your workstation with a server or manually changing your password.

Process commands in interactive mode

Use the interactive mode (or loop mode) to enter a series of commands. Enter dsmc on the command line and press Enter. When the tsm> command prompt appears, type the command name and press Enter. Do not precede each command with the executable program name, dsmc. Alternatively, you can enter dsmc loop on the command line to start a client command session in interactive mode. Loop is the default command for dsmc. If a password is required, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts you before you enter the first command. Type your user ID and password and press Enter. You can also enter your password using the password option with the loop command, but your password appears on the screen. For example, if your password is secret, enter:
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To end an interactive session, enter quit at the prompt. Notes: 1. In loop mode, following a restore operation directly from tape, the mount point is not released in case additional restore requests are made to that volume. If you request a backup operation in the same session and that mount point is the only one available, the backup operation will stop with the following message:
Waiting for mount of offline media

In this case, the mount point is not released until one of the following conditions is met: v The device class MOUNTRETENTION limit is satisfied. v The client idletimeout period is satisfied. v The dsmc loop session is closed after the restore operation completes, allowing you to start a subsequent loop mode session to perform the backup operation. 2. In interactive mode, you cannot enter a file specification that contains national language characters. If a command contains national characters, process the command in batch mode by preceding the command with the executable program name, dsmc.

Entering client commands

A client command can include one or more of these components: v Command name v Options v Parameters The sections that follow describe each of these components.

Command name
The first part of a command is the command name. The command name consists of a single word, such as help or schedule, or an action word and an object for that action, such as query archive. Enter the full command name, or its minimum abbreviation. For example, you can enter any of the following versions of the query schedule command:
query schedule q sc q sched query sc

Options
There are two groups of options that you can use with commands: v Client options: The group of options that are set in your client user options file (dsm.opt). To override an option in the client user options file (dsm.opt), enter the option with a command. For detailed information about client options, see Client options reference on page 194. v Client command options: Use this group of options with specific commands on the command line only. For detailed information about client command options, see Client options reference on page 194.

Options handling in interactive mode

In interactive mode, options you enter on the initial command line will override the value that you specified in your client user options file (dsm.opt) or dsm.sys
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file. This value remains in effect for the entire interactive session unless overridden by a different value on a given interactive command. For example, if you set the subdir option to yes in your client user options file (dsm.opt), and you specify -subdir=no on the initial command line, the -subdir=no setting remains in effect for the entire interactive session unless overridden by the -subdir=yes value on a given interactive command. However, the subdir=yes value specified within the interactive session only affects the command on which it is entered. When that command completes, the value reverts back to -subdir=no, the value at the beginning of the interactive session.

Parameters
Commands can have required parameters, optional parameters, or no parameters at all. Required parameters provide information to perform a task. The most commonly required parameter is a file specification. For example, if you want to archive a file named budget.fin from the /project directory, you would enter:
dsmc archive /project/budget.fin

Some commands have optional parameters. If you do not enter a value for an optional parameter, Tivoli Storage Manager uses the default value. For example, the restore command includes a required parameter, sourcefilespec, that specifies the path and file name in storage that you want to restore. The optional parameter, destinationfilespec, specifies the path and file name where you want to place the restored files. If you do not specify the destinationfilespec, by default Tivoli Storage Manager restores the files to the original source path. If you want to restore the files to a different directory, enter a value for destinationfilespec. For example, to restore the /project/budget.fin file to /newproj/newbudg.fin, enter:
dsmc restore /project/budget.fin /newproj/newbudg.fin

Enter parameters in the order indicated in the command syntax diagram.

File specification syntax

Use the following syntax rules when entering file specification parameters, such as filespec, sourcefilespec, and destinationfilespec: v Do not use national language characters within the Tivoli Storage Manager command line client interactive mode. If a file specification contains national characters, process the command in batch mode, preceding it with the executable program name dsmc. v If a file specification does not begin with a file space name (an opening directory delimiter), the file specification is assumed to be a subdirectory of the current working directory and Tivoli Storage Manager builds the fully qualified file specification. For example, if the current working directory is /home/me, then the destinationfilespec would be /home/me/mydir in the following command:
dsmc restore "/fs/dir1/*" mydir/

v The only command that accepts a simple file space name is the incremental command. The following example is valid:
dsmc i /fs

The following example is not valid:

dsmc sel /fs

v When entering the sourcefilespec, if the directory name ends with /, then /* is implied. When entering a destinationfilespec, if the name ends with /, then it is considered a directory, otherwise it is considered a file.

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The following example illustrates these two rules. Even though mydir and yourdir are directories, the command will fail because /* is implied after mydir, and yourdir is considered a file:
restore /home/mydir/ /away/yourdir

The following example illustrates the second rule. Even though mydir and yourdir are directories, the command will fail because mydir and yourdir are considered files:
restore /home/mydir /away/yourdir

v Do not use wildcards as part of the file space name or anywhere in the destinationfilespec. The one exception to this rule is the set access command where wildcards are permitted in the two lowest-levels of the file spec. For example, to allow access to all files in all directories in and below the /home directory, enter:
set access backup /home/* * * set access backup /home/*/* * *

Do not use wildcards for the directory path name, for example:
/home/j*asler/file1.c

v The maximum number of characters for a file name is 256. The maximum number of characters for a path name is 1024 characters. v The maximum number of file specifications per command: The Query commands can accept only one file specification. The restore and retrieve commands can accept a sourcefilespec and a destinationfilespec. Unless the removeoperandlimit option is used, there is a 20-operand limit on these commands. This is to prevent inadvertent use of wildcards, which get expanded by the shell command processor. Allowing the command processor to expand wildcards results in very inefficient processing by the Tivoli Storage Manager client. You can use the filelist option to process a list of files. The Tivoli Storage Manager client opens the file you specify with this option and processes the list of files within according to the specific command. See Filelist on page 250 for more information. Notes: 1. You can overcome these limitations by using the filelist option to process a list of files. The Tivoli Storage Manager client opens the file you specify with this option and processes the list of files within according to the specific command. See Filelist on page 250 for more information. 2. You can also use the removeoperandlimit option to specify that Tivoli Storage Manager removes the 20-operand limit for UNIX-family platforms. If you specify the removeoperandlimit option with the incremental, selective, or archive commands, the 20-operand limit is not enforced and is restricted only by available resources or other operating system limits. See Removeoperandlimit on page 324

Remembering previous commands

If you set the editor option to yes in your client options file (dsm.opt), Tivoli Storage Manager permits you to recall and edit as many as 20 previously entered commands by using the Up arrow and Down arrow keys. If you set the editor option to no, the feature to recall previous commands is not active. If the editor and command retrieve functions are not working on a specific workstation setting, you should turn off the editor option. For more information regarding the editor option, see Editor on page 234.
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Pressing the Up arrow key displays the previous command in memory. Pressing the Down arrow key displays the next command in memory. Table 66 lists other functions you can perform when you recall commands. Note: The following keys or key combinations are not guaranteed to work in all terminal applications. Depending on your applications specifics, they may not work at all or map to wrong commands.
Table 66. Command recall and edit functions Function Display the previous command in memory. Display the next command in memory. Move to the beginning of the command. Move to the end of the command. Move to the left. Move to the right. Move five spaces to the left. Move five spaces to the right. Move to the beginning of the previous word Move to the beginning of the next word. Delete a character to the right of the cursor. Delete a character to the left of the cursor. Insert a character. Erase to the end of the line. Finish or execute the command. Quit the program. End the program. Press Up arrow Down arrow Home End Left arrow Right arrow Tab left Tab right Ctrl-left arrow or CTRL-L Ctrl-right arrow or CTRL-R Delete Backspace Toggle the Insert key Ctrl-delete or Ctrl-D Enter F3 or Esc CTRL-C

Using wildcard characters

In a command, you can use wildcard characters in the file name or file extension only. You cannot use them to specify destination files, file systems, or directories. You cannot specify a directory whose name contains an asterisk (*) or a question mark (?). Tivoli Storage Manager recognizes these characters only as wildcard characters. Use wildcard characters when you want to specify multiple files with similar names in one command. Without wildcard characters, you must repeat the command for each file. Valid wildcard characters that you can use include: * ? Asterisk. Matches zero or more characters. Question mark. Matches any single character at the present position.

Table 67 shows examples of each wildcard.

Table 67. Wildcard characters Pattern Asterisk (*) ab* ab*rs ab, abb, abxxx abrs, abtrs, abrsrs a, b, aa, bb ars, aabrs, abrss Matches Does not match

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Table 67. Wildcard characters (continued) Pattern ab*ef*rs abcd.* Question Mark (?) ab? ab?rs ab?ef?rs ab??rs abc abfrs abdefjrs abcdrs, abzzrs ab, abab, abzzz abrs, abllrs abefrs, abdefrs, abefjrs abrs, abjrs, abkkkrs Matches abefrs, abefghrs abcd.c, abcd.txt Does not match abefr, abers abcd, abcdc, abcdtxt

Attention: Use an asterisk (*) instead of a question mark (?) as a wildcard character when trying to match a pattern on a multibyte code page, to avoid unexpected results. Note: In batch mode, you must enclose values containing wildcards in double quotes. For example:
dsmc selective "/home/me/*.c"

Because the shell expands unquoted wildcards, it is easy to exceed the 20 operand limit in batch mode. It is more efficient to let the client process wildcard file specifications because many fewer server interactions are needed to complete the task.

Entering commands
Follow the general rules below when you enter commands: v When you enter options with a command, always precede the option with a dash (). Do not put a space between the dash and the option name. v Enter more than one option in any order in a command before or after the file specification. Separate multiple options with a blank space.

Client commands reference

The following sections contain detailed information about each of the Tivoli Storage Manager commands. Information for each command includes: v A description of the command. v A syntax diagram of the command. The command name contains uppercase and lowercase characters. The uppercase characters indicate the minimum abbreviation you can use for the command name. See Reading syntax diagrams on page xiii for an explanation of these diagrams. v Detailed descriptions of the command parameters. If the parameter is a constant (a value that does not change), the minimum abbreviation appears in uppercase letters. v Examples of using the command.

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Archive
The archive command archives a single file, selected files, or all files in a directory and its subdirectories on a server. Archive files that you want to preserve in their current condition. To release storage space on your workstation, delete files as you archive them using the deletefiles option. Retrieve the archived files to your workstation whenever you need them again. See File system and ACL support on page 84 for supported file systems and ACL support.

Removing operand limits

You can use the removeoperandlimit option to specify that Tivoli Storage Manager removes the 20-operand limit for UNIX-family platforms. If you specify the removeoperandlimit option with the archive command, the 20-operand limit is not enforced and is restricted only by available resources or other operating system limits. See Removeoperandlimit on page 324

Associating a local snapshot with a server file space

Use the snapshotroot option with the archive command in conjunction with a third-party application that provides a snapshot of a logical volume, to associate the data on the local snapshot with the real file space data that is stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The snapshotroot option does not provide any facilities to take a volume snapshot, only to manage data created by a volume snapshot. See Snapshotroot on page 351 for more information.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax

Archive options

filespec filespec

Parameters
options
Table 68. Archive command: Related options Option archmc archsymlinkasfile changingretries compressalways compression deletefiles description dirsonly Where to use Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client system options file (dsm.sys) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. dsm.sys file within a server stanza or command line. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Page 195 196 201 210 211 218 219 223

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Table 68. Archive command: Related options (continued) filelist filesonly preservelastaccessdate removeoperandlimit snapshotroot subdir tapeprompt v2archive Command line only. Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only. Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only. 250 253 316 324 351 356 358 378

filespec Specifies path and name of the file you want to archive. You can use wildcards to specify groups of files or all the files in a directory. See Maximum file size for operations on page 86 for the maximum file size for archive processing.

Examples
Task Archive a single file named budget in the /home/proj1 directory. Command: archive /home/proj1/budget Task Archive all files in the /home/proj1 directory with a file extension of .txt. Command: archive "/home/proj1/*.txt" Task Archive all files in the directory tree headed by the /home directory. Command: archive -subdir=yes "/home/*" Task Assuming that you initiated a snapshot of the /usr file system and mounted the snapshot as /snapshot/day1, archive the /usr/dir1/sub1 directory tree from the local snapshot and manage it on the Tivoli Storage Manager server under the file space name /usr. Command: dsmc archive /usr/dir1/sub1/ -subdir=yes -snapshotroot=/snapshot/day1

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Backup Group
Authorized User Use the backup group command to create and back up a group containing a list of files from one or more file space origins to a virtual file space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. A group backup allows you to create a consistent point-in-time backup of a group of files that is managed as a single logical entity: v All objects in the group are assigned to the same management class. See Include options on page 269 for more information about using the include option to bind a group to a management class. v Existing exclude statements for any files in the group are ignored. v All objects in the group are exported together. v All objects in the group are expired together as specified in the management class. No objects in a group are expired until all other objects in the group are expired, even when another group they belong to gets expired. v If you are performing full and differential group backups to a sequential device, during a restore the data will be in no more than two locations. To optimize restore time, perform periodic full backups to back up the data to one location on the sequential media. v During a full group backup, all objects in the filelist are sent to the server. During a differential group backup, only data that has changed since the last full backup is sent to the server. Objects in the filelist that have not changed since the last full backup are assigned as members of the differential group backup. This data is not resent to the server, reducing backup time. The backup group command requires the following options: filelist Specifies a list of files to add to a new group. See Filelist on page 250 for more information. groupname Specifies the fully qualified name of the group containing a list of files. See Groupname on page 259 for more information. virtualfsname Specifies the name of the virtual file space for the group on which you want to perform the operation. See Virtualfsname on page 381 for more information. mode Specifies whether you want to back up all of the files in the filelist or only files that have changed since the last full backup. See Mode on page 291 for more information.

Notes: 1. If any file in the group backup fails, the entire group backup will fail. 2. Use the query group command to query members of a group backup on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. See Query Group on page 451 for more information. 3. Use the restore group command to restore specific members or all members of a group backup on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. See Restore Group on page 474 for more information.

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4. Use the delete group command to delete a specific group backup from the Tivoli Storage Manager server. See Delete Group on page 425 for more information. 5. Use the query filespace command to display virtual file space names for your node that are stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. See Query Filespace on page 449 for more information. 6. A group backup can be added to a backup set. See Restoring data from a backupset on page 130 for more information about backup sets.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Backup GRoup options

Parameters
options
Table 69. Backup Group command: Related options Option filelist groupname mode virtualfsname Where to use Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Page 250 259 291 381

Examples
Task Perform a full backup of all the files in the /home/dir1/filelist1 file to the virtual file space name /virtfs containing the group leader /home/group1 file. Command:
backup group -filelist=/home/dir1/filelist1 -groupname=group1 -virtualfsname=/virtfs -mode=full

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Backup Image
The backup image command creates an image backup of one or more volumes on your system. Notes: 1. For the Linux clients, image backup is only supported on partitions with id 0x83 or logical volumes created with the Linux Logical Volume Manager. Backing up other partitions, such as extended partitions that contain mounted file systems or database data, can produce inconsistent backup data if the data changes during the image backup operation. 2. The usage of GPFS snapshot, and image backup is not supported for GPFS file systems on Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER and Linux zSeries. 3. Image backup of the Sun QFS and IBM TotalStorage SAN File Systems is not supported. 4. The Tivoli Storage Manager API must be installed to use the backup image command. The Tivoli Storage Manager client must support the raw device type on the specific platform to perform an image backup of a raw device. You can only perform an image backup on local devices. Clustered devices or file systems as well as devices or file systems shared between two or more systems are not supported. If you want to perform an image backup for a file system mounted on a raw device, the raw device must be supported. See Volume device type support for an image backup on page 103 for specific information about supported devices for the backup image command. Use the include.image option to include a file system or logical volume for image backup, or to specify volume-specific options for image backup. The backup image command uses the compression option value specified in the dsm.sys. You can also specify the compression option with the backup image command.

Static, dynamic, and snapshot image backup

The traditional image backup prevents write access to the volume by other system applications during the operation. Use the imagetype=dynamic option to back up the volume as is without remounting it read-only. Corruption of the backup can occur if applications write to the volume while the backup is in progress. In this case, run fsck after a restore. For Linux x86/x86_64 clients only: Tivoli Storage Manager performs a snapshot image backup of file systems residing on a logical volume created by the Linux Logical Volume Manager during which the volume is available to other system applications. Snapshot image backup requires a Version 5.1 Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can use the imagetype option with the backup image command or the include.image option to specify whether to perform a static, dynamic, or snapshot image backup. See Imagetype on page 265 for more information. 1. A snapshot of the logical volume is taken. 2. Old data blocks containing changes made to the volume during the backup are saved into the cache files. 3. The cache files are backed up to the server and the changes are applied to the volume image when you restore the volume.

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The Linux Logical Volume Manager allows the creation of a snapshot of a logical volume while the logical volume itself is still online. The snapshot is created inside the same volume group as the source logical volume. You must ensure that the volume group provides enough free disk space to create the snapshot. The snapshot contains the old data blocks while the modified data is stored in the source logical volume. Use the snapshotcachesize option with the backup image command, in the dsm.opt file, or with the include.image option to specify an appropriate snapshot size so that all old data blocks can be stored while the image backup occurs. A snapshot size of 100 percent will ensure a valid snapshot. See Snapshotcachesize on page 350 for more information.

Utilizing image backup to perform file system incremental backup

There are two methods of utilizing image backups to perform efficient incremental backups of your file system. These backup methods allow you to perform point-in-time restore of your file systems and improve backup and restore performance. You can perform the backup only on formatted volumes; not on raw logical volumes. You can use one of the following methods to perform image backups of volumes with mounted file systems. Method 1 Using image backup with file system incremental: 1. Perform a full incremental backup of the file system, for example:
dsmc incremental /myfilesystem

2. Perform an image backup of the same file system, for example:

dsmc backup image /myfilesystem

3. Periodically, perform incremental backups, for example:

dsmc incremental /myfilesystem

You must follow these steps in the order shown to ensure that the server records additions and deletions accurately. 4. The following command restores the file system to its exact state as of the last incremental backup:
dsmc restore image /myfilesystem -incremental -deletefiles

During the restore, the client does the following: v Restores the most recent image on the server. v Deletes all of the files restored in the previous step which are inactive on the server. These are files which existed at the time of the image backup, but were subsequently deleted and recorded by a later incremental backup. v Restores new and changed files from the incremental backups. If you do not follow the steps exactly, two things can occur: v After the original image is restored, all files backed up with the incremental command are restored individually. v If you perform a backup image before performing an incremental, files deleted from the original image are not deleted from the final restored file system. Method 2 Using image backup with image incremental mode: 1. Perform an image backup of the same file system, for example:
dsmc backup image /myfilesystem

2. Perform an incremental image backup of the file system, for example:

dsmc backup image /myfilesystem -mode=incremental

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This sends only those files that were added or changed since the last image backup to the server. For more information, see Mode on page 291. 3. Periodically, perform full image backups, for example:
dsmc backup image /myfilesystem

4. Restore the image as follows:

dsmc restore image /myfilesystem -incremental

On restore, Tivoli Storage Manager ignores the deletefiles option when the image+image incremental technique of backing up has been used. The restore will include files that were deleted after the last full image backup plus the latest versions of files added or changed after the last image backup. Note: You should perform full image backups periodically in the following cases: v When a file system changes substantially (more than 40%), as indicated in step 3 of methods 1 and 2. v Once each month. v As appropriate for your environment. This will improve restore time because fewer changes are applied from incrementals. The following restrictions apply when using method 2: v The file system can have no previous full incremental backups produced by the incremental command. v Incremental-by-date image backup does not inactivate files on the server; therefore, when files are restored, none can be deleted. v If this is the first image backup for the file system, a full image backup is performed. v Using mode=incremental backs up only files with a changed date, not files with changed permissions. v If file systems are running at or near capacity, an out-of-space condition could result during the restore. To help you decide which method is appropriate for your environment, see Comparing methods 1 and 2 on page 106.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for AIX, HP-UX, all Linux clients, and Solaris.

Syntax

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Parameters
options
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mode snapshotcachesize

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filespec Specifies the name of one or more logical volumes. If you want to back up more than one file system, separate their names with spaces. Do not use pattern matching characters. If you do not specify a volume name, the logical volumes specified with the domain.image option will be processed. If you do not use the domain.image option to specify file systems to process, an error message is displayed and no image backup occurs. Specify the file space over which the logical volume is mounted or the logical volume name. If there is a file system configured in the system for a given volume, you cannot back up the volume with the device name. For example, if /dev/lv01 is mounted on /home you can issue backup image /home but backup image /dev/lv01 will fail with an error: ANS1063E Invalid path specified. For Sun systems: Specify either a file system name or a raw device name (block device type).

Examples
Task Back up the /home/test file space over which the logical volume is mounted and perform an image incremental backup that backs up only new and changed files after the last full image backup. Command: dsmc backup image /home/test -mode=incremental Task Perform a static image backup of the logical volume mounted at the /home directory. Command: dsmc backup image /home -imagetype=static Task Perform a snapshot image backup of the /home directory. Command: dsmc backup image /home -imagetype=snapshot Task Back up the /dev/lv01 raw logical volume. Command: dsmc backup image /dev/lv01

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Backup NAS
The backup nas command creates an image backup of one or more file systems belonging to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) file server. The NAS file server performs the outboard data movement. A server process starts in order to perform the backup. Use the nasnodename option to specify the node name for the NAS file server. When using an interactive command line session with a non-administrative ID, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for an administrator ID. The NAS node name identifies the NAS file server to the Tivoli Storage Manager server; the NAS node name must be registered at the server. Place the nasnodename option in your client system options file (dsm.sys). The value in the client system options file is the default, but can be overridden on the command line. See Nasnodename on page 294 for more information. Use the toc option with the backup nas command or the include.fs.nas option to specify whether Tivoli Storage Manager saves Table of Contents (TOC) information for each file system backup. See Toc on page 371 for more information. If you save TOC information, you can use the query toc server command to determine the contents of a file system backup in conjunction with the restore node server command to restore individual files or directory trees. You can also use the Tivoli Storage Manager Web client to examine the entire file system tree and select files and directories to restore. Creation of a TOC requires that you define the TOCDESTINATION attribute in the backup copy group for the management class to which this backup image is bound. Note that TOC creation requires additional processing, network resources, storage pool space, and possibly a mount point during the backup operation. If you do not save TOC information, you can still restore individual files or directory trees using the restore node server command, provided that you know the fully qualified name of each file or directory and the image in which that object was backed up. The toc option is only supported for images backed up by Version 5.2 or later client and server. Specifying MODE =differential on the backup node server command or the backup nas command where no full image exists, shows that a full backup was started. Using the query process server command shows that a full backup is in process. Use the mode option to specify whether to perform a full or differential NAS image backup. A full image backup backs up the entire file system. The default is a differential NAS image backup on files that change after the last full image backup. If an eligible full image backup does not exist, a full image backup is performed. If a full image exists, whether it is restorable, or expired and being maintained because of dependent differential images, specifying MODE =differential sends a differential image backup. If a full image is sent during a differential backup, it is reflected as a full image using the query nasbackup server command. The query nasbackup server command also displays NAS images that are restorable and will display full image or differential image as the object type. See Mode on page 291 for more information. Use the monitor option to specify whether you want to monitor a NAS file system image backup and display processing information on your screen. See Monitor on page 293. Use the monitor process command to display a list of all processes for which an administrative user ID has authority. The authorized administrative user ID should

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have at least client owner authority over both the NAS node and the client workstation node they are using either from command line or from the web. Use the cancel process command to stop NAS backup processing. For more information, see Cancel Process on page 415. Regardless of client platform, NAS file system specifications use the forward slash (/) separator, as in this example: /vol/vol0. v Regardless of client platform, NAS file system specifications use the forward slash (/) separator, as in this example: /vol/vol0. v NAS file system designations on the command line require brace delimiters {} around the file system names, such as: {/vol/vol0}.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only.

Syntax

Backup NAS options

filespec

Parameters
options
Table 71. Backup NAS command: Related options Option mode monitor nasnodename toc Where to use Command line only. Command line only. Client system options file (dsm.sys) or command line. Command line or with the include.fs.nas option in your dsm.sys file. Page 291 293 294 371

filespec Specifies the name of one or more file systems on the NAS file server. If you do not specify this parameter, Tivoli Storage Manager processes all of the file systems defined by the domain.nas option. For more information about this option, see Domain.nas on page 232. If you do not specify the filespec or the domain.nas option, the default all-nas value is used for domain.nas and all file systems on the NAS file server are backed up.

Examples
Task Perform the NAS image backup of the entire file system. Command: backup nas -mode=full -nasnodename=nas1 /vol/vol0 /vol/vol2 Task Perform the NAS image backup of the entire file server. Command: backup nas -nasnodename=nas1
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Perform the NAS image backup of the entire file system and save Table of Contents (TOC) information for the file system backup. Command: backup nas -mode=full -nasnodename=netappsj /vol/vol0 -toc=yes

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Root User The backup was command specifies whether to back up the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration information) or the Application Server (also contains setup, application files, and configuration information) to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can back up both the Network Deployment Manager and the Application Server using separate sessions. Notes: 1. If WAS security is enabled, user name and password validation for Data Protection for WebSphere Application Server is required. To avoid backup failure, you must use the set waspassword command to set the user name and password for each installation of WAS on your machine. You only need to perform this task once, unless you change your WAS user name or password. See Set Waspassword on page 496 for more information. To determine if WAS security is enabled, enter the following command:
dsmc query was -wast=local

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Tivoli Storage Manager displays the WAS security status under the Sec heading. Multiple backup sessions of the same node are not supported. Use the mode option to specify whether to perform a full (the default) or differential backup. See Mode on page 291 for more information. Use the wastype option to specify whether to back up the Network Deployment Manager (ND) or Application Server (APP) associated with the node name of the instance of WAS that you want to back up. The default is ND. See Wastype on page 390 for more information. Use the include option in your dsm.sys file to assign a management class to a WAS group backup. For example: v For the Network Deployment Manager: include /WAS_ND_NDNODE mgmtclass v For the Application Server: include /WAS_APPNODE mgmtclass WAS backups can also be added to a backup set. See Restoring data from a backupset on page 130 for more information about WAS backups.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for AIX, Solaris, and Linux x86/x86_64 clients.

Syntax
Backup WAs options nodename

Parameters
options
Table 72. Backup WAS command: Related options Option mode Where to use Command line only. Page 291

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nodename Specifies the node name of the instance of WAS to back up. This is a required parameter.

Examples
Task Back up the Network Deployment Manager associated with the node name wasnode. Command: backup was wasnode Task Back up the Application Server associated with the node name and instance ednode_instance1. Command: backup was ednode_instance1 -wastype=app Task Perform a differential backup of the Network Deployment Manager associated with the node name and instance ednode_instance2. Command: backup was ednode_instance2 -wastype=nd -mode=differential

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Cancel Process
The cancel process command displays a list of current NAS (if NDMP support is enabled) image backup and restore processes for which the administrative user has authority. From the list, the administrative user can select one process to cancel. Client owner privilege is sufficient authority to cancel the selected NAS image backup or restore processes. When using an interactive command line session with a non-administrative ID, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for an administrator ID.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only.

Syntax
Cancel Process

Parameters
There are no parameters for this command.

Examples
Task Cancel current NAS image backup or restore processes. Command: cancel process

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Cancel Restore
The cancel restore command displays a list of your restartable restore sessions in the server database. You can only cancel one restartable restore session at a time. Run the cancel restore command again to cancel additional restores. To restart restartable restore sessions, use the restart restore command. Use the cancel restore command when: v You cannot back up files affected by the restartable restore. v Restartable restore sessions lock the file space so that files cannot be moved off of the servers sequential volumes.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Cancel Restore

Parameters
There are no parameters for this command.

Examples
Task Cancel a restore operation. Command: cancel restore

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Delete Access
The delete access command deletes authorization rules for files or images that are stored on the server. When you delete an authorization rule, you revoke user access to any files or images specified by that rule.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Delete ACcess

Parameters
There are no parameters for this command.

Examples
Task Display a list of current authorization rules and select the rules you want to delete. Command: delete access See the following screen example:
Index Type Node Owner Path _____ _______ ____________________________________ 1 Backup NODE1 USER1 home/dev/proja/list/ 2 Archive NODE3 LUIE home/fin/budg/depta/ 3 Backup NODE4 USER2 home/plan/exp/deptc/ 4 Archive NODE5 USER2S home/mfg/invn/parta/ Enter Index of rule(s) to delete, or quit to cancel:

To delete the authorization rules that let luie and user2s access your files or images, type: 2 4 or (2,4) and press Enter.

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Delete Archive
The delete archive command deletes archived files from Tivoli Storage Manager server storage. Your administrator must give you authority to delete archived files. Attention: When you delete archived files, you cannot retrieve them. Verify that the files are obsolete before you delete them.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Delete ARchive options filespec filespec

Parameters
options
Table 73. Delete Archive command: Related options Option dateformat description filelist noprompt numberformat pick subdir tapeprompt timeformat Where to use Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line, Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Page 214 219 250 300 301 308 356 358 369

filespec Specifies the path and file name that you want to delete from storage. Use wildcard characters to specify a group of files or all files in a directory.

Examples
Task Delete a file named budget. Command: delete archive /user/home/proj1/budget Task Delete all files archived from the /user/home/proj1 directory with a file extension of .txt. Command: del arch "/user/home/proj1/*.txt" Task Delete files archived from the /user/project directory using the pick option to display a list of archive copies that match the file specification. From the list, you can select the versions to process. Command: delete archive "/user/project/*" -pick

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Task

Delete selected files from the group of files archived with the description Monthly Budgets 1999. Command: delete ar -description="Monthly Budgets 1999" -pick

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Delete Backup
The delete backup command deletes backup files from Tivoli Storage Manager server storage. Your administrator must give you authority to delete backup files. Attention: After you delete backup files, you cannot restore them. Verify that the backup files are no longer needed before you delete them. Tivoli Storage Manager will prompt whether you want to continue with the delete. If you specify yes, the specified backup files are immediately deleted and removed from Tivoli Storage Manager server storage.

Supported Clients
| | This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients, however objtype=image is not supported on z/OS.

Syntax
objtype=FILE Delete BAckup options deltype=ACTIVE deltype=INACTIVE ALL filespec filespec objtype=IMAGE

Parameters
options
Table 74. Delete Backup command: Related options Option description filelist fromdate fromtime noprompt pick pitdate pittime subdir tapeprompt timeformat todate totime Where to use Command line only. Command line only. Command line, and in GUI find function. Command line, and in GUI find function. Command line only. Command line only. Command line, and in GUI find function. Command line, and in GUI find function. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line, and in GUI find function. Command line, and in GUI find function. Page 219 250 250 250 300 308 250 250 356 358 369 250 250

deltype Specifies the deletion type. Specify one of the following values:

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ACTIVE Delete only active file objects. Directory objects are not deleted. This is the default. Note: If there are any inactive objects, then after the active object is deleted, the most current inactive object will be changed from inactive to active. To delete all versions of a file, first issue the delete backup command with -deltype=inactive, then issue the command again with -deltype=active. INACTIVE Delete only inactive file objects. Directory objects are not deleted. ALL Delete all active and inactive objects below a given directory, including all subdirectories and their files. Note: The parent directory of the deleted files and subdirectories is not deleted. filespec Specifies the path and file name that you want to delete from storage. When using -deltype=inactive or -deltype=active, use wildcard characters to specify a group of files or all files in a directory. When using -deltype=all, specify a fully-wildcarded directory. objtype Specifies the type of backup delete you want to perform. You can specify either of the following values: FILE Specifies that you want to delete directories and files. This is the default. IMAGE Specifies that you want to delete an image backup.

Examples
Task Delete all active and inactive file objects named budget in directory /data/plan/proj1. Commands: delete backup /data/plan/proj1/budget.jan -deltype=inactive delete backup /data/plan/proj1/budget.jan -deltype=active Note: To delete active and inactive file objects, you must first delete the inactive objects, followed by the active objects. Task Delete all inactive files with names ending in .txt backed up from the /data/plan/proj1 directory and its subdirectories. Command: delete backup "/data/plan/proj1/*.txt" -deltype=inactive -subdir=yes Task Delete selected active files backed up from the /home/marymb/project directory. Use the -pick option to display a list of backup copies that match the file specification. From the list, you can select which versions to delete. Command: delete backup "/home/marymb/project/*" -pick
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Task

Delete all active and inactive versions of files and subdirectories in the /home/storman/myproject directory. Then delete all active and inactive versions of the /user/myproject directory. Command: delete backup "/home/storman/myproject*" -deltype=all Note: The backup versions of directory object /home/storman/myproject are not deleted.

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Delete Filespace
Authorized User The delete filespace command deletes file spaces in Tivoli Storage Manager server storage. A file space is a logical space on the server that contains files or images you backed up or archived. Tivoli Storage Manager assigns a separate file space on the server for each workstation file system from which you back up or archive files. The file space name is the same as the file system name. When you enter the delete filespace command, a list of your file spaces is displayed. From this list, select the file space that you want to delete. Your administrator must give you authority to delete a file space. You need BACKDEL authority if the file space you want to delete contains backup versions, or ARCHDEL authority if the file space contains archive copies. If the file space contains both backup versions and archive copies, you need both types of authority.

Deleting NAS file spaces

You can use the delete filespace command to interactively delete NAS file spaces from server storage. Use the nasnodename option to identify the NAS file server. When using an interactive command line session with a non-administrative ID, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for an administrator ID. Place the nasnodename option in your client system options file (dsm.sys). The value in the client system options file is the default, but this value can be overridden on the command line. If the nasnodename option is not specified in the client system options file, you must specify this option on the command line when processing NAS file systems. See Nasnodename on page 294 for more information. Use the class option to specify the class of the file space to delete. To display a list of file spaces belonging to a NAS node so that you can choose one to delete, use the -class=nas option. See Class on page 202 for more information. To delete NAS file spaces using the Web client, see Chapter 4, Backing up your data, on page 79.

Deleting WebSphere Application Server (WAS) file spaces

Use the delete filespace command to delete a WAS file space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. Use the delete group command to delete WAS group backups on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. See Delete Group on page 425 for more information. Attention: When you delete a file space, you delete all backup versions and archive copies within that file space. When you delete a file space, you cannot restore the files or images. Verify that the files or images are obsolete before you delete them.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax

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Delete Filespace options

Parameters
options
Table 75. Delete Filespace command: Related options Option class detail nasnodename scrolllines scrollprompt Where to use Command line only. Command line only. Client system options file (dsm.sys) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Page 202 221 294 339 340

Examples
Task Delete a file space. Command: delete filespace Task Delete NAS file spaces from the dagordon NAS file server stored on the server. Command: delete filespace -nasnodename=dagordon -class=nas Task Delete WAS file spaces stored on the server. Command: delete filespace

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Delete Group
Authorized User Use the delete group command to delete a group backup on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can also delete WAS group backups using this command. After deleting a group, the group leader (virtualfsname) remains on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. It contains no members (file or directories) but is reported in a subsequent query filespace command. It will have no files listed if the showmembers option is added. Deleting a group does not remove the file space that it resides in because there might be other groups in it. Use delete filespace if you want to remove the file space and all the data it contains. Notes: 1. Use the inactive option to display both active and inactive group backup versions. By default, Tivoli Storage Manager only displays active versions. See Inactive on page 267 for more information. 2. Use the pick option to select a specific group to delete from the Tivoli Storage Manager server. See Pick on page 308 for more information. 3. Use the noprompt option if you want to suppress the confirmation prompt that normally appears before you delete a group backup version. By default, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts you for confirmation before deleting the group backup. Using this option can speed up the delete procedure. However, it also increases the danger of accidentally deleting a group backup version that you want to save. Use this option with caution. See Noprompt on page 300 for more information. 4. Use the query filespace command to display virtual file space names for your node that are stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. See Query Filespace on page 449 for more information.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Delete GRoup filespec options

Parameters
filespec Specifies the virtual file space name and the group name that you want to delete from the server storage. options
Table 76. Delete Group command: Related options Option inactive noprompt pick pitdate Where to use Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only.
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Examples
Task Delete the current active version of the /vfs/group1 group. Command:
delete group /vfs/group1

Task

Delete a backup version of the /vfs/group1 group from a list of active and inactive versions. Command:
delete group /vfs/group1 -inactive -pick

Task

Delete the current active APP/ND WAS group. Command: delete group /WAS_APPNODE/WASGROUP

Task

Delete a backup version of the WAS ND/APP group from a list of active and inactive versions. Command: delete group /WAS_ND_NDNODE/WASGROUP -inactive -pick

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Expire
The expire command inactivates the backup objects you specify in the file specification or with the filelist option. When working in interactive mode, a prompt notifies you before files are expired. The expire command does not remove workstation files. If you expire a file or directory that still exists on your workstation, the file or directory is backed up again during the next incremental backup unless you exclude the object from backup processing. If you expire a directory that contains active files, those files will not appear in a subsequent query from the GUI. However, these files will be displayed on the command line, if you specify the proper query with a wildcard character for the directory. Note: Because the expire command changes the servers picture of the client file system without actually changing the client file system, the expire command is not allowed on files located on a file system monitored by the Tivoli Storage Manager journaldaemon.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
EXPire options filespec

Parameters
options
Table 77. Expire command: Related options Option dateformat filelist noprompt numberformat pick timeformat Where to use Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only. Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Page 214 250 300 301 308 369

Note: If you specify filelist, then pick is ignored. filespec Specifies a path and a filename that you want to expire. You can enter only one file specification on this command. However, you can use wildcards to select a group of files or all the files in a directory. If you specify the filelist option, the filespec designation is ignored.

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Examples
Task | | Task Inactivate the letter1.txt file in the home directory. Command: expire "/home/letter1.txt" Inactivate all files in the /admin/mydir directory. Command: expire /admin/mydir/* Task Inactivate all files named in the /home/avi/filelist.txt file. Command: expire -filelist=/home/avi/filelist.txt

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Help
The help command displays a Table of Contents of help topics for the command line client. The topics include help for the following: v Summary of Changes v Using Commands v Using Processing Options v Glossary v Messages Enter the number of the topic that you want to view. If there is more than one screen of topics, scroll backward or forward through the list. To exit, type q and press Enter. Note: If you use the help command on the initial command line, no server contact is made and no password is needed.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Help

Parameters
There are no parameters for this command.

Examples
Task Display a list of help topics. Command: help

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Incremental
The incremental command backs up all new or changed files or directories in the default client domain or from file systems, directories, or files you specify, unless you exclude them from backup services. See File system and ACL support on page 84 for supported file systems support. To incrementally back up selected files or directories, enter a file specification in the command. If you do not enter a file specification, the default is to back up files or directories in the default domain. See Domain on page 227 for information on how to change which objects are included in the default domain. The following attributes in the management class assigned to the file or directory affect whether the data is actually backed up: Frequency The number of days that must elapse between successive backups for the file. The frequency attribute applies only to a full incremental backup. This management class attribute is ignored during a journal-based backup. Mode Permits you to back up only files that changed since the last backup (modified) or back up the files whether they changed or not (absolute). Serialization Permits or denies backup of files or directories according to the following values: v static: In order to be backed up, data must not be modified during backup or archive. v shared static: If data in the file or directory changes during each of the allowed attempts to back up or archive it, it is not backed up or archived. The value of the changingretries option determines how many attempts are made. The default is 4. v dynamic: The object is backed up or archived on the first attempt whether or not data changes during the process. v shared dynamic: The object is backed up or archived on the last attempt, even if data changes during the process. For more information on management classes, see Chapter 8, Understanding storage management policies, on page 157. Using the include option in an include-exclude list, you can override the default management class for a file or group of files. You can perform either a full incremental backup or an incremental by date backup. The default is a full incremental backup. If you are journaling a file system and the journal is valid, the full incremental backup performs a journal-based backup. More than one journal-based backup session can be started, but only one journal-based backup session can proceed. All other journal-based backup sessions that need access to the same filespace must wait until the current journal-based backup session has completed before the next session can proceed. See Journal-based backup on page 431 for more information. You can perform a full incremental backup without the journal by using the nojournal option. See Nojournal on page 299 for more information. You can also use the selective command to perform a selective backup that backs up only the files, directories or empty directories that you specify regardless of whether they have changed. For more information, see Selective on page 488.

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A full incremental backs up all files or directories that are new or have changed since the last incremental backup. During a full incremental backup, the client queries the server. Tivoli Storage Manager uses this information to: v Back up new files or directories. v Back up files or directories whose contents have changed. v Mark inactive backup versions on the server for files or directories that are deleted from the workstation. v Rebind backup versions to management classes if the management class assignments change.

Removing operand limits

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Journal-based backup
Journal-based backup is supported on the AIX Backup-Archive client, on JFS, JFS2, and VxFs filesystems. A backup for a particular file system is journal-based when the Tivoli Storage Manager journal daemon is installed and configured to journal the file system, and a valid journal has been established. If the journal daemon is installed and running, then by default the incremental command will perform a journal-based backup on file systems which are being monitored by the journal engine daemon. The following conditions must be met in order to successfully perform a journal-based backup: v The journal daemon must be set up to monitor the file system that contains the files and directories being backed up. v A full incremental backup must have been run successfully at least once on the file system being backed up. v The file space image of the file system at the server cannot have been modified by an administrative command since the last full incremental backup. v The storage management policy for the files being backed up cannot have been updated since the last full incremental backup. The journal daemon records changes to an object or its attributes in a journal database. During a journal-based backup, the client obtains a list of files that are eligible for backup from the journal database. Journal-based backup can increase backup performance because the client does not scan the local file system or contact the server to determine which files to process. Journal-based backup also reduces network traffic between the client and server Tivoli Storage Manager filters the list based on the current include-exclude list and processes, expires, and updates the resulting files according to policy constraints, such as serialization. However, the client ignores the server frequency attribute during a journal-based backup. The reason for this is because a journal-based backup eliminates the backup version query to the server; therefore, the client does not know how many days have transpired since the last backup of the file. The journal daemon does not record changes in UNIX special files. The journal daemon excludes specific system files from having changes recorded in the journal. Because changes to these files are not journaled, Tivoli Storage Manager does not back up these files. See the journal daemon configuration file tsmjbbd.ini located in the Tivoli Storage Manager installation directory for specific system files that are excluded.

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Notes: 1. Journal-based backup is supported on a Version 5.2 or higher Tivoli Storage Manager server. 2. When using anti-virus software, there are limitations to journal-based backup. 3. A journal-based backup might not fall back to the traditional incremental backup if the policy domain of your node is changed on the server. This depends on when the policy set within the domain was last updated and the date of the last incremental backup. In this case, you must force a full traditional incremental backup to rebind the files to the new domain. Use the nojournal option with the incremental command to specify that you want to perform a traditional full incremental backup, instead of the default journal-based backup. Considerations: Under the following conditions, the journal database is considered invalid and the client reverts to the traditional full incremental backup: v A journaled file space name has changed. v The client node name has changed. v The client contacts a different server to do the backup. v Policy changes have occurred (new policy set activation). v The journal is corrupt (out of space conditions, disk error). v The journal is not running. Journal-based backup differs from the traditional full incremental backup in the following ways: v Tivoli Storage Manager does not enforce non-default copy frequencies (other than 0). v Changes to UNIX special files are not detected. You can use the nojournal option with the incremental command to perform a traditional full incremental backup instead of the default journal-based backup. See Nojournal on page 299 for more information.

Incremental-by-Date
An incremental-by-date backup backs up new and changed files with a modification date later than the date of the last incremental backup stored at the server, unless the files are excluded from backup by an exclude statement. If an incremental-by-date is performed on only part of a file system, the date of the last full incremental is not updated, and the next incremental-by-date will back up these files again. Changes to the access control lists (ACL) or Extended Attributes do not cause the files to be backed up during an incremental-by-date. Use the query filespace command to determine the date and time of the last incremental backup of the entire file system. To perform an incremental-by-date backup, use the incrbydate option with the incremental command. Unlike a full incremental, an incremental-by-date does not maintain current server storage of all your workstation files because: v It does not expire backup versions of files that are deleted from the workstation. v It does not rebind backup versions to a new management class if the management class has changed. v It does not back up files with attributes that have changed, unless the modification dates and times have also changed. v It ignores the copy group frequency attribute of management classes.

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For these reasons, if you have limited time during the week to perform backups, but extra time on the weekends, you can perform an incremental-by-date backup on weekdays and a full incremental backup on weekends to maintain current server storage of your workstation files. If the incremental command is retried because of a communication failure or session loss, the transfer statistics will display the number of bytes Tivoli Storage Manager attempted to transfer during all command attempts. Therefore, the statistics for bytes transferred might not match the file statistics, such as those for file size.

Associating a local snapshot with a server file space

Use the snapshotroot option with the incremental command in conjunction with a third-party application that provides a snapshot of a logical volume, to associate the data on the local snapshot with the real file space data that is stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The snapshotroot option does not provide any facilities to take a volume snapshot, only to manage data created by a volume snapshot. See Snapshotroot on page 351 for more information.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax

Incremental options filespec filespec

Parameters
options
Table 78. Incremental command: Related options Option changingretries compressalways compression dirsonly domain filelist filesonly incrbydate memoryefficientbackup Where to use dsm.sys file or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. dsm.sys file within a server stanza or command line. Command line only. dsm.sys file or the client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt), client system options file (dsm.sys), server, or command line. Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only. Page 201 210 211 223 227 250 253 274 289 299 316 324

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filespec Specifies the path and file name that you want to back up. Use wildcards to select a group of files or all the files in a directory. If you do not specify a file specification, the default domain or the domain specified as an option is backed up. See Maximum file size for operations on page 86 for the maximum file size for backup processing. If you specify a file system, all new and changed files are backed up. In addition, the last incremental date for the file space is updated on the server. If you specify a file or directory, the last incremental date is not updated. This means the file or directory might be backed up again if a later backup is performed using the incrbydate option. If you specify a file system, specify the file system without a trailing slash.

Examples
Task Run an incremental backup of the default client domain specified in your client user options file (dsm.opt). Command: Incremental Task Run an incremental backup for the /home, /usr, and /proj file systems. Command: Incremental /home /usr /proj Task Run an incremental backup for the /proj/test directory. Command: Incremental /proj/test/ Task Run an incremental-by-date backup for the /home file system. Command: Incremental -incrbydate /home Task Run an incremental backup of the abc file in the /fs/dir1 directory. Command: Incremental -subdir=yes /fs/dir1/abc Task Run an incremental backup of the directory object /fs/dir1, but not any of the files in the /fs/dir1 directory. Command: Incremental /fs/dir1 Task Run an incremental backup of the directory object /fs/dir1, all of the files in the /fs/dir1 directory, and all files and subdirectories under /fs/dir1. Command: Incremental -subdir=yes /fs/dir1/ Task Assuming that you initiated a snapshot of the /usr file system and mounted the snapshot as /snapshot/day1, run an incremental backup of all files and directories under the local snapshot and manage them on the Tivoli Storage Manager server under the file space name /usr . Command: dsmc inc /usr -snapshotroot=/snapshot/day1

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Loop
The loop command starts an interactive command line session that is maintained until you enter quit. If you are required to enter a password, you will be prompted for it before the loop mode prompt appears. Note: It is not possible to enter loop mode without a valid server contact. One of the consequences is that certain commands, such as restore backupset -location=file, will only be accepted on the initial command line when a valid server is not available. In an interactive command line session, it is unnecessary to precede each command name with dsmc and your password, if one is required. In interactive mode, options you enter on the initial command line will override the value that you specified in your client user options file (dsm.opt) or dsm.sys file. This value remains in effect for the entire interactive session unless overridden by a different value on a given interactive command. For example, if you set the subdir option to yes in your client user options file (dsm.opt), and you specify -subdir=no on the initial command line, the -subdir=no setting remains in effect for the entire interactive session unless overridden by the -subdir=yes value on a given interactive command. However, the subdir=yes value only affects the command it is entered on. When that command completes, the value reverts back to -subdir=no, the value at the beginning of the interactive session. You can enter all valid commands in interactive mode except the schedule and loop commands. There are some options that you cannot use in the interactive session created by the loop command and are identified in the option description by this statement: This option is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode. See Chapter 9, Using processing options, on page 169 for options that you cannot use in interactive mode. Notes: 1. In loop mode, following a restore operation directly from tape, the mount point is not released in case additional restore requests are made to that volume. If you request a backup operation in the same session and that mount point is the only one available, the backup operation will stop with the following message:
Waiting for mount of offline media

In this case, the mount point is not released until one of the following conditions is met: v The device class MOUNTRETENTION limit is satisfied. v The client idletimeout period is satisfied. v The dsmc loop session is closed after the restore operation completes, allowing you to start a subsequent loop mode session to perform the backup operation. 2. In interactive mode, you cannot enter a file specification that contains national language characters. If a command contains national characters, process the command in batch mode by preceding the command with the executable program name, dsmc.
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Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
LOOP

Parameters
There are no parameters for this command.

Examples
Task Start an interactive command line session. Command: dsmc At the tsm> prompt, enter a command. v Enter quit v Press the Escape key, and then enter QQ v If other commands fail, enter the following keystroke combination: "QQ".

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Macro
The macro command executes a series of commands that you specify in a macro file. By including the macro command within a macro file, you can nest as many as ten levels of commands. Comment lines are not supported within the macro file that you specify for the macro command.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
MAcro macroname

Parameters
macroname Specifies the fully qualified name of the file containing the commands.

Examples
The following is an example of how to use the macro command. Task Selectively back up files in the following directories: /devel/project/proja /devel/project/projb /devel/project/projc Command: macro backabc.mac where backabc.mac contains the following statements:
Selective /devel/project/proja/ Selective /devel/project/projb/ Selective /devel/project/projc/

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Monitor Process
The monitor process command displays a list of current NAS (if NDMP support is enabled) image backup and restore processes for which the administrative user has authority. The administrative user can then select one process to monitor. Client owner privilege is sufficient authority to monitor the selected NAS image backup or restore processes. When using an interactive command line session with a non-administrative ID, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for an administrator ID.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only.

Syntax
MONitor Process

Parameters
There are no parameters for this command.

Examples
Task Monitor current NAS image backup or restore processes. Command: monitor process

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Preview
The preview command simulates a backup or archive command without sending data to the server. The preview command generates a tab delineated text file that can be imported into a spreadsheet program. The preview contains information such as whether the file is excluded or included. If the file is excluded, the pattern, or reason, the file is excluded will be listed, along with the source for the pattern.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
PREview BackupArchive filespec -filter= ALL INCL EXCL

-filename=

yes no -console -traverse=

Parameters
BackupArchive Indicates whether to preview output from a selective backup or archive operation. filespec Specifies the path and file name that you want to back up. Use wildcard characters to select a group of files or all of the files in a directory. -filter Specifies the output to display included objects, excluded objects, or both. ALL Display output for included and excluded objects. This is the default.

INCLuded Display output for included objects only. EXCLuded Display output for excluded objects only. -filename= Specifies the filename in which to write the tab-delineated output. The default is dsmprev.txt. -console Output is written to the console, and the file. -traverse Preview the current directory and subdirectories. Yes No Preview the current directories and subdirectories. This is the default. Preview only the current directory, not subdirectories.

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Query Access
The query access command displays a list of users to whom you have given access to backup versions or archive copies of specific files. Tivoli Storage Manager displays a list of authorization rules that you defined with the set access command or with Node Access List on the graphical user interface (GUI) Utilities menu. The information includes: v Authority you gave a user to restore backup versions or retrieve archive copies. v The node name of the user to whom you gave authorization. v The ID of the user at that node to whom you gave authorization. v The files to which the user has access.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Query ACcess

Parameters
There are no parameters for this command.

Examples
Task Display a list of users who have access to your files. Command: query access

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Query Archive
The query archive command displays a list of your archived files and the following information about each file: v File size v Archive date v File specification v Expiration date v Archive description If you use the detail option with the query archive command, the client displays the following additional information: v Last modification date v Last access date

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Query ARchive options filespec filespec

Parameters
options
Table 79. Query Archive command: Related options Option dateformat description detail dirsonly filelist filesonly fromdate fromnode fromowner fromtime numberformat scrolllines scrollprompt subdir timeformat todate totime Where to use Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only. Command line only. Page 214 219 221 223 250 253 255 256 257 258 301 339 340 356 369 373 374

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characters to specify a group of files or all the files in a directory. If you use wildcard characters, enclose the file specification in double quotation marks. Specify an asterisk (*) to query all archived files in the current directory.

Examples
Task Display a list of all your archived files in the current working directory. Command: q archive "*" Task Display a list of all your archived files in the /devel directory and all of its subdirectories. Command: query archive "/devel/*" -subdir=yes Task Display a list of all your archived files in the current directory. Use the dateformat and timeformat options to reformat the dates and times. Command: q ar date=5 time=1 "*" Task Display a list of all your archived files in the current directory. Use the detail option to display the last modification date and the last access date of each file. Command: q ar -detail "*" Task Display a list of archived files in the /home/proj directory whose first four characters of the file name begin with proj. Command: q ar "/home/proj/proj*"

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Query Backup
| | | The query backup command displays a list of backup versions of your files stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server, or inside a backupset when a backupset is specified. File information includes the following: v File specification v File size v Backup date v Whether the file is active or inactive v The management class assigned to the file. Only the first ten characters of the management class name appear. If you use the detail option with the query backup command, the client displays the following additional information: v Last modification date v Last access date

Querying NAS file system images

You can use the query backup command to display information about file system images backed up for a NAS file server. Use the nasnodename option to identify the NAS file server to query. When using an interactive command line session with a non-administrative ID, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for an administrator ID. Place the nasnodename option in your client system options file (dsm.sys). The value in the client system options file is the default, but this value can be overridden on the command line. See Nasnodename on page 294 for more information. Use the class option to specify the class of the file space to query. To display a list of images belonging to a NAS node, use the -class=nas option. See Class on page 202 for more information.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
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Query Backup options filespec filespec BACKUPSetname= backupsetname

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LOCation=

server

Parameters
options
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location nasnodename numberformat pitdate pittime scrolllines scrollprompt subdir timeformat todate totime

filespec Specifies the path and file name that you want to query. Use wildcard characters to specify a group of files or all the files in a directory. If you use wildcard characters, enclose the file specification in double quotation marks. Specify an asterisk (*) to display information about backup versions for all of your files in the current directory. Do not use wild cards when you query NAS file system images with -class=nas option.

Examples
Task Display a list of all active and inactive backup versions of your files in the current directory. Command: query backup inactive "*" Task Display a list of all your backups in the current directory. Use the detail option to display the last modification date and the last access date of each file. Command: q backup -detail "*" Task Display a list of files that were backed up from the /home/proj directory with file names that begin with proj. Command: q b "/home/proj/proj*" Task Display a list of active and inactive backup file versions in the /home file system. Command: q b ina su=yes /home/
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Task

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Query Backupset
The query backupset command queries a backup set from a local file, tape device, or the Tivoli Storage Manager server. See Location on page 283 for information on specifying locally-resident backup sets. This command displays the backup set name, generation date, retention, and description.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients. Tape support is only available on AIX, Solaris, and HP-UX.

Syntax
Query BACKUPSET options BACKUPSetname = backupsetname bset filename tape device

server LOCation = file tape

Parameters
options
Table 81. Query Backupset command: Related options Option description location scrolllines scrollprompt Where to use Command line only. Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Page 219 283 339 340

BACKUPSetname= Specifies the name of the backup set on the server you want to query when -location=server is in effect. You can use wildcards to specify the backup set name. If you use wildcards or do not specify a backup set name, all backup sets that you own are displayed on the screen. When a backup set is created, the server assigns root as the owner of the backup set. When querying a backup set on the server, a non-root user will not see the backup set listed, even if they know the backup set name and use it in the query. backupsetname Specifies the name of the backup set. bset filename Specifies the name of the file containing the beginning of the backup set. The location option should be set to file. tape device Specifies the name of the tape device where the tape containing the start of the backup set is located. The location option should be set to tape.

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LOCation= Specifies where Tivoli Storage Manager searches for a backup set during a query or restore operation. Use this option to locate backup sets on the server or local files. Backup sets that are generated on the server can be used locally specifying the location option and either the file name of the file containing the start of the backup set, or the tape device where the tape containing the start of the backup set is located. server Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager searches for the backup set on the server. This is the default. file tape Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager searches for the backup set on a local file. Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager searches for the backup set on a local tape device.

Examples
Task Query a backup set called monthy_financial_data on the server. Command: query backupset -backupsetname=monthly_financial_data -loc=server Task Query the backup set in the weekly_budget_data.ost file in the budget directory. Command: dsmc query backupset -backupsetname="/home/budget/ weekly_budget_data.ost" -loc=file Task Query the backup set on the /dev/rmt0 tape device. Command: dsmc query backupset -backupsetname=/dev/rmt0 -loc=tape

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Query Filespace
| | | | | | | The query filespace command displays a list of file spaces for a node that are stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server, or inside a backupset when a backupset is specified. You can also specify a single file space name to query. A file space is a logical space on the server that contains files you backed up or archived. Tivoli Storage Manager assigns a separate file space on the server for each file system at your workstation from which you back up or archive files. The file space name is the same as the file system name.

Querying NAS file spaces

Use the nasnodename option to identify the NAS file server to query. When using an interactive command line session with a non-administrative ID, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for an administrator ID. Place the nasnodename option in your client system options file (dsm.sys). The value in the client system options file is the default, but this value can be overridden on the command line. If the nasnodename option is not specified in the client system options file, it must be specified on the command line when processing NAS file systems. See Nasnodename on page 294 for more information. Use the class option to specify the class of the object to query. To display a list of file spaces belonging to a NAS node, use the -class=nas option. See Class on page 202 for more information.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Query Filespace filespacename options

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BACKUPSetname= backupsetname LOCation=

server

Parameters
filespacename Specifies an optional character string which can include wildcards. Use this argument to specify a subset of file spaces. The default is to display all file spaces. options
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Examples
Task Display your file spaces. Command: query filespace Task Display your file spaces. Use the dateformat and timeformat options to reformat the dates and times. Command: query filespace date=5 time=4 Task Display the /home file space. Command: query filespace /home Task Display file space names that include the pattern smith. Command: query filespace "*smith*" Task Query a file space from the nas2 NAS file server. Command: query filespace -nasnodename=nas2 -class=nas

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Query Group
Authorized User Use the query group command to display information about a group backup and its members. Notes: 1. Use the pick option to display a list of groups from which you can select one group to query. 2. Use the showmembers option to display and select individual group members that you want to query. The showmembers option is not valid with the inactive option. If you want to display members of a group that are not currently active, use the pitdate and pittime options to specify the backup date and time of the member you want to query. 3. Use the query filespace command to display virtual file space names for your node that are stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. See Query Filespace on page 449 for more information. 4. If you perform a full and differential group backup, a query of this group using the -inactive option displays two active backups of the same name, one of type FULL and one of type DIFF. These backups inactivate any previous full and differential backups:
Size ---433 433 433 433 Backup Date ----------10/09/2002 14:40:07 10/10/2002 07:58:43 10/09/2002 14:39:58 10/09/2002 14:39:53 Mgmt Class A/I Type File ---------- --- ---- ---NOARCH A FULL VFS/GROUP1 NOARCH A DIFF VFS/GROUP1 NOARCH I FULL VFS/GROUP1 NOARCH I DIFF VFS/GROUP1

B B B B

If you query a group backup without the -inactive option, the query displays only the latest group backup, whether it is type FULL or type DIFF:
Size ---433 B Backup Date Mgmt Class A/I Type File -------------------- --- ---- ---10/10/2002 07:58:43 NOARCH A DIFF VFS/GROUP1

Supported Clients
This option is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Query GRoup filespec options

Parameters
options
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filespec Specifies the virtual file space name and the group name on the server that you want to query.

Examples
Task Display all the groups in the /vfs file space. Command:
query group /vfs/*

Task

Display active and inactive versions of the /vfs/group1 filespec. Command:

query group /vfs/group1 -inactive

Task

Display the /vfs/group1 filespec. Use the showmembers option to display a list of group members from which you can select one or more to query. Command:
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Query Image
| | | | | | | | | | | The query image command displays the following information about file system images that are stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server, or inside a backupset when a backupset is specified. v Image Size - This is the volume size which was backed up. v Stored Size - This is the actual image size stored on the server. The stored image on the Tivoli Storage Manager server is the same size as the volume capacity. v File system type v Backup date and time v Management class assigned to image backup v Whether the image backup is an active or inactive copy v The image name Note: The Tivoli Storage Manager API must be installed to use the query image command.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for AIX, HP-UX, all Linux clients, and Solaris.

Syntax
Query IMage options logicalvolumename filespacename

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server

Parameters
options
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logicalvolumename The name of a logical volume you want to query. You must specify the exact name of the image. You cannot use wildcards. The default is all active images (unless restricted by one or more options). filespacename Specifies the file system name that you want to query. Omitting logicalvolumename and filespacename causes all images to be displayed.

Examples
Task Display all backed up images. Command: q image Task Display all backed up images owned by kutras at node avalon. Command: query image -fromnode=avalon -fromowner=kutras Task Display active and inactive version of the /usr image. Command: q i /usr -inactive | | | Task Display all images that are contained within the backupset name weekly_backup_data.3214. Command: query image -backupsetname=weekly_backup_data.3214

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Query Inclexcl
The query inclexcl command displays a list of include-exclude statements in the order in which they are processed during backup and archive operations. The list displays the type of option, the scope of the option (archive, all, etc.), and the name of the source file. You can test the validity of patterns you wish to use in your include-exclude list before you actually insert them in your options file. See the test pattern explanation below.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Query INCLexcl test pattern

Parameters
test pattern Use for testing the validity of patterns you wish to use in your include-exclude list. When you use a test pattern with this command, the following occurs: v The internal include-exclude list is not displayed v The pattern is processed as if it had come from an include-exclude statement, including all the usual error checking v The pattern is displayed as it would appear in the include-exclude list If the test pattern has no errors, the compiled pattern result is the same as the test pattern.

Examples
Task Display a list of include-exclude statements. Command: query inclexcl Task Test the validity of this pattern: /.../?x?/*.log Command: query inclexcl /.../?x?/*.log Note: Some system files are excluded explicitly by Tivoli Storage Manager. You can use the query inclexcl command to display a list of these files.

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Query Mgmtclass
The query mgmtclass command displays information about the management classes available in your active policy set. Your administrator defines management classes that contain attributes controlling whether a file is eligible for backup or archive services. Management classes also determine how backups and archives are managed on the server. Your active policy set contains a default management class; it can contain any number of additional management classes. You can assign specific management classes to files using include options that are located in the client user options file (dsm.opt). If you do not assign a management class to a file, Tivoli Storage Manager uses the default management class. When you archive files, you can override the assigned management class by using the archmc option.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Query Mgmtclass options

Parameters
options
Table 85. Query Mgmtclass command: Related options Option detail fromnode Where to use Command line only. Command line only. Page 221 256

Examples
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Query Node
The query node command displays all the nodes for which an administrative user ID has authority to perform operations. The authorized administrative user ID should have at least client owner authority over the client workstation node they are using either from command line or from the web. When using an interactive command line session with a non-administrative ID, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for an administrator ID. Use the type option to specify the type of node to filter for. Valid values are nas, client, server, and any. The default is any. See Type on page 376 for more information.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only.

Syntax
Query Node options

Parameters
options
Table 86. Query Node command: Related options Option type scrolllines scrollprompt Where to use Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Page 376 339 340

Examples
Task Display all NAS nodes. Command: query node -type=nas

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Query Options
Use the query options command to display all or part of your options and their current settings relevant to the command line client.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Query Options options pattern

Parameters
pattern An optional character string which can include wildcards. Use this argument to specify a subset of options. The default is to display all options. options
Table 87. Query Options command: Related options Option scrolllines scrollprompt Where to use Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Page 339 340

Examples
Task Display all options and their values. Command: query options Task Display only options beginning with comm. Command: query options comm* Task Display the value of the replace option. Command: query options replace

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Query Restore
The query restore command displays a list of your restartable restore sessions in the server database. The list contains these fields: owner, replace, subdir, preservepath, source, and destination. A restartable restore session is created when a wildcard restore command fails because of network outage, client failure, server outage, or a similar problem. When such a failure occurs, the file space is locked on the server and its files cannot be moved off the servers sequential volumes. To unlock the file space, either restart the restore and allow it to complete (restart restore command), or cancel the restore (cancel restore command). Use query restore to determine if you have any restartable restore sessions and which file spaces are affected.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Query Restore

Parameters
There are no parameters for this command.

Examples
Task Display your restartable restore session in the server database. Command: query restore

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Query Schedule
The query schedule command displays the events scheduled for your node. Your administrator can set up schedules to perform automatic backups and archives for you. To plan your work, use this command to determine when the next scheduled events occur. The enhanced query schedule command on a Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 and above client reports new parameters. The query schedule command prior to Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.3 is referred to as classic. Refer to the Administrators Guide and Administrators Reference for your operating system for more information on the classic and enhanced commands.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Query SChedule

Parameters
There are no parameters for this command.

Examples
Task Display your scheduled events. Command: query schedule

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Query Session
The query session command displays information about your session, including the current node name, when the session was established, server information, and server connection information.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
Query SEssion

Parameters
There are no parameters for this command.

Examples
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Task A sample query session display with LAN-free enabled follows:
TSM Server Connection Information Server Name.............: Server Type.............: Server Version..........: Last Access Date........: Delete Backup Files.....: Delete Archive Files....: SERVER1 Windows Ver. 5, Rel. 3, Lev. 0.0 07/02/2004 12:45:02 "Yes" "Yes"

Task

Display your session information. Command: query session A sample query session display follows:
TSM Server Connection Information Server Name.............: Server Type.............: Server Version..........: Last Access Date........: Delete Backup Files.....: Delete Archive Files....: FIJI_0918GA AIX-RS/6000 Ver. 5, Rel. 1, Lev. 0.0 09/04/1999 15:09:40 "No" "Yes"

Node Name...............: EPSILON3 User Name...............: thompson

Node Name...............: GOETHE User Name...............: Storage Agent Name......: AVI_STA Storage Agent Type......: Windows Storage Agent Version...: Ver. 5, Rel. 2, Lev. 3.

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Query Systeminfo
Use the query systeminfo command to gather information on one or more of the following items and output this information to a file or the console: v DSMOPTFILE - The contents of dsm.opt file. v DSMSYSFILE - The contents of the dsm.sys file. v ENV - Environment variables. v ERRORLOG - The Tivoli Storage Manager error log file. v FILE - Attributes for the file name that you specify. v INCLEXCL - Compiles a list of include-exclude in the order in which they are processed during backup and archive operations. v OPTIONS - Compiled options. v OSINFO - Name and version of the client operating system (includes ULIMIT information for UNIX). v POLICY - Policy set dump. v SCHEDLOG - The contents of the Tivoli Storage Manager schedule log (usually dsmsched.log). v CLUSTER - AIX cluster information. v ENCRYPT - Available encryption methods. Notes: 1. Use the filename option to specify a file name in which to store the information gathered from the items you specify. If you do not specify a file name, by default the information is stored in the dsminfo.txt file. See Filename on page 252 for more information. 2. Use the console option if you want to output the information to the console. See Console on page 213 for more information. Note: This command is intended primarily as an aid for IBM support to assist in diagnosing problems, although users who are familiar with the concepts addressed by this information might also find it useful. If you use the console option, no special formatting of the output is performed to accommodate screen height or width. Therefore, the console output can be difficult to read due to length and line-wrapping. In this case, it is recommended that you use the filename option with the query systeminfo command to allow the output to be written to a file that can subsequently be submitted to IBM support.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax

Query SYSTEMInfo

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Parameters
item Specifies one or more items from which you want to gather information and output the information to the file name that you specify with the filename option or to the console. options
Table 88. Query Systeminfo command: Related options Option console filename Where to use Command line only. Command line only. Page 213 252

Examples
Task Gather and store the contents of the dsm.opt file and the Tivoli Storage Manager error log file in the tsminfo.txt file. Command: query systeminfo dsmoptfile errorlog -filename=tsminfo.txt

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Query WAS
Authorized User Use the query was command to display backups of the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration information) or the Application Server that match the node name and type of the WAS group backup that you specify. Use the wastype option to specify whether to query the Network Deployment Manager (ND), Application Server (APP), or both (ANY), that are associated with the node name of the instance of WAS that you want to query. The default is ANY. You can also set the wastype option to LOCAL to query all the instances of the Application server and Network Deployment Manager on your local machine. See Wastype on page 390 for more information.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for AIX, Solaris, and Linux x86/x86_64 clients clients.

Syntax
Query WAs options nodename

Parameters
options
Table 89. Query WAS command: Related options Option fromnode fromowner inactive pitdate pittime showmembers wastype Where to use Command line only. Command line only Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Page 256 257 267 309 310 347 390

nodename Specifies the node name of the group that you want to query. If you do not specify a node name, Tivoli Storage Manager queries all WAS backups.

Examples
Task Query all WAS backups (Network Deployment Manager and Application Server) on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. Command: query was -ina -wastype=any Task Query the group backups of the Network Deployment Manager associated with the node name wasnode. Use the showmembers option to display a list of group members from which you can select one or more to query. Command: query was wasnode -showmembers

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Restart Restore
The restart restore command displays a list of your restartable restore sessions in the server database. You can only restart one restartable restore session at a time. Run the restart restore command again to restart additional restores. The restarted restore uses the same options you used in the failed restore. The restarted restore continues from the point at which the restore previously failed. To cancel restartable restore sessions, use the cancel restore command. Use the restart restore command when: v Restartable restore sessions lock the file space at the server so that files cannot be moved off the servers sequential volumes. v You cannot back up files affected by the restartable restore. Options from the failed session supersede new or changed options for the restarted session.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
RESTArt Restore

Parameters
There are no parameters for this command.

Examples
Task Restart a restore. Command: restart restore

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Restore
| | | | | | | The restore command obtains copies of backup versions of your files from a Tivoli Storage Manager server, or inside a backupset when a backupset is specified. To restore files, specify the directories or selected files, or select the files from a list. Restore files to the directory from which you backed them up or to a different directory. Tivoli Storage Manager uses the preservepath option with the subtree value as the default for restoring files. For more information, see Preservepath on page 318. See File system and ACL support on page 84 for supported file systems. Note: On UNIX and Linux systems when a symbolic link is created its modification time is set to the current system time and cannot be changed. So, when restoring a symbolic link its modification date and time is set to the date and time of the restore, not to the date and time the link had when it was backed up. As a result, Tivoli Storage Manager will back up the symbolic link during the next incremental backup because its modification time changed since the last backup. If you set the subdir option to yes when restoring a specific path and file, Tivoli Storage Manager recursively restores all subdirectories under that path, and any instances of the specified file that exist under any of those subdirectories. When you restore an entire directory or directory tree, and you do not specify the inactive, latest, pick, todate, and fromdate options on the restore command, Tivoli Storage Manager tracks which objects are restored. If the restore process is interrupted for any reason, you can restart the restore at the point of interruption by entering the restart restore command. It is possible to create more than one restartable restore session. Restores are only restartable if the filespec is fully wildcarded. For example, for a restore which is restartable, enter:
dsmc rest /home/* -sub=yes

For a restore which is not restartable, enter:

dsmc rest "/Users/user1/file?.c" -sub=yes

Use the query restore command to display a list of your restartable restore sessions in the server database. Further backups of the file system cannot be performed unless the restartable restore completes using the restart restore command or is cancelled using the cancel restore command.
dsmc rest "/Users/user1/file?.c" -sub=yes

When you restore an entire directory or directory tree, and you do not specify the inactive, latest, pick, todate, and fromdate options on the restore command, Tivoli Storage Manager tracks which objects are restored. If the restore process is interrupted for any reason, you can restart the restore at the point of interruption by entering the restart restore command. It is possible to create more than one restartable restore session. Restores are only restartable if the filespec is fully wildcarded. For example, for a restore which is restartable, enter:
dsmc rest "/Users/user1/*" -sub=yes

For a restore which is not restartable, enter:

dsmc rest "/Users/user1/file?.c" -sub=yes

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Use the query restore command to display a list of your restartable restore sessions in the server database. Further backups of the file system cannot be performed unless the restartable restore completes using the restart restore command or is cancelled using the cancel restore command.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
FILE REStore options sourcefilespec sourcefilespec backupsetname bset filename tape device

BACKUPSetname= destinationfilespec

server LOCation= file tape

Parameters
file This parameter specifies that the source file specification is an explicit file name. This parameter is required when you restore a file name from the current path, when you do not specify a relative or absolute path, and when the file name conflicts with one of the reserved restore command keywords, such as restore backupset. options
Table 90. Restore command: Related options Option backupsetname dateformat dirsonly filelist filesonly followsymbolic fromdate fromnode fromowner fromtime ifnewer inactive latest location Where to use Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only.
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sourcefilespec Specifies the path and file name in storage that you want to restore. Use wildcard characters to specify a group of files or all the files in a directory. destinationfilespec Specifies the path and file name where you want to place the restored files. If you do not specify a destination, Tivoli Storage Manager restores the files to the original source path. v If the sourcefilespec names a single file, the destinationfilespec can be a file or a directory. If you are restoring a single file, you can optionally end the specification with a file name if you want to give the restored file a new name. v If the sourcefilespec is wildcarded or subdir=yes is specified, the destinationfilespec must be a directory and end with a directory delimiter (\). Note: If the destination path or any part of it does not exist, Tivoli Storage Manager will create it. Note: If you do not specify a destination, Tivoli Storage Manager determines whether the original file system can be reached. If the original file system cannot be reached, Tivoli Storage Manager will not restore the file. In this case, you can specify a different destination and retry the command.

Examples
Task Restore a single file named budget in the /Users/user1/Documents directory. Command: restore /home/devel/projecta/budget Task Restore a single file named budget which resides in the current directory. Command: restore file budget Task Restore all files with a file extension of .c from the /home/devel/projecta directory. Command: restore "/home/devel/projecta/*.c" Task Restore files in the /user/project directory. Use the pick and inactive options to select active and inactive backup versions.

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Command: restore "/user/project/*" -pick -inactive Task Restore all files from the /home/devel/projecta directory that end with the character .c to the /home/newdevel/projectn/projecta directory. If the projectn or the projectn/projecta directory does not exist, it is created. Command: restore "/home/devel/projecta/*.c" /home/newdevel/ projectn/ Task Restore all files in the /home/mydir directory to their state as of 1:00 PM on August 17, 2002. Command: restore -pitd=8/17/2002 -pitt=13:00:00 /home/mydir/ Task Restore all objects in the /home/myid/ directory. Since this restore is fully wildcarded, if the restore process is interrupted, a restartable restore session is created. Command: res /home/myid/* Task Restore files specified in the filelist to a different location. Command: res -filelist=/home/avi/restorelist.txt /home/NewRestoreLocation/

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Restore Backupset
The restore backupset command restores a backup set from the server, a local file, or a local tape device. Use the backupsetname and location options with the restore backupset command to specify where Tivoli Storage Manager searches for a backup set during the restore operation. See Location on page 283 for more information. If you are restoring a file space from a backup set to a system that did not perform the original backup, you might need to: v Specify a destination v Use the syntax below to specify the source file
dsmc restore backupset backupsetname -backupsetname=<backupsetname> -location=<server|tape|file> {/fsname}/* /destfs/ -subdir=yes

You can restore a group from a backup set with the following considerations: v You must set the subdir option to yes. v The sourcefilespec must be the virtual file space name , followed with a terminating directory delimiter. For example:
restore backupset mybackupset /virtfs/* /home/devel/projectb/ -backupsetname=mybackupset -loc=server -subdir=yes

The entire group, or groups in the virtual file space will be restored. You cannot restore a partial group by specifying a qualified source file space. v If you want to restore a local backup set, the virtual file space is not a known real file system on the local system, so the sourcefilespec must be enclosed in {} braces, followed with a terminating directory delimiter. For example:
restore backupset mybackupset {/virtfs}/* /home/devel/projectb/ -backupsetname=mybackupset -loc=file -subdir=yes

Considerations: v You must be a root user to restore an entire backup set from the server, otherwise only files you own are restored. v If you are unable to restore a backup set from portable media, check with your Tivoli Storage Manager administrator to ensure that the portable media was created on a device using a compatible format. v If you use the restore backupset command on the initial command line and you set the location option to tape or file, no attempt is made to contact the server. v There is no support in the API for the backup set format. Therefore, backup set data that was backed up via the API cannot be restored or used. v If the object you want to restore is part of a backup set generated on a node, and the node name is changed on the server, any backup set objects that were generated prior to the name change will not match the new node name. Ensure that the node name is the same as the node for which the backup set was generated.

Restoring backup sets in a SAN environment

You can restore backup sets in a storage area network (SAN) in the following ways: v If the backup set is on a SAN-attached storage device, specify the device using the filename parameter and use the location=tape option. Tivoli Storage Manager restores the backup set directly from the SAN-attached storage device, gaining high-speed restore performance.

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Note: You must ensure that the correct tape is mounted in the SAN-attached tape drive prior to issuing the restore command. The backup-archive client will not initiate a SCSI autochanger to mount the tape automatically. v If the backup set is not on local media or a SAN-attached storage device, you can specify the backup set using the backupsetname option. Use the location=server option to restore the backup set directly from the server via the LAN.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
REStore Backupset sourcefilespec destfilespec options

server BACKUPSetname = backupsetname bset filename tape device LOCation = file tape

Parameters
options
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BACKUPSetname= Specifies the name of the backup set on the server from which to perform a restore operation. You cannot use wildcard characters to specify the backup set name. Tivoli Storage Manager restores the backup set from the server via LAN. If the backup set contains files from several owners, the backup set itself will be owned by root, and non-root users will not see the backup set. In this case, non-root users can restore their files by obtaining the backup set name from the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator. backupsetname Specifies the name of the backup set on the server from which to perform a restore operation. The location option should be set to server. bset filename Specifies the name of the file containing the beginning of the backup set. The location option should be set to file.
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tape device Specifies the name of the tape device where the tape containing the start of the backup set is located. The location option should be set to tape. LOCation= Specifies where Tivoli Storage Manager searches for a backup set during a query or restore operation. Use this option to locate backup sets on the server or local files. Backup sets that are generated on the server can be used locally specifying the location option and either the file name of the file containing the start of the backup set, or the tape device where the tape containing the start of the backup set is located. server Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager restores the backup set on the server. This is the default. file tape Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager restores the backup set on a local file. Specifies that Tivoli Storage Manager searches for the backup set on a local tape device.

Examples
Task Restore a backup set called monthly_financial_data from the server. Command: dsmc restore backupset -backupsetname=monthly_financial_data -loc=server Task Restore the backup set contained in the weekly_budget_data.ost file in the budget directory. Command: dsmc restore backupset -backupsetname="/home/budget/ weekly_budget_data.ost" -loc=file Task Restore a backup set from the /dev/rmt0 device. Command: dsmc restore backupset "-backupsetname=/dev/rmt0" -loc=tape Task Restore a single file named budget.dev from the /dev/rmt0 device, to the original source path. Command: dsmc restore backupset /dev/rmt0 "/home/jones/budget.dev" -loc=tape Task Restore all files in the budget directory that contain a file extension of .txt from the tape(s) on the /dev/rmt0 device, to the original source path. Command: dsmc restore backupset "/home/budget/*.txt" -backupsetname=/dev/rmt0 -loc=tape Task Restore the backup set bset01.001 from the Tivoli Storage Manager server. Command: dsmc restore backupset -backupsetname=bset01.001 -loc=server Task Restore a group from the backup set mybackupset on the Tivoli Storage Manager server to the /home/devel/projectb directory. Command: dsmc restore backupset /virtfs/ /home/devel/projectb/ -backupsetname=mybackupset -loc=server -subdir=yes Task Restore a group from the local backup set mybackupset.ost to the /home/devel/projectb/ directory.

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Command: dsmc restore backupset {/virtfs}/ /home/devel/projectb/ -backupsetname=mybackupset.ost -loc=server -subdir=yes Task Restore the backup set contained in local file "/home/jones/bset01.file". Command: dsmc restore backupset -backupsetname="/home/jones/ bset01.file" -loc=file

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Restore Group
Authorized User Use the restore group command to restore specific members or all members of a group backup. Notes: 1. Use the pick option to display a list of groups from which you can select one group to restore. 2. Use the showmembers option with the pick option to display and restore one or more members of a group. In this case, you first select the group from which you want to restore specific members, then you select one or more group members to restore. 3. You can restore a group from a backup set. See Restore Backupset on page 470 for more information.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
restore group options sourcefilespec destinationfilespec

Parameters
options
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sourcefilespec Specifies the virtual file space name and the group name on the server that you want to restore. destinationfilespec Specifies the path where you want to place the group or one or more group members. If you do not specify a destination, the client restores the files to their original location.

Examples
Task Restore all members in the /virtfs/group1 group backup to their original location on the client machine. Command:
restore group /virtfs/group1

Task

Display all groups within the /virtfs virtual file space. Use the showmembers option to display a list of group members from which you can select one or more to restore. Command:
restore group /virtfs/* -pick -showmembers

Task

Display a list of groups within the /virtfs virtual file space from which you can select one or more groups to restore. Command:
restore group /virtfs/* -pick

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Restore Image
| | | | | | | The restore image command restores a file system or raw volume image that was backed up using the backup image command. The restore obtains the backup image from a Tivoli Storage Manager server, or inside a backupset when a backupset is specified. This command can restore an active base image, or a point-in-time base image, with associated incremental updates. Note: Using the incremental option with the restore image command to perform a dynamic image backup is not supported. You can use the verifyimage option with the restore image command to specify that you want to enable detection of bad sectors on the destination target volume. If bad sectors are detected on the target volume, Tivoli Storage Manager issues a warning message on the console and in the error log. See Verifyimage on page 380 for more information. If bad sectors are present on the target volume, you can use the imagetofile option with the restore image command to specify that you want to restore the source image to a file. Later, you can use a data copy utility of your choice to transfer the image from the file to a disk volume. See Imagetofile on page 264 for more information. Considerations: v The API must be installed to use the restore image command. v Image restore of the Sun QFS file system is not supported. v Image restore is not supported for GPFS file systems on Linux x86/x86_64, Linux on POWER and Linux zSeries. v If you use the pick option, the following information is displayed for file system images backed up by the client: Image Size Stored Size - This is the actual image size stored on the server. The stored image on the Tivoli Storage Manager server is the same size as the volume capacity. File system type Backup date and time Management class assigned to image backup Whether the image backup is an active or inactive copy The image name v If for some reason a restored image is corrupted, you can use the fsck tool to attempt to repair the image.

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Supported Clients
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REStore Image options sourcefilespec sourcefilespec

|
destinationfilespec

BACKUPSetname= backupsetname

|
LOCation=

server

Parameters
options
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backupsetname dateformat deletefiles fromnode fromowner imagetofile inactive incremental noprompt pick pitdate pittime timeformat verifyimage

sourcefilespec Specifies the name of a source image file system to be restored. Only a single source image can be specified; you cannot use wildcard characters. destinationfilespec Specifies the name of an existing mounted file system or the path and file name to which the source file system will be restored. The default is the original location of the file system. The restore image command does not define or mount the destination file space. The destination volume must exist, must be large enough to hold the source, and if it contains a file system, must be mounted. If an image backup contains a file system, and you restore them to a different location, be aware of the following points: v If the destination volume is smaller than the source volume, the operation will fail.

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v If the destination volume is larger than the source, after the restore operation you will lose the difference between the sizes. The lost space can be recovered by increasing the size of the volume. This will also increase the size of the restored volume.

Examples
Task Restore the /home/test directory over which the logical volume is mounted, to its original location. Command: dsmc rest image /home/test Task Restore the /home/proj directory over which the logical volume is mounted, to its original location and apply the changes from the last incremental backup of the original image recorded at the server. The changes include deletion of files. Command: dsmc restore image /home/proj -incremental -deletefiles Task Restore the /usr file system to its original location. Use the verifyimage option to enable detection of bad sectors on the target volume. Command: dsmc restore image /usr -verifyimage Task If bad sectors present on the target volume, use the imagetofile option to restore the /usr file system to the /home/usr.img file to avoid data corruption. Command: dsmc restore image /usr /home/usr.img -imagetofile

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Restore NAS
The restore nas command restores the image of a file system belonging to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) file server. The NAS file server performs the outboard data movement. A server process performs the restore. If you used the toc option with the backup nas command or the include.fs.nas option to save Table of Contents (TOC) information for each file system backup, you can use the query toc server command to determine the contents of a file system backup in conjunction with the restore node server command to restore individual files or directory trees. You can also use the Web client to examine the entire file system tree and select files and directories to restore. If you do not save TOC information, you can still restore individual files or directory trees using the restore node server command, provided that you know the fully qualified name of each file or directory and the image in which that object was backed up. Use the nasnodename option to specify the node name for the NAS file server. When using an interactive command line session with a non-administrative ID, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for an administrator ID. The NAS node name identifies the NAS file server to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. You must register the NAS node name at the server. Place the nasnodename option in your client system options file (dsm.sys). The value in the client system options file is the default, but this value can be overridden on the command line. See Nasnodename on page 294 for more information. You can use the pick option to display a list of NAS images owned by the NAS node you specify. From this list you can select one or more images to restore. If you select multiple images to restore using the pick option, do not use the monitor option or you will serialize the restores. To start multiple restore processes simultaneously when restoring multiple images, do not specify monitor=yes. Use the monitor option to specify whether you want to monitor a NAS file system image restore and display processing information on your screen. See Monitor on page 293. Use the monitor process command to display a list of current restore processes for all NAS nodes for which your administrative user ID has authority. The authorized administrative user ID should have at least client owner authority over both the NAS node and the client workstation node they are using either from command line or from the web. Use the cancel process command to stop NAS restore processing. For more information, see Cancel Process on page 415. Regardless of client platform, NAS file system specifications use the forward slash (/) separator, as in this example: /vol/vol0.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for AIX and Solaris clients only.

Syntax
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options
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sourcefilespec Specifies the name of the NAS file system image you want to restore. This parameter is required unless you use the pick option to display a list of NAS images from which to choose. You cannot use wildcard characters when specifying the sourcefilespec. destinationfilespec Specifies the name of an existing mounted file system on the NAS device over which you want to restore the image. This parameter is optional. The default is the original location of the file system on the NAS device.

Examples
Task Restore the NAS file system image /vol/vol1 to the /vol/vol2 file system on the NAS file server called nas1. Command: restore nas -nasnodename=nas1 /vol/vol1 /vol/vol2 Task Restore inactive NAS images. Command: restore nas -nasnodename=nas2 -pick -inactive

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Restore WAS
Root User The restore was command specifies whether to restore the WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration information) or the Application Server from the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The Application Server must be stopped for the restore to proceed. You can also restore the Network Deployment Manager, the Application Server, and their instances simultaneously in separate sessions. Use the wastype option to specify whether to restore the Network Deployment Manager (ND) or Application Server (APP) associated with the node name of the instance of WAS that you want to restore. The default is ND. See Wastype on page 390 for more information.

WAS instance restore procedures

You can use the following procedure if your entire WebSphere installation is corrupted and it must be reinstalled, or you are installing WAS on a new machine: 1. Install WAS on a machine with the same name and IP address as the machine on which the back up was performed. If you backed up a Network Deployment Manager on machine ebarton, the restore must also be performed on machine ebarton. Install the same type of WAS as the back up (either ND or APP). When installing, choose the same node and cell names as the backup. For example, if you backed up an ND with a cell name of EdCell and node name of EdNode then the new server must also use these names. Install to the same location in which the backup was performed. For example, if the backup was performed on an APP server installed at /home/WebSphere/App, the new server must also be installed at /home/WebSphere/App. After installation ensure that the server is stopped. Notes: a. You can use the washome option in your client user options file (dsm.opt) to specify an override base install path for the Application Server. See Washome on page 387 for more information. b. You can use the wasndhome option in your client user options file (dsm.opt) to specify an override base install path for the Network Deployment manager. See Wasndhome on page 388 for more information. 2. Restore the WAS node. 3. Start the server. 4. If the server is an ND, you can now attach any remote nodes. The ND and remote nodes will then synchronize. Use the following procedure to restore to the same existing instance of a server. This procedure assumes that there is a preexisting WAS installation that is running and has a backup stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server: 1. Stop the WAS server to be restored. 2. Restore the correct WAS node (same wastype and node name as the server that was stopped) to the same location. 3. Start the server. On an ND, the server will synchronize the restored data with the remote nodes since they are already connected.

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Notes: 1. For proper operation, the was node must be restored to same location and under same name. 2. WARNING! Restoring data other than at the group level can corrupt your WAS installation. It is strongly recommended that you restore data at the Network Deployment Manager node or Application Server node level only.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for AIX, Solaris, and Linux x86/x86_64 clients clients.

Syntax
REStore WAS options nodename

Parameters
options
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nodename Specifies the node name of the instance of WAS that you want to restore.

Examples
Task Restore the Network Deployment Manager associated with the node name wasnode. Use the pick option to restore a specific group backup. Use the showmembers option to display a list of group members from which you can select one or more to restore.

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Command: restore was wasnode -showmembers -pick Task Restore the Network Deployment Manager wasnode to the original location. Command: restore was wasnode -wastype=nd

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Retrieve
The retrieve command obtains copies of archived files from the Tivoli Storage Manager server. You can retrieve specific files or entire directories. Use the description option to specify the descriptions assigned to the files you want to retrieve. Use the pick option to display a list of your archives from which you can select an archive to retrieve. Retrieve the files to the same directory from which they were archived, or to a different directory. Tivoli Storage Manager uses the preservepath option with the subtree value as the default for restoring files. For more information, see Client options reference on page 194.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
RETrieve options sourcefilespec sourcefilespec destinationfilespec

Parameters
options
Table 96. Retrieve command: Related options Option dateformat description dirsonly filelist filesonly followsymbolic fromdate fromnode fromowner fromtime ifnewer pick preservepath replace subdir tapeprompt timeformat todate Where to use Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only. Command line only Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only Command line only. Command line only Command line only Command line only Command line only. Command line only. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Client user options file (dsm.opt) or command line. Command line only. Page 214 219 223 250 253 254 255 256 257 258 263 308 318 325 356 358 369 373

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Table 96. Retrieve command: Related options (continued) totime Command line only. 374

sourcefilespec Specifies the path and file name that you want to retrieve. Use wildcard characters to specify a group of files or all the files in a directory. See Maximum file size for operations on page 86 for the maximum file size for retrieve processing. destinationfilespec Specifies the path and file name where you want the files to reside. If you do not specify a destination, Tivoli Storage Manager restores the files to the original source path. Note: If you do not specify a destination, Tivoli Storage Manager determines whether the original file system can be reached. If the original file system cannot be reached, Tivoli Storage Manager will not restore the file. This failure can also occur if you remove the virtualmountpoint option from the dsm.sys file. In this case, you can specify a different destination or restore the original virtualmountpoint option to the dsm.sys file, restart the client, and retry the command.

Examples
Task Retrieve a single file named budget. Command: retrieve /home/devel/projecta/budget Task Retrieve all files with an extension of .c from the /home/devel/projecta directory. Command: retrieve "/home/devel/projecta/*.c" Task Retrieve all files in the /home directory. Command: retrieve /home/ Task Retrieve all files with a file extension of .c from the /home/devel/projecta directory to the /home/newdevel/projectn/projecta directory. If the /projectn or the /projectn/projecta directory does not exist, it is created. Command: retrieve "/home/devel/projecta/*.c" /home/newdevel/ projectn/ Task Retrieve files in the /user/project directory. Use the pick option. Command: ret "/user/project/*" -pick Task Retrieve all files archived from the /proj directory with the description 2002 survey results. Command: retrieve "/proj/*" -desc="2002 survey results" Task Retrieve archived file /home/devel/budget with description my budget to the /dev/rmt1 tape drive. Command:
mkfifo fifo dd if=fifo of=/dev/rmt1& dsmc retrieve -replace=yes -description="mybudget" /home/devel/budget fifo

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Schedule
Authorized User The schedule command starts the client scheduler on your workstation. The client scheduler must be running before scheduled work can start. Notes: 1. The schedule command cannot be used if the managedservices option is set to schedule. 2. This command is valid only on the initial command line. It is not valid in interactive mode or in a macro file. If the schedmode option is set to polling, the client scheduler contacts the server for scheduled events at the hourly interval you specified with the queryschedperiod option in your client user options file (dsm.opt). If your administrator sets the queryschedperiod option for all nodes, that setting overrides the client setting. If you are using TCP/IP communications, the server can prompt your workstation when it is time to run a scheduled event. To do so, set the schedmode option to prompted in the client user options file (dsm.opt) or on the schedule command. | | | You can use the sessioninitiation option with the schedule command to control whether the server or client initiates sessions through a firewall. See Sessioninitiation on page 344 for more information. After you start the client scheduler, it continues to run and to start scheduled events until you press Ctrl+C, stop the scheduler process with the UNIX kill command, start the workstation again, or turn off the workstation to end it. Note: You cannot enter this command in interactive mode.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
SCHedule options

Parameters
options
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Examples
Task For AIX: Start the scheduler at system bootup time by entering this command in the /etc/inittab file. Ensure the passwordaccess option is set to generate. Command: tsm::once:/usr/bin/dsmc sched > /dev/null 2>&1 #TSM Task Interactively start the scheduler and keep it running in the background. Command: nohup dsmc sched 2> /dev/null & When you run the schedule command, all messages regarding scheduled work are sent to the dsmsched.log file or to the file you specify with the schedlogname option in your client system options file (dsm.sys). If you do not specify a directory path with the file name in the schedlogname option, the dsmsched.logwill reside in the current working directory. file will reside in the default directory: Attention: To prevent log write failures and process termination in certain cases, set the DSM_LOG environment variable to name a directory where default permissions allow the required access.

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Selective
The selective command backs up files that you specify. If these files become damaged or lost, you can replace them with backup versions from the server. When you run a selective backup, all the files are candidates for back up unless you exclude them from backup, or they do not meet management class requirements for serialization. See File system and ACL support on page 84 for supported file systems. During a selective backup, copies of the files are sent to the server even if they did not change since the last backup. This might result in more than one copy of the same file on the server. If this occurs, you might not have as many different down-level versions of the file on the server as you intended. Your version limit might consist of identical files. To avoid this, use the incremental command to back up only new and changed files. You can selectively back up single files or directories. You can also use wildcard characters to back up groups of related files. If you set the subdir option to yes when backing up a specific path and file, Tivoli Storage Manager recursively backs up all subdirectories under that path, and any instances of the specified file that exist under any of those subdirectories. During a selective backup, a directory path might be backed up, even if the specific file that was targeted for backup is not found. For example:
selective "/dir1/dir2/bogus.txt"

still backs up dir1 and dir2 even if the file bogus.txt does not exist. If the selective command is retried because of a communication failure or session loss, the transfer statistics will display the number of bytes Tivoli Storage Manager attempts to transfer during all command attempts. Therefore, the statistics for bytes transferred might not match the file statistics, such as those for file size.

Removing operand limits

You can use the removeoperandlimit option to specify that Tivoli Storage Manager removes the 20-operand limit for UNIX-family platforms. If you specify the removeoperandlimit option with the selective command, the 20-operand limit is not enforced and is restricted only by available resources or other operating system limits. See Removeoperandlimit on page 324

Associating a local snapshot with a server file space

Use the snapshotroot option with the selective command in conjunction with a third-party application that provides a snapshot of a logical volume, to associate the data on the local snapshot with the real file space data that is stored on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. The snapshotroot option does not provide any facilities to take a volume snapshot, only to manage data created by a volume snapshot. See Snapshotroot on page 351 for more information.

Supported Clients
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Syntax

Selective options

filespec filespec

Parameters
options
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filespec Specifies the path and file name that you want to back up. Use wildcard characters to select a group of files or all the files in a directory. When backing up a file system, specify the file system with a trailing slash; for example: /home/.

Examples
Task Back up the proja file in the /home/devel directory. Command: selective /home/devel/proja Task Back up all files in the /home/devel directory whose file names begin with proj. Command: selective "/home/devel/proj*" Task Back up all files in the /home/devel directory whose file names begin with proj. Back up the single file named budget in the /user/home directory. Command: selective "/home/devel/proj*" /user/home/budget Task Back up the /home file system. Command: selective /home/ -subdir=yes Task Assuming that you initiated a snapshot of the /usr file system and mounted the snapshot as /snapshot/day1, run a selective backup of the

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Set Access
The set access command gives users at other nodes access to your backup versions, archived copies, or backup images. You can give another user access to a specific file or image, multiple files or images, or all files in a directory. When you give access to another user, that user can restore or retrieve your objects. Specify in the command whether you are giving access to archives or backups. Note: You cannot give access to both archives and backups using a single command.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
SET Access Archive Backup filespec image-fs node user

Parameters
Archive Permits access to archived files or images. Backup Permits access to backup versions of files or images. filespec Specifies the path, file, image, or directory to which your are giving access to another node or user. Use wildcard characters to specify a group of files or images, or all files in a directory; all objects in a directory branch; or all objects in a file system. Use a single asterisk * for the file spec to give access to all files or images owned by you and backed up on the server. When the command set access backup * node is entered, no check is made with the server; it is assumed you have at least one object backed up. If you give access to a branch of the current working directory, you only need to specify the branch. If you give access to objects that are not in a branch of the current working directory, you must specify the complete path. The file spec to which you gave access must have at least one backup version or archive copy object (file or directory) on the server. To specify all files in a named directory, enter /home/mine/proj1/* on the command line. To give access to all objects below a certain level, use an asterisk, directory delimiter, and an asterisk at the end of your file spec. For example, to give access to all objects below home/test, use file spec home/test/*/*. Attention: Use of the form /*/* alone will not give access to objects in the named directory; only those in directories below the named directory will be accessible. The rules are essentially the same when considering the root directory. Enter /* on one set access command and /*/* on another if you want another user to have access to all files and directories in and below the root directory. The first

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/* gives access to all directories and all files in the root directory. The second /* allows access to all directories and files below the root directory. For example: v Your directory structure is multilevel: /home/sub1/subsub1. v The /home directory contains the h1.txt and h2.txt files. v The /home/sub1 directory contains file s1.htm. v The /home/sub1/sub2 directory contains the ss1.cpp file. To allow access to all files in the /home/sub1/sub2 directory, enter:
set access backup /home/sub1/sub2/* * *

To allow access to only those files in the /home directory, enter:

set access backup /home/* * *

To allow access to all files in all directories in and below the /home directory, enter:
set access backup /home/* * * set access backup /home/*/* * *

image-fs The name of the image file system to be shared. This can be specified as an asterisk (*) to allow access to all images owned by the user granting access. node Specifies the client node of the user to whom you are giving access. Use wildcards to give access to more than one node with similar node names. Use an asterisk (*) to give access to all nodes. user This is an optional parameter that restricts access to the named user at the specified node.

Examples
Task Give the user at node_2 authority to restore the budget file from the /home/user directory. Command: set access backup /home/user/budget node_2 Task Give node_3 authority to retrieve all files in the /home/devel/proja directory whose file names end with .c. Command: set access archive "/home/devel/proja/*.c" node_3 Task Give node_3 the authority to retrieve all files in the /home/devel/proja directory. Command: set ac archive /home/devel/proja/ node_3 Task Give all nodes whose names end with bldgb the authority to restore all backup versions from directories with a file space name of project. Command: set ac b "{project}/*" "*bldgb" Task Give user serena at node_5 authority to restore all images of the file space mounted on directory /home/devel/proja. Command: set acc backup "home/devel/proja/*/*" node_5 serena

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Set Event
The set event command allows you to specify the circumstances for when archived data is deleted. You can use the set event command to: v Prevent the deletion of data at the end of its assigned retention period (Deletion hold) v Allow the expiration to take place, as defined by the archive copy group (Release a deletion hold) v Start the expiration clock running when a particular event occurs (Notify the server that an event has occurred) Objects affected can be specified with a standard Tivoli Storage Manager filespec (including wildcards), a list of files whose names are in the file specified using the filelist option, or a group of archived files with the description specified with the description option. Note: When only a <filespec> is used, all archived copies of files or folders matching the filespec are affected. If you only want to affect certain versions of a file, use the -pick option and select from the displayed list. Interaction with down-level servers: If the set event command is issued when the client is connected to a server that does not support event-based policy (previous to Tivoli Storage Manager 5.2.2), the command will be rejected with an error message indicating that the current server does not support event-based policy.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
SET Event -TYPE= Hold Release Activateretention <filespec>

-filelist=<filespec>

-description= -pick

Parameters
TYPE= Specifies the event type setting. This parameter must be specified. hold Prevents the object from being deleted regardless of expiration policy. release Allows normal event-controlled expiration to take place. activateretention Signals the server that the controlling event has occurred and starts the expiration clock running. -pick
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Provides a list of objects from which the user can select to apply the event. The following options can also be used and serve their usual purpose: v Dateformat (See Dateformat on page 214) v Numberformat (See Numberformat on page 301) v Noprompt (See Noprompt on page 300) v Subdir (See Subdir on page 356) v Timeformat (See Timeformat on page 369)

Examples
Task The following example displays the verbose and statistics output from the set event command set event type=hold /home/accounting/ledgers/ *05.books, with objects rebound (as opposed to archived or some other notation):
Rebinding--> 274 /home/accounting/ledgers/ jan05.books Rebinding--> 290 /home/accounting/ledgers/ feb05.books Total number of objects archived: 0 Total number of objects failed: 0 Total number of objects rebound: 2 Total number of bytes transferred: 0 B Data transfer time: 0.00 sec Network data transfer rate: 0.00 KB/sec Aggregate data transfer rate: 0.00 KB/sec Objects compressed by: 0% Elapsed processing time: 00:00:02

Task

The -pick option used with the set event command set event type=activate /user/tsm521/common/unix will show the event type instead of the command name:
TSM Scrollable PICK Window - Retention Event : ACTIVATE # Archive Date/Time File Size File ----------------------------------------------------1. | 08/05/2003 08:47:46 766 B /user/tsm521 /common/unix 2. | 08/01/2003 10:38:11 766 B /user/tsm521 /common/unix 3. | 08/05/2003 08:47:46 5.79 KB /user/tsm521 /common/unix 4. | 08/01/2003 10:38:11 5.79 KB /user/tsm521 /common/unix 5. | 08/05/2003 08:47:46 10.18 KB /user/tsm521 /common/unix

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Set Password
Authorized User The set password command changes the Tivoli Storage Manager password for your workstation. If you omit the old and new passwords when you enter the set password command, you are prompted once for the old password and twice for the new password. A password is not case-sensitive, and it can be as many as 63 characters. Valid characters are: az Any letter, a through z, upper or lower-case 09 Any number, 0 through 9 + Plus . Period _ Underscore Hyphen & Ampersand

Supported Clients
This command is valid for all UNIX and Linux clients.

Syntax
SET Password oldpw newpw

Parameters
oldpw Specifies the current password for your workstation. newpw Specifies the new password for your workstation.

Examples
The following is an example of using the set password command. Task Change your password from osecret to nsecret. Command: set password osecret nsecret

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Set Waspassword
Root User If WAS security is enabled, user name and password validation for Data Protection for WebSphere Application Server is required. If you do not set the WAS password for the security, the backup will failover to an offline backup. Recommendation: Set the WAS security password to perform consistent backups. Use the set waspassword command to set the user name and password for each installation of WAS on your machine. You only need to perform this task once, unless you change your WAS user name or password. You can only perform this task on the Tivoli Storage Manager command line. To determine if WAS security is enabled, enter the following command:
dsmc query was -wast=local

Tivoli Storage Manager displays the WAS security status under the Sec heading.

Supported Clients
This command is valid for AIX, Solaris, and Linux x86/x86_64 clients clients.

Syntax
SET WASPassword WASNode WASType WASUser

Parameters
WASNode Specifies the node name on which each installation of WAS is installed. This parameter is required. If you do not specify a value for this parameter, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts you. See Wasnode on page 389 for more information. WASType Specifies the WAS Network Deployment Manager (ND) or Application Server (APP). This parameter is required. If you do not specify a value for this parameter, ND is the default value. See Wastype on page 390 for more information. WASUser Specifies WAS user name. This parameter is required. If you do not specify a value for this parameter, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts you. See Wasuser on page 391 for more information.

Examples
Task: Set the WebSphere user name and password for each installation of WAS on your machine. Command: dsmc set waspassword -wasnode=wasnode -wastype=app -wasuser=ed Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for the WebSphere password, as follows:

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Please enter the WebSphere password:

If you do not specify the wasnode or wasuser options, Tivoli Storage Manager prompts for this information as follows:
Please enter WebSphere node name: Please enter the WebSphere user name:

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Overview of the Tivoli Storage Manager scheduler
The Tivoli Storage Manager central scheduler allows client operations to occur automatically at specified times. In order to understand scheduling with Tivoli Storage Manager, several terms need to be defined: schedule definition A definition on the Tivoli Storage Manager server which specifies critical properties of the automated activity including the type of action, the time the action should take place, and how frequently the action will take place. There are numerous other properties which can be set (see the appropriate Tivoli Storage Manager Administrators Reference Guide for a detailed description of the define schedule.) schedule association An assignment to a specific schedule definition for a client node. Multiple schedule associations allow single schedule definitions to be used by many client nodes. Because schedule definitions are included with specific policy domains, it is only possible for nodes defined to a certain policy domain to be associated with schedules defined in that domain. scheduled event A specific occurrence of when a schedule will be executed for a node. The following conditions must be met before automatic scheduled events will take place for a client: v A schedule definition must exist for a specific policy domain. v A schedule association must exist for the required node which belongs to that policy domain. v The client scheduler process must be running on the client system (see Setting the client scheduler process to run as a background task and start automatically at boot time on page 503 for more information). When creating a schedule definition on the Tivoli Storage Manager server, schedule actions that you can take include incremental, selective, archive, restore, retrieve, imagebackup, imagerestore, command, and macro. The scheduled action that is most frequently used is incremental with the objects parameter left undefined. With this setting, the Tivoli Storage Manager client performs a domain incremental backup of all file systems defined by the client domain option. A schedule definition using the command action allows an operating system command or shell script to be executed. When automating tasks for Tivoli Storage Manager for Data Protection clients, you must use command action schedule definitions which invoke the command line utilities for the Tivoli Storage Manager for application. The schedule startup window indicates the acceptable time period for a scheduled event to start. The startup window is defined by these schedule definition parameters: startdate, starttime, durunits, and duration. The startdate and starttime options define the beginning of the startup window for the very first scheduled event. The beginning of the startup windows for subsequent scheduled events will vary depending on the period and perunit values of the schedule definition. The duration of the schedule window defines the length of the startup window. The

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schedule action is required to start within the startup window. To illustrate, consider the results of the following schedule definition:
define schedule standard test1 action=incremental starttime=12:00:00 period=1 perunits=hour dur=30 duru=minutes Actual start (just an example, times will vary) 12:05:33 13:15:02 14:02:00

Event 1 2 3 and so on

Window start 12:00:00 13:00:00 14:00:00

Window end 12:30:00 13:30:00 14:30:00

The variation in actual start times is a result of the randomization feature provided by the Tivoli Storage Manager central scheduler which helps to balance the load of scheduled sessions on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.

Handling spaces in file names in schedule definitions

When defining or updating a schedule objects parameter with file specifications that contain blank spaces, use double quotes around each file specification that contains blanks, then single quotes around all of the specifications. Examples:
objects="/home/proj1/Some file.doc" objects="/home/proj1/Some file.doc" "/home/Another file.txt" /home/noblanks.txt objects="/home/My Directory With Blank Spaces/"

This will ensure that /home/proj1/Some file.doc is treated as a single file name, as opposed to two separate files (/home/proj1/Some, and file.doc). You can also refer to the objects parameter information for the define schedule and update schedule commands in the appropriate IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Administrators Reference

Preferential start times for certain nodes

Occasionally, you might want to ensure that a particular node begins its scheduled activity as close as possible to the schedules defined start time. The need for this typically arises when prompted mode scheduling is in use. Depending on the number of client nodes associated with the schedule and where the node is in the prompting sequence, the node might be prompted significantly later than the start time for the schedule. In this case, you can perform the following steps: 1. Copy the schedule to a new schedule with a different name (or define a new schedule with the preferred attributes). 2. Set the new schedule priority attribute so that it has a higher priority than the original schedule. 3. Delete the association for the node from the original schedule, then associate the node to the new schedule. Now the Tivoli Storage Manager server will process the new schedule first.

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Understanding scheduler processing options

There are several processing options which impact the behavior of the client scheduler. On the Tivoli Storage Manager client, you can define most of these options in the client user options file (dsm.opt) or dsm.sys file. However, some of these options can be set globally on the Tivoli Storage Manager server for all Tivoli Storage Manager clients. The Managing Throughput of Scheduled Operations section of the Tivoli Storage Manager Administrators Guide provides detailed information on all topics described in the section.
Option managedservices maxcmdretries maxschedsessions postschedulecmd, postnschedulecmd preschedulecmd, prenschedulecmd queryschedperiod X X X set queryschedperiod command X X X X X X X X X (update node command) X (also defined on server when sessioninit=serveronly as part of the node definition) X (also defined on server when sessioninit=serveronly as part of the node definition) set schedmodes command set retryperiod command Client defined X X X set maxcmdretries command Server defined Server global override

randomize retryperiod schedcmddisabled schedlogname schedlogretention schedmode sessioninitiation tcpclientaddress

tcpclientport

Client defined options are defined in the dsm.sys or dsm.opt file depending on the option and platform. The Tivoli Storage Manager server can also define some options in a client options set, or as part of the options parameter of the schedule definition. The Tivoli Storage Manager server can also set some options globally for all clients. By default, the client setting for these options is honored. If the global override on the Tivoli Storage Manager server is set, the client setting for the option is ignored. Defining client options as part of the schedule definition is
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useful if you want to use specific options for a scheduled action that differ from the option settings normally used by the client node, or are different for each schedule the node will execute. | | | The schedmode option controls the communication interaction between the Tivoli Storage Manager client and server. There are two variations on the schedule mode: client polling and server prompted.

Handling return codes from preschedulecmd and postschedulecmd scripts

Beginning with Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.1, the scheduler exhibits the following behavior when the preschedulecmd and postschedulecmd options are used: v If the command specified by the preschedulecmd option ends with a nonzero return code, Tivoli Storage Manager considers the command to have failed. In this case, neither the scheduled event nor any postschedulecmd or postnschedulecmd command will run. The administrative query event command with format=detailed option will show that the event failed with return code 12. v If the command specified by the postschedulecmd option ends with a nonzero return code, Tivoli Storage Manager considers the command to have failed. The administrative query event command with format=detailed option will show that the event completed with return code 8, unless the scheduled operation completed with a higher return code, in which case the higher return code prevails. Therefore, if the scheduled operation completes with return code 0 or 4 and the postschedulecmd command fails, the administrative query event command will show that the event completed with return code 8. If the scheduled operation completes with return code 12, that return code prevails, and query event will show that the event failed with return code 12. When interpreting the return code from a command, Tivoli Storage Manager considers 0 to mean success, and anything else to mean failure. While this behavior is widely accepted in the industry, it is not 100% guaranteed. For example, the developer of the widget command might exit with return code 3, if widget ran successfully. Therefore, it is possible that the preschedulecmd or postschedulecmd command might end with a nonzero return code and be successful. To prevent Tivoli Storage Manager from treating such commands as failed, you should wrap these commands in a script, and code the script so that it interprets the command return codes correctly. The script should exit with return code 0 if the command was successful; otherwise it should exit with a nonzero return code. The logic for a script running widget might look like this:
run widget if lastcc == 3 exit 0 else exit 1

See the following references for more information: v Postschedulecmd/Postnschedulecmd on page 311 v Preschedulecmd/Prenschedulecmd on page 314 v Client return codes on page 155

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Using the client acceptor to manage scheduler services versus the traditional scheduler services
You can configure the Tivoli Storage Manager client to manage the scheduler process using the Tivoli Storage Manager Client Acceptor (CAD). The CAD provides a light-weight timer which automatically starts and stops the scheduler process as needed. Alternatively, the traditional method keeps the Tivoli Storage Manager scheduler process running continuously. Generally, using the CAD to manage the scheduler is the preferred method. These methods are compared as follows: CAD-managed Services v Defined using the managedservices schedule option and started with CAD services (dsmcad). v The CAD starts and stops the scheduler process as needed for each scheduled action. v Requires fewer system resources when idle. v Tivoli Storage Manager client options and Tivoli Storage Manager server override options are refreshed each time the CAD services start a scheduled backup. v Cannot be used with SESSIONINITiation=SERVEROnly backups. Tivoli Storage Manager traditional scheduler services v Started with command dsmc sched command. v Remains active, even after scheduled backup is complete. v Requires higher use of system resources when idle. v Tivoli Storage Manager client options and Tivoli Storage Manager server override options are only processed once when dsmc sched is started. v You must restart the scheduler process for updated Tivoli Storage Manager options to take effect. | | Recommendation: Restart the traditional scheduler periodically to free system resources previously used by system calls.

Setting the client scheduler process to run as a background task and start automatically at boot time
You can configure the Tivoli Storage Manager client scheduler to run as a background system task which starts automatically when your system is started. This is true for both CAD-managed and traditional methods of running the Tivoli Storage Manager client scheduler. When running a CAD-managed schedule, only the CAD process should be set to start automatically at boot time; not the scheduler process. For the traditional method, the scheduler process should be set up to start automatically at boot time. You can configure the CAD to run as a background system task which starts automatically when your system is started. To configure the CAD to manage scheduled backups, you must set the managedservices option to manage the scheduler, or both the scheduler and web client. The method for setting up the CAD as a system task varies for each platform. In order for the scheduler to start unattended, you must enable the client to store its password by setting the passwordaccess option to generate, and store the
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password by running a simple Tivoli Storage Manager client command such as dsmc query session. Note that for testing purposes, you can always start the scheduler in the foreground by running dsmc sched from a command prompt (without a managedservices stanza set). To start the scheduler automatically at boot time, use either of the following methods: CAD-managed 1. In your dsm.sys file, set the managedservices option to schedule or schedule webclient . 2. Add the following entry into the system startup file (/etc/inittab for most platforms):
tsm::once:/usr/bin/dsmcad > /dev/null 2>&1 # TSM Client Acceptor Daemon

3. In your dsm.sys file, set the passwordaccess option to generate. 4. Run a command like dsmc query sess to store the node password. Traditional 1. In your client options file (dsm.opt), look for an entry called MANAGEDSERVICES. If it exists, and SCHEDULE is one of the parameters, delete the word SCHEDULE. 2. Add the following entry into the system startup file (/etc/inittab for most platforms):
tsmsched::once:/usr/bin/dsmc sched > /dev/null 2>&1 # TSM scheduler

For z/OS UNIX: a. Create a shell script called /tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/rundsmc which contains the following entries:
cd /usr/lpp/Tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin sleep 60 ./dsmc schedule

This prevents the creation of two jobs with the same name and enables automatic shutdown. You might need to customize the time for your system. b. Add the following entries in the /etc/rc file to set environment variables to retrieve the servername and nodename options from dsm.sys and to start the client scheduler, as follows:
# Set environment variables to retrieve the servername and # nodename options from dsm.sys. export DSM_DIR=/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin export DSM_CONFIG=/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsm.opt # Start the TSM Client scheduler and redirect outputs to # schedule.out instead of the /etc/log file. _BPX_JOBNAME=ADSMCLNT /tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/rundsmc 1>/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/schedule.out 2>&1 &

Note: Enter the _BPX_JOBNAME entry on a single line in the /etc/rc file. 3. In your dsm.sys file, set the passwordaccess option to generate. 4. Run a command like dsmc query sess to store the node password. 5. To start the client scheduler on your client node and connect to the server schedule, enter the following command:
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If the current directory is not in your PATH environment variable, enter the following command:
./dsmc schedule

When you start the client scheduler, it runs continuously until you close the window, end the process, or log off your system. To run the schedule command in the background and to keep the client scheduler running, even if you log off your system, enter the following:
nohup dsmc schedule 2> /dev/null &

If you are using the CAD to manage the scheduler, you must set the recovery properties for the TSM Client Acceptor service, but leave the settings for the TSM Client Scheduler to take no action for first, second, and subsequent failures.

Managing multiple schedule requirements on one machine

In certain situations it is preferable to have more than one scheduled activity for each client system. Normally, you can do this by associating a node with more than one schedule definition. This is the standard method of running multiple schedules on one machine. You must ensure that the schedule windows for each schedule do not overlap. A single client scheduler process is not capable of executing multiple scheduled actions simultaneously, so if there is overlap, the second schedule to start will be missed if the first schedule does not complete before the end of the startup window of the second schedule. Suppose that most of the drives on your client system must be backed up daily, and that one drive containing critical data must be backed up hourly. In this case, you would need to define two schedules to handle this requirement. To avoid conflict between the hourly and daily backup schedule, the starttime of each schedule needs to be varied. In certain cases, it is necessary to run more than one scheduler process on a system. Multiple processes require a separate options file for each process and must contain the following information: v Define a unique node name for each process v Specify unique schedule and error logs for each process v When running in prompted mode, you must use the tcpclientport option to specify a unique port for each process. The advantages of using multiple schedule processes: v You can run more than one scheduled backup at the same time. v You can specify different backup criteria for each schedule started, via Tivoli Storage Manager client option file or Tivoli Storage Manager server override options. The disadvantages of using multiple schedule processes: v A unique file space for each node name on the Tivoli Storage Manager server is created. v When restoring the data, you must use the same node name associated with the backup. | | | | Multiple schedule processes can run on UNIX and Linux platforms with either the CAD managed method, or the traditional method of running the scheduler. In either case, there are certain setup requirements: v Each process must run using a different node name.
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v You must create multiple stanzas in the dsm.sys file for each scheduler process. In each stanza, you must define a unique node name, along with unique values for the options errorlogname and schedlogname. You might also choose to define customized domain, include, and exclude statements for each stanza. v In your dsm.sys file, set the passwordaccess option to generate in each stanza. The password must be generated for each node name that will be running a scheduler process, by running a command such as dsmc query sess. v If running with the schedmode option set to prompt, you should set a unique tcpclientport value for each stanza. You must start each dsmc sched command or instance with the -servername option to reference its unique stanza name in dsm.sys. For dsmcad, it is necessary to define the environment variable DSM_CONFIG for each instance of dsmcad to reference its unique option file. The following is an example configuration of two schedule processes managed by the CAD in the dsm.sys file. Note that you must use full paths for the log file names to avoid the files being written in the root directory):
servername tsm1_sched1 nodename aixsvt01_sched1 tcpserv firebat tcpclientport 1507 passwordaccess generate domain /svt1 schedmode prompted schedlogname /tsm/dsmsched1.log errorlogname /tsm/dsmerror1.log managedservices schedule servername tsm1_sched2 nodename aixsvt01_sched2 tcpserv firebat tcpclientport 1508 passwordaccess generate domain /svt1 schedmode prompted schedlogname /tsm/dsmsched2.log errorlogname /tsm/dsmerror2.log managedservices schedule

Contents of /test/dsm.opt1:
servername tsm1_sched1

Contents of /test/dsm.opt2:
servername tsm1_sched2

Open two shell command windows: v In shell command window 1, enter:

export DSM_CONFIG=/test/dsm.opt1 sudo dsmcad

v In shell command window 2, enter:

export DSM_CONFIG=/test/dsm.opt2 sudo dsmcad

Note: You should enter these commands into a shell script if you intend to have the dsmcad processes started directly from /etc/inittab so that the proper DSM_CONFIG variable can be set prior to launching dsmcad.

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Restarting the scheduler process on a remote machine

When managing a large number of Tivoli Storage Manager clients running scheduler processes, it is helpful to be able to start and stop the client service from a remote machine. You can create a shell script to search for and kill running Tivoli Storage Manager scheduler or CAD processes, and restart the processes. You can use software products, such as Symark Power Broker, to allow Tivoli Storage Manager administrators limited access to UNIX servers to manage the scheduler processes and copy off the Tivoli Storage Manager schedule log file. The following shell script is an example of how to recycle the Tivoli Storage Manager scheduler process:
#!/bin/ksh # Use the following script to kill the currently running instance of the # TSM scheduler, and restart the scheduler in nohup mode. # # This script will not work properly if more than one scheduler process is # running. # # # # # If necessary, the following variables can be customized to allow an alternate options file to be used. export DSM_DIR= export DSM_CONFIG= export PATH=$PATH:$DSM_DIR

# Extract the PID for the running TSM Scheduler PID=$(ps -ef | grep "dsmc sched" | grep -v "grep" | awk {print $2}); print "Original TSM scheduler process using PID=$PID" # Kill the scheduler kill -9 $PID # Restart the scheduler with nohup, redirecting all output to NULL # Output will still be logged in the dsmsched.log nohup dsmc sched 2>&1 > /dev/null & # Extract the PID for the running TSM Scheduler PID=$(ps -ef | grep "dsmc sched" | grep -v "grep" | awk {print $2}); print "New TSM scheduler process using PID=$PID"

Using the scheduler on clustered systems

Using Tivoli Storage Manager client in cluster environment requires additional configuration steps and can be easily done. There are some concepts to keep in mind when configuring Tivoli Storage Manager client in cluster environment: v The Tivoli Storage Manager client is not a cluster aware application and processes data from shared volumes in the same way as from local volumes. v If the Tivoli Storage Manager client backs up the same shared volume from two different cluster nodes using same Tivoli Storage Manager node, two different file spaces are created on the Tivoli Storage Manager server containing the same data. To avoid this, you must set the clusternode option to yes in the Tivoli Storage Manager client options file (dsm.opt). This setting changes the file space naming convention to CLUSTER_NAME\VOLUME_NAME and allows the Tivoli Storage Manager client to successfully manage backups of shared volumes taken from different cluster nodes. At the same time, this change in file space naming will result in mixing data from physically different local volumes under one file space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server.

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It is recommended that you separate the backup of shared and local volumes. If the cluster has several shared disk resources which can migrate from one cluster node to another, it is recommended to run a separate instance of the Tivoli Storage Manager client for each disk resource. This allows Tivoli Storage Manager client instances to migrate together with disk resources, in case of failover or failback. See cluster software documentation for information about how to create a program resource. In case of a failover or failback, the disk resources must be up and running before the Tivoli Storage Manager client starts. The Tivoli Storage Manager client will prompt for the password if it is not readable from a password file. The Tivoli Storage Manager node password must be available for all Tivoli Storage Manager client cluster nodes where the Tivoli Storage Manager client resource can migrate to. For example, if a cluster has three nodes A, B and C and the Tivoli Storage Manager client resource can execute on nodes A and C, passwords must be readable on nodes A and C but not on B. See Changing your password on page 75 for more information about how to generate Tivoli Storage Manager client passwords. For information on how to configure a Tivoli Storage Manager server to manage a cluster configured client, see Appendix B, Configuring the backup-archive client in an HACMP takeover environment, on page 511.

Troubleshooting the Tivoli Storage Manager scheduler

The Tivoli Storage Manager server maintains records of scheduled events which can be helpful when managing Tivoli Storage Manager schedules on several client machines. The Tivoli Storage Manager server query event command allows an administrator to view event records on the Tivoli Storage Manager server. A useful query which shows all of the event results for the previous day is:
query event * * begind=today-1 begint=00:00:00 endd=today-1 endt=23:59:59

You can limit query results to exception cases with:

query event * * begind=today-1 begint=00:00:00 endd=today-1 endt=23:59:59 exceptionsonly=yes

Query results include a status field which gives a summary of the result for a specific event. By using the format=detailed option on the query event command, complete information for events displays, including the return code passed back by the Tivoli Storage Manager client. Table 99 summarizes the meaning of the event status codes which are likely to exist for a scheduled event that has already taken place:
Table 99. Scheduled client event status codes Status Completed Meaning The scheduled client event ran to completion without a critical failure. There is a possibility that the event completed with some errors or warnings. Query the event with detailed format to inspect the event result for more information. The result can either be 0, 4, or 8.

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Table 99. Scheduled client event status codes (continued) Status Missed Meaning The schedule start window elapsed without action from the Tivoli Storage Manager client. Common explanations are that the schedule service is not running on the client or a previous scheduled event is not complete for the same or a different schedule. Normally, this indicates that a scheduled event has begun. However, if an event showing a status of Started is followed by one more Missed events, it is possible that the client scheduler encountered a hang while processing that event. One common cause for a hanging client schedule is the occurrence of a user interaction prompt, such as a prompt for an encryption key, to which the user has not responded. The client event ran to completion, however, a critical failure occurred.

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Investigating abnormal scheduled events

If a particular client node displays multiple consecutive events with a result of missed, the client scheduler process is not running, has terminated, or is hanging. See Restarting the scheduler process on a remote machine on page 507 for tips on how to remotely recycle the hanging scheduler process. If a scheduled event is missed, but other consecutive scheduled events for that node show a result of completed, investigate the server activity log and the client schedule log to determine the cause. Scheduled events with a result of failed, have encountered a processing error originating either from the Tivoli Storage Manager client or server. The first place to check is the server activity log during the time period in which the scheduled event was processed. The activity log shows Tivoli Storage Manager server processing errors and some client errors which have been remotely logged to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. If the explanation cannot be found in the activity log, check the client schedule log.

Checking the server activity log

When checking the server activity log, narrow the query results down to the time period in which the scheduled event occurred. Begin the event log query at a time shortly before the start window of the scheduled event. For example, if you are investigating the following suspect event:
Scheduled Start Actual Start Schedule Name Node Name Status -------------------- -------------------- ------------- ------------- ------08/21/2003 08:27:33 HOURLY NODEA Missed

You could use one of the following queries:

query actlog begind=08/21/2003 begint=08:25:00 query actlog begind=08/21/2003 begint=08:25:00 originator=client node=nodea

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Inspecting the Client Schedule Log

The Tivoli Storage Manager client maintains a detailed log of all scheduled activities. If queries of the server activity log do not explain a failed scheduled event, check the Tivoli Storage Manager client schedule log. Access to the client machine is required for inspecting the schedule log. The schedule log file typically resides in the same directory as the Tivoli Storage Manager client error log (dsmerror.log), in a file named TSM Schedule Log. The default location for this log is /Library/Logs/tivoli/tsm. The location of the log file can be specified using the schedlogname option, so you might need to refer to the options file to see if the schedlogname option was used to relocate the log file. When you locate the schedule log, it is easy to search through the file to find the time period corresponding the start date and time of the scheduled event. Here are some tips on what to look for: v If you are investigating a missed event, check the details of the previous event, including the time at which the previous event completed. v If you are investigating a failed event, look for error messages which explain the failure, such as an exceeded Tivoli Storage Manager server session limit. v If an explanation remains unclear, check the client error log file (usually named dsmerror.log.)

Understanding the scheduler log

The scheduler log file provides information about which schedule runs next and which files are processed. The default file name, TSM Scheduler Log, is created in the application folder. Use the schedlogname option to change the location and name of this file. The schedule log continues to grow in size unless you prune it using the schedlogretention option or specify a maximum size using the schedlogmax option. When the scheduler queries the server for the next schedule, it sends the schedule information to the log file. The following information is logged: Output from scheduled commands is sent to the schedule log file. After scheduled work is performed, check the log to ensure the work completed successfully. When a scheduled command is processed the schedule log contains the following entry:
Scheduled event eventname completed successfully

This is merely an indication that Tivoli Storage Manager successfully issued the scheduled command associated with the eventname. No attempt is made to determine the success or failure of the command. You should assess the success or failure of the command by evaluating the return code from the scheduled command in the schedule log. The schedule log entry for the commands return code is prefaced with the following text:
Finished command. Return code is:

You can modify the scheduling options in your Preferences file if you do not like the current values and the options are not over-ridden by server settings for your schedule. You can determine this by comparing a dsmc q options output to your local options files. For more information about scheduling options, see Scheduling options on page 182.

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Appendix B. Configuring the backup-archive client in an HACMP takeover environment

High Availability Cluster Multi Processing (HACMP) allows scheduled Tivoli Storage Manager client operations to continue processing during a failover situation. Tivoli Storage Manager in an HACMP environment can back up anything that Tivoli Storage Manager can normally back up. However, be careful when backing up non-clustered resources due to the after failover effects. Local resources should never be backed up or archived from clustered Tivoli Storage Manager nodes. Local Tivoli Storage Manager nodes should be used for local resources. For example, a scheduled incremental backup of a clustered volume is running on machine-a. A situation causes the client acceptor daemon (CAD) to failover to machine-b. machine-b then reconnects to the server. If the reconnection occurs within the start window for that event, the scheduled command is restarted. This scheduled incremental backup will reexamine files sent to the server before the failover. The backup will then catch up to where it terminated before the failover situation. If a failover occurs during a user initiated client session, the Tivoli Storage Manager CAD starts on the node that is handling the takeover. This allows it to process scheduled events and provide Web client access. You can install Tivoli Storage Manager locally on each node of an HACMP environment. You can also install and configure the Tivoli Storage Manager Scheduler Service for each cluster node to manage all local disks and each cluster group containing physical disk resources. Note: If you use the httport option to specify specific ports for Web client access, this will help you remember which port to point to. Without it, the CAD will find the first available port, starting with 1581, and will likely change ports when failover or fallback occurs. Choosing a port value, such as 1585 can save you the inconvenience of trying to determine to which port the CAD might have changed. The clusternode option determines if you want the Tivoli Storage Manager client to back up cluster resources and participate in cluster failover for high availability. See Clusternode on page 203 for more information. The following software is required: v HACMP 5.1 and 5.2 v AIX 5L (5.1 and 5.2) The HACMP Cluster Information Daemon must also be running. Note: See the README for the latest fix levels required for HACMP and AIX.

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Installing the backup-archive client

Install the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive client software on a local disk on each node in the cluster you want to participate in an HACMP takeover. The following client configuration files must be stored locally: v The client executables and related files should reside in the same location on each node in the cluster. v The API executable and configuration files should reside in the default API installation directory (/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/api/bin) v The system options file (dsm.sys) should reside in the default client installation directory (/usr/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin) The following client configuration files must be stored externally in a shared disk subsystem so they can be defined as a cluster resource and be available to the takeover node during a failover. Each resource group must have the following configuration: v The client option file (dsm.opt), include-exclude file, and password file must be placed in a directory on the shared disk. v The log files must be placed on the shared disk volumes to maintain a single continuous log file.

Configuring the backup-archive client to process local nodes

You can edit your dsm.opt file on each local node to process local disk drives using the following options: clusternode Do not specify this option when processing local drives. See Clusternode on page 203 for more information. nodename If no value is specified, Tivoli Storage Manager uses the local machine name. Do not use the same local nodename that is being used for cluster processing. See Nodename on page 297 for more information. domain Recommendation: Use DOMAIN statement(s) to restrict local nodes to local filespaces and cluster nodes to cluster spaces. This will help to ensure that local filespaces from one system are not available to cluster nodes after failover to another system. See Domain on page 227 for more information on using Domain statements. You can also configure the Tivoli Storage Manager Backup-Archive Scheduler Service to back up the local cluster nodes.

Configuring Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive client to process cluster disk resources
Ensure that Tivoli Storage Manager manages each cluster group that contains physical disk resources as a unique node. This ensures that Tivoli Storage Manager correctly manages all disk resources, regardless of which cluster node owns the resource at the time of back up.

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Step 1: Register the client to a server

A Tivoli Storage Manager client in an HACMP cluster must be registered to a Tivoli Storage Manager server with an assigned node name. Consider the following conditions when registering your node name: v If local volumes that are not defined as cluster resources will be backed up, separate node names (and separate client instances) must be used for both non-clustered and clustered volumes. v The node name used to back up clustered volumes defaults to the cluster name, not the host name. Recommendation: choose a node name related to the cluster resource group to be managed by that node. For example, the HACMP node name should be the same as the Tivoli Storage Manager node name. v If multiple resource groups are defined in the HACMP environment to failover independently, then separate node names must be defined per resource group. v Recommendations: If you dont specify the file systems in a backup or archive command line client or in a defined client schedule for HACMP managed clients, define the Tivoli Storage Manager cluster resources in the domain statement. If you do specify the file system in a backup or archive command line, define the Tivoli Storage Manager cluster resources in the include and exclude statements, in order to restrict clustered operations to cluster resources and non clustered operations to non clustered resources.

Step 2: Configure the client system options file

Each node in the HACMP cluster that runs the Tivoli Storage Manager client must have the following settings defined in each respective dsm.sys file: v Separate server stanzas to back up non-clustered volumes v Separate server stanzas for each cluster resource group to be backed up The server stanzas defined to back up non-clustered volumes must have the following special characteristics: v The value of the tcpclientaddress option must be the service IP address. This is the IP address used for primary traffic to and from the node. v If the client will back up and restore non-clustered volumes without being connected to the HACMP cluster, the value of the tcpclientaddress option must be the boot IP address. This is the IP address used to start the machine (node) before it rejoins the HACMP cluster. The server stanzas defined to back up clustered volumes must have the following special characteristics: v clusternode yes v The nodename value must be related to the resource group. If nodename is not specified, the cluster name is used. v The tcpclientaddress option must refer to the service IP address of the HACMP node. v The passworddir option must point to a directory on the shared volumes that are part of the cluster resource group. v The errorlogname and schedlogname options must point to files on the shared volumes that are part of the cluster resource group. v All inclexcl statements must point to files on the shared volumes that are part of the cluster resource group.

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v Set the managedservices statement to indicate that the scheduler (or Web client) should be managed by the client acceptor daemon. Other options can be set as desired.

Step 3: Configure the client user options file

The client user options file (dsm.opt) for the Tivoli Storage Manager client that will manage your clustered file spaces must reside on the shared volumes in the cluster resource group. Define the DSM_CONFIG environment variable to point to this dsm.opt file. Make sure the dsm.opt file contains the following settings: v The value of the servername option must be the server stanza in the dsm.sys file which defines parameters for backing up clustered volumes. The dsm.sys file might reside on shared space. v If the dsm.sys file resides on a local disk, each node on the cluster must have a matching stanza. v Define clustered filespaces to be backed up with the domain option. v Other options can be set as desired.

Defining the client as an HACMP application

The Tivoli Storage Manager client must be defined as an application to HACMP to participate in failover processing. See High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing for AIX - Planning and Installation Guide, SC23-4861, for detailed instructions on how to perform this procedure. The Storage Manager client must be in a resource group with a cascading or rotating takeover relationship. The client does not support a concurrent access resource group. See High Availability Cluster Multi-Processing for AIX - Planning and Installation Guide, SC23-4861, for additional information regarding HACMP topology and strategy. Note: For installation instructions for HACMP versions later than 5.1, go to: http://www.ibm.com/servers/eserver/pseries/library/hacmp_docs.html.

Creating an HACMP resource group to add a client

You must first create an HACMP resource group so you can add the client to it. The following is a summary of this procedure for HACMP 5.1, using IP address takeover (IPAT): 1. Start HACMP for AIX system management with the following command:
smit hacmp

2. Select Cluster Configuration, Cluster Resources, Define Resource Groups, and Add a Resource Group. The Add a Resource Group window is displayed. 3. On the Add a Resource Group window, enter the following field values: Resource Group Name Enter an ASCII text string that identifies the resource group. The resource group name can include alphabetic and numeric characters and underscores. Use no more than 31 characters. Node Relationship Select Cascading.

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Participating Node Names/Default Node Priority Select the node names that are participating in the resource group. Add the nodes in order of priority. The node owner of the resource group should be the first node listed. 4. Click OK. 5. Press F10 to exit smit and return to the command line. Press F3 to perform other configuration tasks. The Storage Manager client must be in a resource group with a cascading or rotating takeover relationship. The client does not support a concurrent access resource group. See HACMP for AIX 5.1 Planning Guide, SC23-4277, for additional information regarding HACMP topology and strategy.

Adding the client to an HACMP resource group

The Tivoli Storage Manager client must be defined to a cluster resource group. See HACMP for AIX 5.1 Installation Guide, SC23-4278, for detailed instructions on how to perform this procedure. Following is a summary of how to define resources as part of a resource group: 1. Start HACMP for AIX system management with the following command:
smit hacmp

2. Select Cluster Configuration, Cluster Resources, and Change/Show Resources/Attributes for a Resource Group. Press Enter. 3. Select the desired resource group. 4. Press Enter. The Configure a Resource Group screen appears. 5. Enter values that define all the resources you want to add to this resource group. 6. Synchronize cluster resources after entering field values in Step 5. Do this by selecting Cluster Configuration, Cluster Resources, and Synchronize Cluster Resources. 7. Press F10 to exit smit and return to the command line. Press F3 to perform other configuration tasks. The Tivoli Storage Manager client must be added to the resource group that contains the file systems to be backed up. These file systems must also be the same file systems specified by the domain option in the dsm.opt file defined for this client instance. Both JFS2 and NFS file systems can be defined as cluster resources. NFS supports only 2 node clusters in a cascading takeover relationship. | | | | | | | | | | |

Using journal-based backup and HACMP

You can set the proper environment for HACMP by configuring a journal service on each node in the cluster and then setting some of the following options. Refer to Appendix C, Journal daemon configuration, on page 517 for more information. v JournalDir - The journal directory for shared resource journals must be accessible by all nodes in the cluster which might own the shared resource. The default location for the journal directory is in the file system being journaled. This is usable for a cluster environment but might be inefficient for local resources. It might, therefore, be appropriate to use the JournalDir setting to define different journal directory locations for shared and local resources. Note that the directory specified can be an absolute path (that is, it starts with a
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directory delimiter) or a relative path name. In the later case, the location of the journal directory is formed by using the name of the file system being journaled and appending the relative path name. v PreserveDbOnExit - The PreserveDbOnExit setting can be used to allow journals for shared resources to remain valid when a resource moves to a different node in the cluster. v DeferFsMonStart - The DeferFsMonStart should be set to 1 to cause journal-based backup to periodically (DeferRetryInterval) check for a file system coming online or going offline. v DeferRetryInterval - This controls how often the journal checks for a change in file system status. v logFsErrors - This is used to eliminate excessive File System unavailable messages from being written to the log. The previously listed options can be set for all file systems being journaled. Then, if desired, you can override any given file system with a file system override stanza. When the journal daemon is set up to monitor file systems as they go online and offline, this is done in a periodic loop. The following actions occur during resource failover and fallback conditions: v nodeA and nodeB share a resource and nodeA has a failure and, therefore, a failover occurs v nodeB will detect the shared resource and start monitoring v When nodeA takes the resource back (fallback), if nodeB has an open file descriptor to the shared journal database, it will receive a SIGKILL interrupt. This interrupt cannot be caught or ignored. v nodeB must be informed of the resource fallback before the event, by removing the shared file system names from the journal list of file systems to monitor contained in the options file - tsmjbbd.ini. This can be done manually or it can be automated by using HACMP start and stop scripts. Two sample perl scripts are provided with the journal: jbbadd.pl and jbbdelete.pl. The invocation of these scripts can be added to StartClusterTsmClient.sh and StopTsmClient.sh. The arguments for these scripts are just the file system names of the shared resources.

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Appendix C. Journal daemon configuration

Journal-Based Backup is enabled by installing and configuring the Tivoli Storage Manager journal daemon. The Tivoli Storage Manager journal daemon can be configured by editing the Journal daemon configuration sample file, tsmjbbd.ini.smp, and saving it as tsmjbbd.ini. Both files should be in the default install directory. Notes: 1. For customers already using journal-based backup, the first incremental backup after installing Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4 will result in a non-journal based backup, even if you are using the PreserveDbOnExit option in your tsmjbbd.ini file. This is because Tivoli Storage Manager Version 5.4 now uses a new database for better reliability and efficiency and the new database must go through normal validation before it can support journal-based backups. 2. Network and removeable file systems are not supported. | | | | The configuration file is periodically checked for updates to the list of journaled file systems. File systems can be added to or removed from the list of monitored file systems without stopping and restarting the journal daemon. Attention: If you bring a file system offline without setting the PreserveDbOnExit value of 1, the journaled file system journal database is deleted. PreserveDbOnExit=1 specifies that the journaled file system journal database is not deleted when the journal file system goes offline. The database will also be valid when the journal file system comes back online. The following is the syntax for stanza and stanza settings: Syntax for stanzas: [StanzaName] Syntax for stanza settings: stanzaSetting=value Notes: 1. You can specify comments in the file by beginning the line with a semicolon. 2. Stanza and value names are not case sensitive. 3. Numeric values can be specified in hexadecimal by preceding the value with 0x otherwise they are interpreted as decimal. 4. There is no correlation between these settings and any settings in the backup-archive client options file. The journal daemon is a completely independent process and does not process backup-archive client options.

JournalSettings stanza
Settings under this stanza are global and apply to the entire journal daemon. The following is the syntax for the JournalSettings stanza: Syntax for JournalSettings stanza: [JournalSettings]

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Syntax for stanza settings: JournalSettings=value You can specify the following JournalSettings values: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ErrorLog Specifies the log file where detailed error messages generated by the journal daemon are written. The default value is jbberror.log in the directory of the daemon executable. For example:
ErrorLog=/logs/jbberror.log

JournalDir Directory where journal database files are stored and written. If the path given is an absolute (for example, it begins with a dir delimiter) pathname, this is the directory used. If the path given is a relative directory name, then this path is appended to each file system name and the resulting path name is used. The default is a directory named .tSm_JoUrNaL (used within each file system being journaled). The advantage of having the journal database on the file system being monitored is that the database stays with the file system. The disadvantage is that the updates to the database must be processed and discarded. That is, directing the database to a non-journaled file system is more efficient and is strongly recommended, unless this file system is shared in a cluster environment. This setting applies to all journaled file systems but may be overridden via an override stanza for each journal file system.

JournalExcludeList stanza
This list of exclude statements filters changes from being recorded in the journal database. Changes to objects which match statements in this stanza are ignored and are not recorded in the journal database. Note: Excluding files from the journal has no bearing on those files being excluded by the backup client, other than preventing the file names from being sent to the backup client to be processed during journal-based backup. A file that is not excluded from the journal should still be excluded by the backup-archive client, if there is a matching exclude statement in the client options file. There is no correlation between the journal exclude list and the backup-archive client exclude list. Note: The journal daemon only provides a subset of the INCLUDE/EXCLUDE function provided by the backup-archive client. The journal daemon does not support INCLUDE statements and it does not support the exclude.dir option. The following pattern matching meta characters are supported: % * Matches exactly one character. Matches zero or more characters.

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%EnvVar% Expands environment variable. The following is an exclude statement syntax example: | | |
[JournalExcludeList] *.jbb.jbbdb *.jbbInc.jbbdb

JournaledFileSystemSettings stanza
Settings under this stanza apply to each specified journaled file system unless they are overridden for individual file systems in an override stanza. See Overriding stanzas on page 521 for more information. The following is the syntax for the JournaledFileSystemSettings stanza: Syntax for JournaledFileSystemSettings stanza: [JournaledFileSystemSettings] Syntax for stanza settings: JournaledFileSystemSetting=value You can specify the following JournaledFileSystemSettings values: JournaledFileSystems Specifies a space delimited list of file systems to journal. Full file system specifications are supported. There is no default value. You must specify at least one journaled file system for the journal daemon to run. Journaled file systems can be added or removed online without having to restart the daemon. For example:
JournaledFileSystems=/home /other

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Note: The journal selects object names based strictly on a string match. The implication for the user is that care must be taken when selecting file systems to journal. For example, suppose you have a file system /jbb and another file system called /jbb/mnt1. If you ask the journal to monitor just /jbb, then all the changes for /jbb/mnt1 will also match this string and be entered in the database. When, however, you do a back up on the client, it parses the name based on file systems, realizes the journal is not monitoring this file system and then tells the journal to remove the /jbb/mnt1 files from the database. The solution is to either monitor both or use the JournalExludeList. The same is true for the virtual mount point options. It is highly recommended that you are consistent with this list. For example, if you specify /home/student1 as a virtual mount point in your dsm.sys option file and you want to journal /home, then you should specify JournaledFileSystems=/home /home/student1. In this case, two separate databases are created. JournalDbSize Specifies the maximum size the journal database can grow. The journal database size is expressed in bytes. A value of zero (0) indicates that the database size is limited only by the capacity of the file system containing the journal database. The default is 0 (unlimited). For example:

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amount of change activity on a journaled file system might require this to be increased. The default is 0x00020000 (128 k) for files and 0x00010000 ( 64 k) for directories.
NotifyBufferSize=0x00200000

PreserveDbOnExit setting This setting allows a journal to remain valid when a journaled file system goes offline and comes back online. This is useful for preserving the journal during system reboots, and resource movement. This setting allows a journal-based backup to continue processing when the daemon is restarted (or the file system comes back online) without performing a full incremental backup. Note: Any change activity which occurs while the journal daemon is not running (or the file system is offline) will not be recorded in the journal. A value of 1 specifies that the journaled file system journal database is not deleted when the journal file system goes offline. The database will also be valid when the journal file system comes back online. This value should be used with caution because any file system change activity which occurs while the journaled file system is offline will not be reflected in the journal database. The default setting of 0 deletes the journaled file system journal database. Note: The journal will only be preserved when a journaled file system comes offline normally or is brought offline when the resource is no longer available and you specify the deferFsMonStart setting. If a file system comes offline due to an error such as a notification buffer overrun, the journal is not preserved. An example for not deleting the journal database upon exit is:
preserveDBOnExit=1

deferFSMonStart setting This setting defers an attempt to begin monitoring a file system in the following cases: v When the specified journaled file system is not valid or available v The journal directory for the specified journaled file system cannot be accessed or created Resources are checked at the interval you specify using the deferRetryInterval setting. A value of 1 indicates that the setting is on. A value of 0 indicates that the setting is off. The default value is off (set to 0) . | | | | | | | | | deferRetryInterval setting This setting specifies the value in seconds that a deferred file systems with the deferRetryInterval setting enabled are checked for availability and brought online. The default value is 5 seconds. logFSErrors setting A value of 1 indicates that all errors encountered accessing a journaled file system or journal directory should be logged. A value of zero indicates that logging of errors encountered while checking deferred file systems and journal directories will be suppressed. This is usually used in conjunction with the deferFSMonStart setting to eliminate excessive File System

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unavailable messages from being written to the logs when bringing a journaled file system on-line is deferred. The default value is 1 (log all errors).

Overriding stanzas
Any setting in the JournaledFileSystemSettings stanza, except for the buffer sizes, can be overridden for a particular journaled file system by creating an override stanza. HookFileName In order for the journal to begin monitoring a file system, it must know the name of an existing file in that file system. This setting specifies an existing file. Access to this file is then used as a test of whether or not this file system is online. (The system definition of mounted cannot be used because we allow the use of virtual mount points in the backup-archive client. This means that the Tivoli Storage Manager system can treat a directory as a (virtual) file system). Therefore, if this file system can be mounted and unmounted, a HookFileName needs to be provided. If a HookFileName is not entered, the journal daemon attempts to create a temporary file in the highest directory, use it to begin monitoring, and then delete it. The following is the syntax for the JournaledFileSystemSettings stanza: Syntax for JournaledFileSystemSettings stanza: [JournaledFileSystemSettings.fs] Syntax for stanza settings: JournaledFileSystemSetting=override value | | | For example, the override stanza name for /home would be:
JournaledFileSystemSettings./home HookFileName=/home/doNotDeleteThisFile

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Glossary
The terms in this glossary are defined as they pertain to the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager library. If you do not find the term you need, refer to the IBM Software Glossary on the Web at this address: http://www.ibm.com/ibm/terminology/. You can also refer to IBM Dictionary of Computing, New York: McGraw-Hill, 1994. This glossary include terms and definitions from: v The American National Standard Dictionary for Information Systems, ANSI X3.172-1990, copyright (ANSI). You can purchase copies from the American National Standards Institute, 11 West 42nd Street, New York, New York 10036. v The Information Technology Vocabulary, developed by Subcommittee 1, Joint Technical Committee 1, of the International Organization for Standardization and the International Electrotechnical Commission (ISO/IEC JTC2/SC1).

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absolute mode. A backup copy group mode that specifies that a file is considered for incremental backup even if the file has not changed since the last backup. See also mode. Contrast with modified mode. access control list (ACL). 1. In computer security, a collection of all access rights for one object. 2. In computer security, a list associated with an object that identifies all the subjects that can access the object and their access rights. For example, an access control list is a list that is associated with a file that identifies the users who can access the file and that identifies the users access rights to that file. ACL. See access control list. active policy set. The activated policy set that contains the policy rules currently in use by all client nodes assigned to the policy domain. See also policy domain and policy set. active version. The most recent backup copy of a file stored by Tivoli Storage Manager. The active version of a file cannot be deleted until a backup process detects that the user has either replaced the file with a newer version or has deleted the file from the workstation. Contrast with inactive version. administrative client. A program that runs on a file server, workstation, or mainframe that administrators use to control and monitor the Tivoli Storage Manager server. Contrast with backup-archive client. administrator. A user who has been registered to the server. Administrators can be authorized to one or more of the following administrative privilege classes: system, policy, storage, operator, or analyst. Administrators can use the administrative commands and queries allowed by their privileges. agent node. A client node that has been granted proxy authority to perform operations on behalf of another client node, which is the target node. aggregate data transfer rate. Dividing the total number of bytes transferred by the elapsed processing time calculates the data transfer rate. archive. To copy one or more files to a storage pool for long-term storage. Archived files can include descriptive information, and you can retrieve them by archive date, file name, or by description. Contrast with retrieve. archive copy. A file or group of files that have been archived to the Tivoli Storage Manager server. archive copy group. A policy object containing attributes that control the generation, destination, and expiration of archived files. An archive copy group belongs to a management class.

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archive retention grace period. The number of days that Tivoli Storage Manager retains an archived copy when the server is unable to rebind the file to an appropriate management class. authentication. The process of checking and authorizing a users password before allowing that user to access the Tivoli Storage Manager server. An administrator with system privilege can enable or disable authentication. authorization rule. A specification allowing another user to either restore or retrieve a users files from Tivoli Storage Manager storage. Authorized User. A user who has administrative authority for the Tivoli Storage Manager client on a workstation. This user changes passwords, performs open registrations, and deletes file spaces. An Authorized User is any user running with a real user ID of 0 (root) or a user who owns an executable whose owner execution permission bit is set to s. In the following example, the user tivoli is an Authorized User while running dsmc since the dsmc owner execution permission bit is set to s: -rwsr-xr-x 1 tivoli dsmdev 2880479 Nov 5 13:42 dsmc*

automounted file system (AutoFS). A file system managed by an automounter daemon. The automounter daemon monitors a specified directory path and automatically mounts the file system to access data.

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back up. To copy information to another location to ensure against loss of data. In IBM Tivoli Storage Manager, you can back up user files, the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager database, and storage pools. Contrast with restore. See also incremental backup and selective backup. backup-archive client. A program that runs on a file server, PC, or workstation and provides a means for users to back up, archive, restore, and retrieve files. Contrast with administrative client. backup copy group. A policy object containing attributes controlling the generation, destination, and expiration of backup versions of files. The backup copy group belongs to a management class. backup retention grace period. The number of days Tivoli Storage Manager retains a backup version when the server is unable to rebind the file to an appropriate management class. backup version. A file that a user backed up to server storage. More than one backup version can exist in server storage, but only one backup version is the active version. See also active version and inactive version. binding. The process of associating a file with a management class name. See also rebinding. boot. To prepare a computer system for operation by loading an operating system.

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CAD. Client acceptor daemon central schedule. A function that allows an administrator to schedule client operations and administrative commands. The operations can be scheduled to occur periodically or on a specific date. See client schedule. client. A program running on a PC, workstation, file server, LAN server, or mainframe that requests services of another program, called the server. The following types of clients can obtain services from a Tivoli Storage Manager server: administrative client, application client, API client, backup-archive client, and HSM client (also known as Tivoli Storage Manager for Space Management). See administrative client and backup-archive client. client acceptor. A Web client process that is an HTTP daemon that serves the Web client Java applet to the Web browsers. The program that starts the client acceptor process is called dsmcad. On UNIX and Linux, the client acceptor is run as a daemon. client domain. The set of drives, file systems, or volumes that a user selects to back up or archive using the backup-archive client. client node. A file server or workstation on which the backup-archive client program has been installed, and which has been registered to the server.

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client options set. Client option sets allow the Tivoli Storage Manager administrator to specify additional options that not be included in the client options file, (dsm.opt). Client option sets are used in conjunction with client option files on client nodes. client-polling scheduling mode. A client and server communication technique where the client node queries the server for scheduled work. Contrast with server-prompted scheduling mode. client/server. A communications network architecture in which one or more programs (clients) request computing or data services from another program (the server). client system options file. An editable file that contains communication, authorization, central scheduling, backup, archive, and space management options. A root user on your workstation sets the options in a client system options file. The file name is dsm.sys located in your Tivoli Storage Manager installation directory. client user options file. A user-editable file containing options that identify the Tivoli Storage Manager server to contact, specify backup, archive, restore, retrieve, and space management options, and set date, time, and number formats. The file name is dsm.opt located in your Tivoli Storage Manager installation directory. closed registration. A registration process in which a Tivoli Storage Manager administrator must register workstations as client nodes with the server. Contrast with open registration. collocation. The process of keeping all data belonging to a single client file space, a single client node, or a group of client nodes on a minimal number of sequential-access volumes within a storage pool. Collocation can reduce the number of volumes that must be accessed when a large amount of data must be restored. collocation group. A user-defined group of client nodes whose data is stored on a minimal number of volumes through the process of collocation. command line interface. A type of user interface where commands are specified on the command line. Contrast with graphical user interface. communication method. The method by which a client and server exchange information. For Tivoli Storage Manager backup-archive clients, the method can be TCP/IP. See Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. communication protocol. A set of defined interfaces that permits computers to communicate with each other. copy group. A policy object that contains attributes that control backup and archive file: v Generation v Destination v Expiration. Backup and archive copy groups belong to management classes. See frequency, destination, mode, retention, serialization, and version.

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dynamic. A copy group serialization value that specifies Tivoli Storage Manager accept the first attempt to back up or archive an object, regardless of any changes made during backup or archive processing. See serialization. Contrast with shared static and static.

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error log. A text file written on disk that contains Tivoli Storage Manager processing error messages. The Tivoli Storage Manager server detects and saves these errors. exabyte (EB). (1) For processor storage, real and virtual storage, and channel volume, 1,152,921,504,606,846,976 bytes. (2) For disk storage capacity and communications volume, 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 bytes. exclude. To identify files in an include-exclude list that you do not want to include in a specific client operation, such as backup or archive. expiration. The process in which files are identified for deletion because their expiration date or retention period is passed. Backups or archives are marked for deletion based on the criteria defined in the backup or archive copy group.

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file server. A dedicated computer and its peripheral storage devices connected to a local area network that stores both programs and files shared by users on the network. file space. A logical space on the Tivoli Storage Manager server that contains a group of files. In Tivoli Storage Manager, users can restore, retrieve, or delete file spaces from Tivoli Storage Manager storage. A file space for systems: v Windows file spaces for removable media are identified by volume label. Fixed drive file spaces are identified by Universal Naming Convention (UNC) name. v UNIX Logical space that contains a group of files backed up or archived from the same file system, or part of a file system defined with the virtualmountpoint option in the client system options file. frequency. A copy group attribute that specifies the minimum interval, in days, between incremental backups. fuzzy backup. A backup version of a file that might not accurately reflect what is currently in the file because the file was backed up at the same time as it was being modified. fuzzy copy. An archive copy of a file that might not accurately reflect what is currently in the file because Tivoli Storage Manager archived the file while the file was being modified.

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group backup. Back up of a group containing a list of files from one or more file space origins. generate password. Processing that stores a new password in an encrypted password file when the old password expires. Automatic generation of a password prevents password prompting. Password generation can be set in the options file (passwordaccess option). See options file. gigabyte (GB). (1) One billion (109) bytes. (2) When referring to memory capacity, 1 073 741 824 in decimal notation. globally unique identifier (GUID). A 16-byte code that identifies an interface to an object across all computers and networks. The identifier is unique because it contains a time stamp and a code based on the network address that is hard-wired on the host computers LAN interface card. GPFS node set. A set of AIX SP nodes that can mount a defined group of GPFS file systems. graphical user interface (GUI). A graphical user interface offers pictorial rather than text-based access to a computer. A graphical user interface includes: v A combination of graphics and icons v Use of a mouse or pointing device v Menu bars, dropdown lists, and overlapping windows

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Contrast with command line interface. See windowed interface. GUI. Graphical user interface. GUID. See globally unique identifier.

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image. A full file system or raw logical volume backup as a single object. inactive version. A copy of a backup file in Tivoli Storage Manager storage that either is not the most recent version, or the corresponding original file was deleted from the client file system. Inactive backup versions are eligible for expiration according to the management class assigned to the file. include-exclude file. A file containing statements to determine the files to back up and the associated management classes to use for backup or archive. See include-exclude list. include-exclude list. A list of include and exclude options that include or exclude selected files for backup. An exclude option identifies files that should not be backed up. An include option identifies files that are exempt from the exclusion rules or assigns a management class to a file or a group of files for backup or archive services. The include-exclude list is defined in one or more include-exclude files or in the dsm.sys file. The include-exclude list contain entries from any or all of the following sources: the client options file (Windows), the client system options file (UNIX and Linux), separate include-exclude files, or the Tivoli Storage Manager server. See client system options file. incremental backup. A function that permits user to back up new or changed files or directories from a client domain or from specified file systems, directories, or files. These file systems, directories, or files are not excluded in the include-exclude list and meet the requirements for frequency, mode, and serialization as defined by a backup copy group of the management class assigned to each file. Contrast with selective backup. inode. A data structure that describes the individual files in an operating system. There is one inode for each file. The number of inodes in a file system, and therefore the maximum number of files a file system can contain, is set when the file system is created. Hardlinked files share the same inode. inode number. A number that specifies a particular inode in a file system. IPL. Initial Program Load. See boot and reboot.

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journal-based backup. Journal-based backup is a method of backup for 32-bit Windows clients and AIX clients that exploits the file change notification mechanism to improve incremental backup performance by reducing the need to fully scan the file system. By default, the incremental command will automatically perform a journal-based backup on selected file systems which are being monitored by the journal engine service. The incremental command performs the traditional full incremental backup on any non-journaled file systems. journal daemon. The journal is a Tivoli Storage Manager program that tracks change activity for files residing in file systems that you specify. Tivoli Storage Manager processes the list of changed files during a journal-based backup.

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Identifies the Tivoli Storage Manager server to contact, specifies backup, archive, restore, and retrieve options. Also called the client user options file. v dsm.sys Contains stanzas describing Tivoli Storage Manager servers to contact for services. These stanzas also specify communication methods, backup and archive options, and scheduling options. Also called the client system options file. owner. The owner of backup-archive files sent from a multi-user client node, such as UNIX, Linux, or Mac OS X.

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pattern-matching character. See wildcard character. plug-in. A self-contained software component that modifies (adds or changes) function in a particular software system. When you add a plug-in to a software system, the foundation of the original software system remains intact. policy domain. A policy object that contains one or more policy sets. Client nodes are associated with a policy domain. See policy set, management class, and copy group. policy set. A policy object that contains a group of management class definitions that exist for a policy domain. At any one time, there can be many policy sets within a policy domain, but only one policy set can be active. See active policy set and management class. progress indicator. A control used to inform a user about the progress of a process.

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raw logical volume. A portion of a physical volume which is comprised of unallocated blocks and has no Journaled File System (JFS) definition. A raw logical volume is read/write accessible only through low level I/O functions. rebinding. The process of associating a backup with a new management class name. For example, rebinding occurs when the management class associated with a file is deleted. See also binding. reboot. To restart the operating system. registration. The process of identifying a client node or administrator to the server by specifying a user ID, password, and contact information. For client nodes, a policy domain, compression status, and deletion privileges are also specified. restore. A function that permits users to copy a version of a backup file from the storage pool to a workstation or file server. The backup copy in the storage pool is not affected. Contrast with backup. retention. The amount of time, in days, that inactive backed up or archived files are retained in the storage pool before they are deleted. The following copy group attributes define retention: retain extra versions, retain only version, retain version. retrieve. A function permitting users to copy an archived file from the storage pool to the workstation or file server. The archive copy in the storage pool is not affected. Contrast with archive. root user (UNIX and Linux). The authority level for a root user permits this user to do authorized tasks for Tivoli Storage Manager.

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storage agent. A program that enables Tivoli Storage Manager to back up and restore client data directly to and from SAN-attached storage. storage area network (SAN). A high-speed communications network optimized for storage. storage pool. A named set of storage volumes used as the destination of backup, archive, or migrated copies.

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target node. A client node for which other client nodes (called agent nodes) have been granted proxy authority. The proxy authority allows the agent nodes to perform operations such as backup and restore on behalf of the target node, which owns the data being operated on. TCA. Trusted Communications Agent TCP/IP. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol. timeout. A time event involving: v An event that happens at the end of a predetermined period of time that began at the happening of another specified event. v A time interval allotted for certain operations to happen. For example, response to polling or addressing before system operation is interrupted and must be restarted. v A terminal feature that logs off a user if an entry is not made within a specified period of time. Tivoli Storage Manager. A client-server licensed program product that provides storage management and data access services to customers in a multivendor computer environment. Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). A standard set of communication protocols that supports peer-to-peer connectivity of functions for both local and wide-area networks. Trusted Communications Agent (TCA). A program that can handle the sign-on password protocol when password access is generated. The main process (for example, dsmj, dsmc) makes a run time decision based on the password access option setting, the user ID, and the executables access privileges to run this program. The file that contains this program must have the s bit set in its mode field and the owner must be root.

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version. Storage management policy allow back-level copies of backed up objects to be kept at the server whenever an object is newly backed up. The most recent backed up copy is called the active version. Earlier copies are inactive versions. The following backup copy group attributes define version criteria: versions data exists, and versions data deleted. virtual file space. A representation of a directory on a network-attached storage (NAS) file system as a path to that directory. A virtual file space is used to back up the directory as a file space in Tivoli Storage Manager server storage.

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? 119 * 119 * ? 120 archive (continued) delete files after 218 delete individual archives from server file space 147, 418 display details 221 display the last modification date and last access date 442 enabling cluster drive management 203 encrypting data during 84 encryptiontype 239 exclude objects from 246 files only 253, 378 grace period retention 159 hard links 148 how managed 150, 157 improving speed using share memory 170 include files for 269 information, query 442 managing file growth during compression 210 maximum file size 86 more than one file specification 144 only files; not directories 145 overriding management class during 164 primary tasks 143 process directories only; not files 223 purpose 80 query user access 441 regulate resources server and client use during processing 327 remove 20-operand limit for Unix-family platforms512-operand limit for the Mac OS X platform 324 retrieving using command line 149 revoke access 417 running 143 shared data on multiple clients under a single node name 145, 197 specify end date and time to search for 373, 374 specifying number of attempts to archive open files 201 specifying whether to include subdirectories for 356 specifying whether to update last access date 316 specifying whether to wait for tape to mount if it is required 358 starting a Web client session 72 subdirectories 145 summary of options 173 suppress confirmation prompt before deleting 300 symbolic links 147 testing include-exclude list 64 using commands 144, 147 archive copy group 158 attributes 159 archmc option 195 archsymlinkasfile option 196 asnodename option 197 Attention changing HFS file paths to UNIX file paths 3 DSM_LOG environment variable 333, 487 DSM_LOG environment variable name 49 incremental-by-date backup dates 274 insufficient system resources on Linux 206 securing local backup sets on portable media 132 sessioninitiation option and serveronly 344

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backup access control lists 91 access permissions 91 advanced considerations 114 authorize users on your workstation to request services from server 377 automounted file systems 228 beginning with a specific directory 92 binding management class to files 165 comparison: incremental, incremental-by-date 90 comparison: incremental, journal-based, incremental-by-date 90 compressing files 211 configuring support for client node proxy backups 97 copy mode 162 define virtual mount point for file systems 382 delete file spaces 95, 140 delete individual backups from server file space 95 delete individual files or images from server file space 420 display details 221 displaying processing status 112 enable LAN-free data movement 237 enabling cluster drive management 203 enabling communications for LAN-free data movement 276, 279 encrypting data during 84 encryptiontype 239 estimating processing time 93 exclude objects from 246 excluding domains 93, 227 excluding files from backup services 83 excluding system objects 247 extended permissions 91 files only 253 files, assigning management class 163

backup (continued) fuzzy 162 GPFS, multi-node cluster environment 86, 228 grace period retention 159 group 404 delete 425 specify name of 259 specify virtual file space name 381 group, display all members of 347 hard links 117 how Tivoli Storage Manager manages 83 image 102 client domain 231 revoke access 417 specify type 265 using command line 108 using DSM_DIR to point to plug-in library 48 using the GUI 106 using with incremental backup 105, 407 using with incremental mode 407 image, considerations 102 image, volume device type support 103 image: static, dynamic, snapshot 102 improving speed using share memory 170 inactivate a list of 427 include files for 269 include-exclude processing for 60 incremental associating local snapshot with server file space 351, 433 client domain 227 directories, processing overview 88 new and changed files with modification date later than last backup 274 process a list of files 250 using command line 93 incremental-by-date 90 directories, processing overview 90 using command line 94 using with image backup 105 incremental-by-date, using client command line 93 incremental-by-date, using client Java GUI 92 incremental, associating local snapshot with server file space 101 incremental, specify memory-conserving algorithm for 289 incremental, using client command line 93 incremental, using client Java GUI 92 journal-based 89, 431 LAN-based image 406 managing 157 managing file growth during compression 210 maximum file size 86 multi-session, send files contiguously to the server 204 NAS using DSM_DIR to point to plug-in library 48 NAS file systems 108 NAS file systems with command line 110 NAS file systems with web client GUI 109 NAS image client domain 232 Network Attached Storage (NAS) file systems 410 new or changed files 87 NFS file systems 111 open files 119 overview 79, 87 performing traditional full incremental 89, 299, 431

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backup (continued) planning 79 pre-backup considerations 81 primary tasks 79 process directories only; not files 223 purpose 80 query information 444 query user access 441 regulate resources server and client use during processing 327 remove 20-operand limit for Unix-family platforms512-operand limit for the Mac OS X platform 324 revoke access 417 SAN File System FlashCopy images 352 saving encryption key password 240 selective associating local snapshot with server file space 351, 488 back up list of files 94 overview 91 using command line 94 selective, associating local snapshot with server file space 101 selective, using client command line 93 selective, using client Java GUI 92 shared data on multiple clients under a single node name 197 skip acl processing 348 skip acl update checking 349 snapshot image specify percent value of the target volume to create 350 snapshot image backup 406 sparse files 118 specify end date and time to search for 373, 374 specifying automounted file systems 199 specifying number of attempts to backup open files 201 specifying one server session per file specification 204 specifying shared memory port for LAN-free data movement 278 specifying whether to include subdirectories for 356 specifying whether to update last access date 316 specifying whether to wait for tape to mount if it is required 358 starting a Web client session 72 subdirectories 94 summary of options 173 symbolic links 116 testing include-exclude list 64 using LAN-free data movement 81 using multiple sessions 112 WAS Application Server 389, 390, 413 assigning management class 413 Network Deployment Manager 389, 390, 413 set WebSphere node name 389 set WebSphere node name, user name, password 496 set WebSphere user name 391 WebSphere Application Server (WAS) Application Server 112 Network Deployment Manager 112 backup copy group 158 attributes 159 backup group command 404 backup image command 406 supported devices 103

backup nas command 410 backup set enabling GUI for local restore of 282 specify location for restore or query 283 backup sets restoring in a SAN environment 470 backup was command 413 backup with client node proxy agent node 97 target node 97 Backup with client node proxy overview 97 backup-archive client installation 13 overview 1 backupset enabling GUI for local restore 130 restore 130 backupsetname option 200 batch mode 396 starting a session 71 bottom-up processing include-exclude list 65 include-exclude options file 65 Bourne and Korn shell pointing to client user options file 44 Bourne and Korn shell variables, setting 49

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client-server communication (continued) specifying size of internal TCP/IP communication buffer 361 specifying TCP/IP address for dsmcad 362 specifying TCP/IP address of Tivoli Storage Manager server 367 specifying TCP/IP port address on which to establish Shared Memory connection 346 specifying whether to send small transactions to server without buffering them first 365 client-server communicaton specifying TCP/IP port address of Tivoli Storage Manager server 366 closed registration permissions 57 using 57 cluster drives enabling management of 203 clusternode option 203 collocatebyfilespec option 204 command line archiving files 147 assigning description to archive 145 display current settings for client options 46, 458 displaying processing status 112 enabling command history capabilities 234 ending a session 77 entering commands 397 general rules when entering options with commands 188 NAS file systems backup 110 options 188 overriding management class during archive 164 overview of parameters 398 performing image backup 108 performing large restore operations 123 performing point-in-time restore 127 recall commands 399 restrictions for NAS file systems 108 retrieving archived files 149 return codes for operations 155 rules for entering commands 401 specifying file specification 398 specifying options file during session 303 starting a session 71 using wildcard characters 400 command parameters overview 398 command processing, summary of options 184 command session ending 395 starting 395 commands archive 402 backup group 404 backup image 406 backup nas 410 backup was 413 batch mode 396 cancel process 415 cancel restore 416 delete access 417 delete archive 418 delete backup 420 delete filespace 423 delete group 425 entering 397 entering on command line 397

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commands (continued) expire 427 general rules when entering options with 188 help 429 incremental 430 interactive (loop) mode 396 loop 435 macro 437 maximum file specifications permitted 399 monitor process 438 overview of parameters 398 preview 439 query access 441 query archive 442 query backup 444 query backupset 447 query filespace 449 query group 451 query image 453 query inclexcl 455 query mgmtclass 456 query node 457 query options 458 query restore 459 query schedule 460 query session 461 query systeminfo 462 query was 464 recall previous 399 restart restore 465 restore 466 restore backupset 470 restore group 474 restore image 476 restore NAS 479 restore was 481 retrieve 484 rules for entering 401 schedule 486 scheduled, enabling or disabling 154 selective 488 set access 491 set event 493 set password 495 set waspassword 496 specifying file specification 398 using 393 using in executables 155 using in shell scripts 155 using options with 187 using wildcard characters 400 commmethod option 206 commrestartduration option 208 commrestartinterval option 209 communication methods Shared Memory AIX client 4 HP-UX client 5 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 6 Solaris client 12 summary 169 TCP/IP AIX client 4 HP-UX client 5 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 6 Linux for zSeries client 10 Linux on POWER client 9

communication methods (continued) TCP/IP (continued) Linux x86/x86_64 client 7 Solaris client 12 z/OS UNIX System Services client communications establishing through firewall 54 compressalways option 210 compression disabling processing 248, 272 enabling processing 248, 272 include-exclude statements 248, 272 compression and encryption processing back up 272 exclude from backup 272 exclude options 272 compression option 211 compression processing exclude from backup 248, 272 exclude options 248, 272 excluding files from 246 include files for 269 configuring 56 optional tasks 41 required tasks 41 the client scheduler 51 the Web client 50 console option 213 copy destination attribute 162 copy frequency attribute 160 copy group name attribute 160 copy groups 158 archive 158 backup 158 copy mode attribute absolute 162 modified 162 copy serialization attribute 161 copy type attribute 160 customer support contacting xvi

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data restoring 122 date format specifying 214 dateformat option 214 default management class 158 policy domain 157 default client user options file creating and modifying 44 example of 44 default domain excluding domains from backup 93, 227 defaultserver option 217 delete file space 95, 140 specifying description for 219 specifying NAS or client objects 202 delete access command 417 delete archive command 418 delete backup command 420 delete group command 425 deletefiles option 218 Index

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deleting individual archives from server file space 147, 418 individual backups from server file space 95, 420 description option 219 detail option 159, 221 diagnostics options 187 directories assigning management class for 222 excluding 60 excluding from backup processing 246 incremental backup processing overview 88 processing during incremental-by-date 90 specifying on command line 398 dirmc option 222 dirsonly option 223 disability accessibility xvi keyboard xvi shortcut keys xvi disaster recovery 140 disk recovery 140 disk space requirements AIX client 4 client 3 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 6 HP-UX PA-RISC client 5 Linux for zSeries client 9 Linux on POWER 8 Linux x86/x86_64 client 7 Solaris client 11 z/OS UNIX System Services client 10 diskbuffsize option 224 diskcachelocation option 225 display policy information 159 displaying archive information 442 online help 76 restartable restore sessions 459 scheduled events 460 session information 461 domain back up using the GUI 92 backing up automounted file systems 228 include for image backup 231 include for incremental backup 227 include for NAS image backup 232 specifying drives in the default 92 domain option 227 domain.image option 231 domain.nas option 232 DSM_CONFIG 48 adding to .cshrc file 50 pointing to client user options file 44, 48 using on Solaris 48 DSM_DIR adding to .cshrc file 50 pointing to dsm.sys file 48 pointing to executable files 48 pointing to resource files 48 set for image or NAS backup or restore 48 dsm_log 49 DSM_LOG adding to .cshrc file 50 set to point to dsmerror.log, dsmwebcl.log, dsmsched.log 48

dsm.opt customizing 45 setting options in 45 dsm.opt file creating 44 creating and modifying 43 example of 44 required options for 43 specifying a drive specification using wildcards 62 dsm.opt.smp file 44 dsm.smp file copying to dsm.opt 43 location 43 dsm.sys setting options in 45 dsm.sys file creating 43 example of 43 dsm.sys.smp file 43 dsmerror.log 49 set DSM_LOG to point to 48 DSMI_CONFIG environment variable API, UNIX and Linux 50 DSMI_DIR environment variable API, UNIX and Linux 50 DSMI_LOG environment variable API, UNIX and Linux 50 dsmtca executable file set DSM_DIR to point to 48 dynamic and shared serialization 161

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editor option 234 enablearchiveretentionprotection option 235 enablelanfree option 237 encryption multiple clients under a single node name of file data 84 saving encryption key password 240 encryption processing encryption methods available 84 excluding files from 246 include files for 269 query systeminfo command 462 encryptiontype option 84, 239 encryptkey option 240 enhanced query schedule 151 enhanced query schedule command 460 environment prerequisites AIX client 3 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 5 HP-UX PA-RISC client 4 Linux for zSeries client 9 Linux on POWER 7 Linux x86/x86_64 client 6 Solaris client 10 z/OS UNIX System Services client 10 environment variables DSM_CONFIG 48 DSM_DIR 48 DSM_LOG 48 LANG 48 setting API 50 setting Bourne and Korn shell 49 setting C shell 50 error log 48

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error log (continued) controlling the size 242 pruning 244 specifying path and file name 243 error processing, summary of options 185 errorlogmax option 242 errorlogname option 243 errorlogretention option 244 estimate function 93 event logging scheduler 153 event-based policy retention protection archive 166 backup 166 exclude options 246 exclude.archive 60 exclude.attribute.symlink 60 exclude.backup 60 exclude.compression 60 exclude.dir 60 exclude.file 60 exclude.file.backup 60 exclude.fs 60 exclude.image 60 processing 65 testing 64 wildcard characters 62 exclude.image option 60 excluding files using wildcard characters 62 wildcard characters 62 executables return codes from 155 expire command 427 extended permissions archive 147 backup 91

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file space delete 95, 140, 423 determining fsID 221 performing an image backup 406 specifying NAS or client objects 202 file spaces excluding 60 file specification maximum allowed on commands 399 file system define virtual mount point for 382 file systems ACL support for 84 excluding from backup processing 246 GPFS, multi-node cluster environment 86, 228 image backup of 102 QFS, restrictions 85 supported 84 filelist option 250 filename option 252 files archive a list of 145, 250 archive using commands 147 archived, overriding management class 164 archives, how managed 150 archiving 143, 402 archiving more than one file specification 144

files (continued) assigning management classes 116 authorizing another user to restore or retrieve 138 backing up hard-linked 117 backing up open 119 backup, how managed 83 binding management classes to 165 compressing during archive or backup 211 definition of changed 87 delete after archive 218 delete individual archives from server file space 147, 418 delete individual backups from server file space 95, 420 encryption 84 excluding groups 62 how stored 114 including groups 62 managing growth during compression 210 maximum file size for operations 86 performing large restore operations 123 processing include-exclude 65 query archive information 442 query backup information 444 query user access 441 restore, point-in-time 126 restore, using commands 138 restore/retrieve to another workstation 139 restoring 121, 122 restoring files belonging to another node 139 restoring hard-linked 117 restoring sparse 118 retrieve archived 149 retrieve using commands 149 retrieving files belonging to another node 139 revoke access 417 sorting list of 76 filesonly option 253 firewall establishing communications through 54, 262, 366 specify whether server or client initiates sessions through 344 specifying TCP/IP ports for the Web client 392 using Web client through 392 followsymbolic option 254 format summary of options 184 fromdate option 255 fromnode option 256 fromowner option 257 fromtime option 258 full incremental comparing with incremental-by-date 90 comparing with journal-based, incremental-by-date 90 definition 87 description 87 when to use 90 fuzzy backup 162

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getting started changing your password 69 client scheduler 69 command line session 69 displaying online help 69 ending a session 69 GUI session 69 sorting file lists 69 Index

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getting started (continued) web client session 69 globally unique identifier 58 GPFS storage pools 133 GPFS file system multi-node cluster environment 86, 228 GPFS filesystem scheduling 99 graphical user interface changing password 75 delete individual files or images from server file space 420 displaying active and inactive backup versions 76, 121 displaying online help 76 displaying processing status 112 enabling for local backup set restore 282 enabling local backupset 130 ending a session 77 performing image backup 106 starting a session 70 using to back up objects 92 group backup, specifying full or differential 291 group backup display active and inactive objects 267 display all members of 347 overview 96 specify name of group 259 specify virtual file space name for 381 groupname option 259 groups option 260 GUI ending a session 77 overriding management class during archive 164 performing point-in-time restore 126 starting a session 70 GUID (globally unique identifier) 58 GUID commands create 58 help 58 new 58 quiet 58 show 58 write 58 guitreeviewafterbackup option 261

help displaying online 76 Internet resources 76 online forum 76 service and technical support help command 429 HP-UX client communication methods 5 HP-UX Itanium 2 client client components 5 communication methods 6 disk space requirements 6 hardware requirements 6 increasing default limit of data installing 22 memory requirements 6 operating system requirements uninstalling 24 HP-UX PA-RISC client client components 4 disk space requirements 5 hardware requirements 5 increasing default limit of data memory requirements 5 operating system requirements uninstalling 21 HP-UX PA-RISC clients installing 18 httpport option 262

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ifnewer option 263 image restoring 127 using chkdsk to repair 128 using fsck to repair 128, 476 image backup considerations 102 deleting 420 excluding files from 246 include files for; assign management class to 269 incremental-by-date image backup 106 perform 102 point-in-time restore 407 revoke access 417 specifying selective or incremental 291 static, dynamic, snapshot 102 using incremental mode 407 using the GUI 106 using with file system incremental 106, 407 using with incremental backup 105, 407 using with incremental-by-date 105 volume device type support 103 image to file restoring 129 imagetofile option 264 imagetype option 265 inactive backup versions displaying 76, 121, 444 restoring 121 inactive option 267 inclexcl option 268 include option management class 163 processing 65 wildcard characters 62

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HACMP cluster scheduling 100 HACMP takeover environment installing Tivoli Storage Manager 511 hard links archive and retrieve 148 backing up 117 restoring 117 hard mounts, NFS 118 hardware requirements AIX client 4 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 6 HP-UX PA-RISC client 5 Linux for zSeries client 9 Linux on POWER 8 Linux x86/x86_64 client 7 Solaris client 11 z/OS UNIX System Services client 10

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include-exclude list backup, used during 83 creating 59 query order of processing 455 size restriction 62, 66 testing 64 include-exclude options file bottom-up processing 65 overview 83 specifying path and file name of 268 to manage archives 150 Unicode-enabled file spaces 268 include-exclude options list creating 59 include-exclude processing options for 60 overview 60 incrbydate option 274 incremental backup back up new and changed files with modification date later than last backup 274 by date 94 description 87 GPFS, multi-node cluster environment 86, 228 new and changed files 87 of directories processing overview 88 optimizing memory during 81 overview 87 specify memory-conserving algorithm for 289 symbolic links 116 using clientJava GUI 92 using command line 93 using the client command line 93 using with image backup 105, 407 incremental command 430 journal-based backup 431 incremental image backup 407 incremental option 275 incremental-by-date comparing with incremental 90 comparing with incremental, journal-based 90 description 90 of directories processing overview 90 overview 87 using command line 94 when to use 90 incremental-by-date backup using client Java GUI 92 using the client command line 93 using with image backup 105 installation backup-archive client 13 installation requirements AIX client 3 client 3 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 5 HP-UX PA-RISC client 4 Linux for zSeries client 9 Linux on POWER 7 Linux x86/x86_64 client 6 Solaris client 10 z/OS UNIX System Services client 10 installation steps Tivoli Storage Manager on HP-UX PA-RISC clients 18 Tivoli Storage Manager on Linux for zSeries clients 28

installation steps (continued) Tivoli Storage Manager on Linux x86/x86_64 clients Tivoli Storage Manager on Sun Solaris clients 37 installing AIX client 14 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 22 HP-UX PA-RISC clients 18 Linux for zSeries client 28 Linux on POWER client 31 Linux x86/x86_64 client 25 overview 40 Solaris client 34 installing from server CD-ROM 12 installing Tivoli Storage Manager CD-ROM, installing from 12 HACMP takeover environment 511 interactive mode 396 interactive session ending 435 starting 71, 435 using 435

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Java GUI configuration restrictions 70 journal configuration file how to configure 517 journal daemon 56 journal configuration file settings 517 journal-based backup 89, 431 comparing with incremental, incremental-by-date 90 performing traditional full incremental, instead of 299, 431 specifying configuration settings 517 when to use 90

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LAN-free data movement enabling 81, 237 enabling communications for 276, 279 options 81 prerequisites 81 specifying shared memory port for 278 lanfreecommmethod option 276 lanfreeshmport option 278 lanfreetcpport option 279 lanfreetcpserveraddress option 280 LANG environment variable setting language locale 46 language locales supported 46 last access date specifying whether to update during backup or archive 88, 316 latest option 281 restore latest backup version 138

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Linux for zSeries client client components 9 communication methods 10 disk space requirements 9 hardware requirements 9 installing 28 memory requirements 9 operating system requirements 9 uninstalling 30 Linux Logical Volume Manager snapshot image backup of volumes 102 Linux on POWER client 8 client components 8 communication method 9 disk space requirements 8 hardware requirements 8 installing 31 memory requirements 8 operating system requirements 8 uninstalling 33 Linux x86/x86_64 client client components 6 communication methods 7 disk space requirements 7 hardware requirements 7 installing 25 memory requirements 7 operating system requirements 7 uninstalling 27 local backupset enabling GUI for local restore 130 local snapshot associating local snapshot with server file space localbackupset option 282 location option 283 LOFS platform support for 228 LOFS through automounter platform support for 228 log DSM_LOG environment variable 243, 333 error log, controlling the size 242 error log, pruning 242 error log, specifying path and file name 242 errorlogname option 243 errorlogretention option 243 schedlogname option 333, 486 schedlogretention option 333, 486 specifying path and file name 243, 333, 486 logical volume image backup of 102 restoring 127, 129 loop command 435 loopback file systems platform support for 228 LVM bring up an application after LVM starts 313 quiesce an application before LVM starts 321

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management classes assigning to directories 164, 222 assigning to files 163 binding archive files to 145 binding to files 165 default 158 displaying 159 displaying information about 456 how Tivoli Storage Manager uses 83 overriding during archive processing 164 overriding the default 163 processing 163 questions to consider 162 selecting for files 162 specifying with include option 163 using management class, example 163 maxcmdretries option 288 memory optimizing when constrained 81 memory requirements AIX client 4 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 6 HP-UX PA-RISC client 5 Linux for zSeries client 9 Linux on POWER 8 Linux x86/x86_64 client 7 Solaris client 11 z/OS UNIX System Services client 10 memoryefficientbackup option 289 messages displaying on screen 379 stop displaying 323 migrated files restoring 121 migrating from earlier versions of the product 1 migration web client 2 web client language files 2 mode option 291 mode parameter 160 modes batch 396 interactive (loop) 396 modified mode 160, 162 monitor option 293 monitor process command 438 multiple sessions backup objects, using 112

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NAS backing up file systems 108 deleting file spaces 95, 140, 423 query node command 457 restore file systems 134, 479 restore NAS command 479 NAS file systems backup command line 110 web client GUI 109 nasnodename option 294 Network Attached Storage (NAS) assigning management class to file systems 269 excluding files from backup 246 monitoring backup or restore operations 293 specifying for query 376 specifying full or differential backup 291

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macro command 437 mailprog option 284 makesparsefile option 285 managedservices option 286 management class assigning 116

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Network Attached Storage (NAS) (continued) specifying node name for operations 294 specifying whether to save Table of Contents for each file system backup 371 Network Attached Storage (NAS) file server backup file systems 108, 410 cancel backup and restore processes 415, 438 deleting file spaces 95, 140, 423 display file spaces on server 449 display nodes for which admin ID has authority 457 Querying file system images belonging to 444 restore file systems 134, 479 Network Data Management Protocol (NDMP) 12 Network File System (NFS) backup file systems 111 NFS backing up file systems 111 hard mounts 118 soft mounts 118 nfstimeout option 118, 295 NLSPATH environment variable displaying help browser menu in your language locale 47 to display help browser menu in your language locale 46 no query restore 124 node specifying type to query 376 node name 43 Node name field 139 nodename option 297 nojournal option 299 noprompt option 300 numberformat specifying 301 numberformat option 301

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online forum Tivoli Storage Manager 77 online help displaying 76 online forum 76 service and technical support 76 online Help forum 76 open registration permissions 57 using 57 operating system requirements AIX client 4 clients 3 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 6 HP-UX PA-RISC client 5 Linux for zSeries client 9 Linux on POWER 8 Linux x86/x86_64 client 7 Solaris client 11 z/OS UNIX System Services client optfile option 303 option 356 options archive, summary 173 archmc 195 archsymlinkasfile 196 asnodename 197 authorization, summary 184 automount 199 backup, summary 173

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options (continued) backupsetname 200 central scheduling, summary 182 changingretries 201 class 202 clusternode 203 collocatebyfilespec 204 command processing, summary 184 commmethod 206 commrestartduration 208 commrestartinterval 209 communication, summary 169 compressalways 210 compression 211 console 213 dateformat 214 defaultserver 217 deletefiles 218 description 219 detail 221 diagnostics 187 dirmc 222 dirsonly 223 diskbuffsize 224 diskcachelocation 225 domain 227 domain.image 231 domain.nas 232 editor 234 enablearchiveretentionprotection 235 enablelanfree 237 encryptiontype 84, 239 encryptkey 240 errorlogmax 242 errorlogname 243 errorlogretention 244 exclude exclude.archive 60, 246 exclude.attribute.symlink 60, 246 exclude.backup 60, 246 exclude.compression 60, 246 exclude.dir 60, 246 exclude.encrypt 246 exclude.file 60, 246 exclude.file.backup 60, 246 exclude.fs 60, 246 exclude.fs.nas 246 exclude.image 60, 246 wildcard characters 62 filelist 250 filename 252 filesonly 253 followsymbolic 254 format, summary 184 fromdate 255 fromnode 256 fromowner 257 fromtime 258 general rules when entering with commands groupname 259 groups 260 guitreeviewafterbackup 261 httpport 262 ifnewer 263 imagetofile 264 imagetype 265 inactive 267

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options (continued) inclexcl 268 include 269 management class, specifying 163 wildcard characters 62 include.archive 269 include.attribute.symlink 269 include.backup 269 include.compression 269 include.encrypt 269 include.file 269 include.fs.nas 269 include.image 269 incrbydate 274 incremental 275 lanfreecommmethod 276 lanfreeshmport 170, 278 lanfreetcpport 279 lanfreetcpserveraddress 280 latest 281 localbackupset 282 location 283 mailprog 284 makesparsefile 285 managedservices 286 maxcmdretries 288 memoryefficientbackup 289 mode 291 monitor 293 nasnodename 294 nfstimeout 295 nodename 297 nojournal 299 noprompt 300 numberformat 301 optfile 303 order of processing (precedence) 187 password 304 passwordaccess 305 passworddir 307 pick 308 pitdate 309 pittime 310 postnschedulecmd 311 postschedulecmd 311 postsnapshotcmd 313 prenschedulecmd 314 preschedulecmd 314 preservelastaccessdate 316 preservepath 318 presnapshotcmd 321 queryschedperiod 322 quiet 323 removeoperandlimit 324 replace 325 resourceutilization 327 restore and retrieve, summary 179 retryperiod 329 revokeremoteaccess 330 schedcmddisabled 331 schedcmduser (server defined only) 154 schedlogmax 332 schedlogname 333 schedlogretention 334 schedmode 336 schedrestretrdisabled 338 scrolllines 339

options (continued) scrollprompt 340 servername 342 sessioninitiation 344 shmport 346 showmembers 347 skipacl 348 skipaclupdatecheck 349 snapshotcachesize 350 snapshotroot 351 specifying in commands 187 srvprepostscheddisabled 354 srvprepostsnapdisabled 355 subdir 356 tapeprompt 358 tcpadminport 360 tcpbuffsize 361 tcpcadaddress 362 tcpclientaddress 363 tcpclientport 364 tcpnodelay 365 tcpport 366 tcpserveraddress 367 tcpwindowsize 368 timeformat 369 toc 371 todate 373 totime 374 transaction processing, summary txnbytelimit 375 type 376 users 377 v2archive 378 verbose 379 verifyimage 380 virtualfsname 381 virtualmountpoint 382 virtualnodename 384 wasexphome 386 washome 387 wasndhome 388 wasnode 389 wastype 390 wasuser 391 Web client, summary 187 webports 392

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parameters yes and no, alternatives 194 partial incremental definition 87 incremental by date, running 94 password changing 75, 495 number of characters 75 setting 304 setting for client 57 specifying directory location to store encrypted password file 307 specifying whether to generate automatically or set as user prompt 305 using 71 valid characters 75 password option 304 passwordaccess option 305

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passworddir option 307 performance improving speed of backups, restores, archives, retrieves 170 transaction options 186 transaction processing 375 permissions access, saving standard and extended 147 backup 91 pick option 308 pitdate 309 pittime option 310 plug-in library for image or NAS backup or restore 48 point-in-time restore 126 image backup 407 policies, storage management 157 policy domains default policy domain 157 standard policy domain 157 policy sets active policy set 157 portable media restoring backupsets 130 postnschedulecmd option 311 postsnapshotcmd option 313 Preferences editor excluding domains from back up 92 prenschedulecmd option 314 preschedulecmd option 314 preservelastaccessdate option 316 preservepath option 318 Presnapshotcmd option 321 preview command 439 previewing excluded files 439 included files 439 processing options authorization 184 backup and archive 173 central scheduling 182 communication 169 diagnostics 187 error processing 185 format 184 node option 171 overview 169 restore and retrieve 179 server and node 171 setting 45 specifying in commands 187 transaction processing 186 using 169 Web client 187 processing symbolic links 248, 271 processing time estimating 93 proxied session restrictions 98, 146

query (continued) files for another node 256 group command 451 display members of 347 include-exclude list 455 nodes to which client has proxy authority 145 nodes to which client has proxy node authority 97 process directories only; not files 223 specify end date and time to search for backups or archives 373, 374 specify location of backup set for 283 specifying amount of information that displays on screen 339 specifying description for 219 specifying NAS or client objects 202 specifying scrolling preferences after displaying information on screen 340 specifying whether to include subdirectories for 356 system information 462 WAS Application Server 389, 390, 464 Network Deployment Manager 389, 390, 464 Network Deployment Manager and Application Server 389, 390, 464 query access command 441 query archive command 442 query backup command 444 query backupset command 447 query filespace command 449 query group command 451 query image command 453 query inclexcl command 455 query mgmtclass command 159, 456 query node command 457 query options command 458 query restore command 459 query schedule enhanced 151 query schedule command 460 query schedule command, enhanced 460 query session command 461 query systeminfo command 462 encryption processing 462 query was command 464 queryschedperiod option 322 quiet option 323

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raw logical volume image backup of 102 restoring 127 rebinding files to a different management class 165 recall commands limitations 400 Recommendations default diskbuffsize setting 224 define cluster resources in domain statement 513 discontinue use of largecommbuffers xxvi, 186 do not write on volume while backup is in progress 102 HACMP node name 513 long user and group names 86 long user names 377 path names for setting environment variables 44 set up SSL in the Integrated Solutions Console (ISC) environment 56 Index

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QFS file system restrictions 85 query backups, establish point-in-time 309, 310 based on date and time of backup, archive display active and inactive objects 267

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Recommendations (continued) setting the WAS security password 496 specifying diskbuffsize xxvi target nodes and traditional nodes 97 to simplify retrieve 80 traditional scheduler system resources 503 using dynamic imagetype 102 registering client with server 57 using closed registration 57 using open registration 57 removeoperandlimit option 324 replace option 325 resourceutilization option 327 restart restore command 465 restart interrupted restore 138 restartable restore 124 restartable restore sessions, display 459 restore a list of files 250 active version 121 another users files 257 authorizing another user 138 backup sets supported tape devices 470 backups, establish point-in-time 309, 310 backupsets overview 130 based on date and time of backup 255, 258 create list of backup versions to 308 data using command line 122 disk 140 display active and inactive objects 267 estimating processing time 93 files 114, 121 files and directories 122 files belonging to another node 139 files for another node 256 files only 253 files to another workstation 139 from portable media overview 130 group command 474 GUI, displaying active and inactive versions 76 hard links 117 image 127 considerations 476 enable detection of bad sectors on target volume to a file 264 using chkdsk tool to repair 128 using DSM_DIR to point to plug-in library 48 using fsck tool to repair 128, 476 image to file 129 image, suppress confirmation prompt 300 improving speed using share memory 170 inactive version 121 local backup set via GUI 282 local backupset via GUI 130 logical volume 127, 129 maximum file size 86 most recent backup version 281 NAS using DSM_DIR to point to plug-in library 48 NAS file systems 134 NAS file systems using command line 135 NAS file systems using web client 134

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restore (continued) no query 124 performing large operations 123 point-in-time 126 point-in-time, using command line 127 point-in-time, using GUI 126 primary tasks 121 process directories only; not files 223 processing status window 122 raw logical volume 127 regulate resources server and client use during processing 327 replace existing file with latest backup 263 sorting file list 76 sparse files 118 specify end date and time to search for backups 373, 374 specify location of backup set for 283 specifying whether to include subdirectories for 356 specifying whether to prompt before overwriting existing files 325 specifying whether to wait for tape to mount if it is required 358 starting a Web client session 72 summary of options 179 symbolic links 116 UNIX and Linux restrictions 466 UNIX restrictions 116 to different workstation 384 using commands 138 WAS Application Server 389, 390, 481 Network Deployment Manager 389, 390, 481 restore backupset command 470 restore command 466 performing large operations 123 restore group command 474 restore image command 476 restore NAS command 479 restore was command 481 restrictions within a proxied session 98, 146 Restrictions asnodename option 197 specifying full path with Client Acceptor Daemon 303 retain extra versions attribute 161 retain only versions attribute 161 retain versions attribute 162 retention grace period archive 159, 166 backup 159, 166 retrieve a list of files 250 archive copies 148 archived files using commands 149 authorizing another user 138 based on date and time of archive 255, 258 files belonging to another node 139 files for another node 256 files only 253 files to another workstation 139 hard links 148 improving speed using share memory 170 maximum file size 86 primary tasks 143 process directories only; not files 223 replace existing file with latest archive if existing file is newer 263

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retrieve (continued) running 149 sorting file list 76 specify end date and time to search for archives 373, 374 specifying description for 219 specifying whether to include subdirectories for 356 specifying whether to prompt before overwriting existing files 325 specifying whether to wait for tape to mount if it is required 358 starting a Web client session 72 summary of options 179 symbolic links 147 to different workstation 384 retrieve command 484 retryperiod option 329 return codes for operations 155 revokeremoteaccess option 330 root user tasks 41 root user tasks creating default client user options file 44 setting up 43

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SAN restoring backup sets using 470 using for LAN-free data movement 81 SAN File System FlashCopy images back up 352 schedcmddisabled option 331 schedcmduser option (server defined only) 154 schedlogmax option 332 schedlogname option 333 schedlogretention option 334 schedmode option 336 schedrestretrdisabled option 338 schedule command 486 schedule log specifying number of days to keep entries and whether to save pruned entries 334 specifying path and file name to store schedule log information 333 schedule log, controlling the size 332 schedule log, pruning 332 schedule log, specifying path and file name 332 scheduled (automated) backups closing files before back up 119 displaying scheduled work 151, 153 options for 151 overview 151, 499 process commands after back up 311 process commands before back up 314 restart applications after back up 119 starting 52 scheduled commands enabling-disabling 154 scheduled events, displaying 460 scheduled services defining schedules for uid other than 0 154 disabling scheduled commands 331 restrictions for NAS file systems 108 schedulelog controlling the size 332 scheduler configuring 51

scheduler (continued) displaying scheduled work 151, 153 event logging 153 managed by client acceptor daemon 286 options for 151 overview 151, 499 resolving memory retention after scheduled backups 286 specify whether server or client initiates sessions through firewall 344 specifying number of hours between contacts to server for scheduled work 322 specifying number of minutes between attempts to process scheduled commands 329 specifying polling mode or prompted mode 336 specifying whether to disable execution of restore or retrieve operations 338 starting 52 troubleshooting 508 scheduler information completed work 510 scheduled work 510 scheduler log log file 510 schedlogname option 510 schedlogretention option 510 understanding the 510 Scheduler Service Configuration Utility 52 scheduler wizard 52 scheduling client node proxy backup 97, 98 GPFS filesystem 99 HACMP cluster 100 scrolllines option 339 scrollprompt option 340 selective backup overview 87, 91, 94 symbolic links 116 using client Java GUI 92 using command line 94 using the client command line 93 selective command 488 serialization copy serialization dynamic 161 shared static 161 static 161 server establishing communications through firewall 54 establishing communications with 43 identify to begin a stanza containing options for 342 specifying name of server to contact for services 342 specifying TCP/IP address of Tivoli Storage Manager server 367 specifying TCP/IP port address for 366 server and node options summary 171 servername option 342 service and technical support 76 session information, displaying 461 sessioninitiation option 344 set access command 491 restore-retrieve authorization 138 set event command 493 set password command 495 set waspassword command 496 setting user privileges 74 Index

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setting environment variables API, UNIX and Linux DSMI_CONFIG 50 DSMI_DIR 50 DSMI_LOG 50 setting language locale 46 setting up required root user tasks 43 shared dynamic serialization 161, 201 Shared Memory communication method 276 options 170 Shared memory communication protocol 170 shared static serialization 161, 201 shell scripts return codes from 155 using commands in 155 shmport option 346 shortcut keys accessibility xvi disability xvi keyboard xvi showmembers option 347 skipacl option 348 skipaclupdatecheck option 349 snapshotcachesize option 350 snapshotroot option 351 socket files skipped during restore 121 soft mounts, NFS 118 software requirements AIX client 4 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 6 HP-UX PA-RISC client 5 Linux for zSeries client 9 Linux on POWER 8 Linux x86/x86_64 client 7 Solaris client 11 z/OS UNIX System Services client 10 Solaris installing Solaris 10 in zones 37 Solaris client client components 10 communication methods 12 disk space requirements 11 hardware requirements 11 installing 34 memory requirements 11 operating system requirements 11 sparse files backing up 118 restoring 118 specifying how to restore or retrieve 285 special file systems 84, 115 srvprepostscheddisabled option 354 srvprepostsnapdisabled option 355 standard management class copy destination 162 copy frequency 160 copy group name 160 copy mode absolute 162 modified 162 copy serialization 161 copy type 160 default values 159 retain extra versions 161 retain only version 161

standard management class (continued) retain versions 162 versions data deleted active versions 160 inactive versions 160 versions data exists 160 standard policy domain 157 starting automatically 75 overview 40 starting a session batch mode 71 interactive mode 71 static serialization 161 static, shared serialization 161 storage displaying restartable restore sessions 459 Storage Agent using for LAN-free data movement 81, 237 storage area network restoring backup sets using 237, 470 using for LAN-free data movement 81, 237 storage management policies 157 assigning management classes to files 116 copy groups 158 default management class 157 display on backup-archive client or Web client GUI include-exclude list 158 management classes 158 policy domains default 157 standard 157 policy sets active policy set 157 storage pools GPFS 133 subdirectories archive 145 include in backup 94 summary of changes for version 5.3.0 xxiii summary of changes for version 5.3.2 xix support gathering system information for 213, 252, 462 supported language locales 46 Swing-enabled browser necessary to run Web client 72 symbolic links archiving and retrieving 147 backing up 248, 271 backing up and restoring 116 exclude from backup 64, 248, 271 exclude options 248, 271 processing 248, 271 restoring 254 UNIX and Linux restrictions 466 UNIX restrictions 116 system information gathering 213, 252, 462 system objects exclude from backup processing 247

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tapeprompt option 358 tasks assigning management classes to directories 164 client scheduler, starting 75

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tasks (continued) closed registration 57 display management classes 159 GUI, override management class 164 open registration 57 password, change 75 root user 41 sessions, ending 75 TCP/IP communication method options 170 tcpadminport option 360 tcpbuffsize option 361 tcpcadaddress option 362 tcpclientaddress option 363 tcpclientport option 364 tcpnodelay option 365 tcpserveraddress option 367 tcpwindowsize option 368 time format specifying 369 timeformat option 369 tivguid 58 Tivoli products and documentation feedback survey xvi ordering xvi Tivoli Storage Manager client components AIX client 3 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 5 HP-UX PA-RISC client 4 Linux for zSeries client 9 Linux x86/x86_64 client 6 Solaris client 10 z/OS UNIX System Services client 10 communication methods AIX client 4 HP-UX client 5 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 6 Linux for zSeries client 10 Linux on POWER client 9 Linux x86/x86_64 client 7 Solaris client 12 z/OS UNIX System Services client 10 considerations when upgrading from ADSM AIX 3.1 hardware, disk space, memory requirements AIX client 4 and z/OS UNIX System Services client 10 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 6 HP-UX PA-RISC client 5 Linux for zSeries client 9 Linux on POWER client 8 Linux x86/x86_64 client 7 Solaris client 11 Linux on POWER 8 migrating from earlier versions of the product 1 online forum 77 password 71 software requirements AIX client 4 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 6 HP-UX PA-RISC client 5 Linux for zSeries client 9 Linux on POWER client 8 Linux x86/x86_64 client 7 Solaris client 11 z/OS UNIX System Services client 10

Tivoli Storage Manager client authentication 69 Tivoli Storage Manager on HP-UX PA-RISC clients installation steps 18 Tivoli Storage Manager on Linux for zSeries clients installation steps 28 Tivoli Storage Manager on Linux x86/x86_64 clients installation steps 25 Tivoli Storage Manager on Sun Solaris clients installation steps 37 uninstalling 40 Tivoli Storage Manager password using 70 toc option 371 todate option 373 totime option 374 transaction processing 375 summary of options 186 TSM.PWD file HP-UX restriction 240 tsmjbbd.ini configuring 517 txnbytelimit option 375 type option 376

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uninstalling AIX client 17 HP-UX Itanium 2 client 24 HP-UX PA-RISC client 21 Linux for zSeries client 30 Linux on POWER client 33 Linux x86/x86_64 client 27 Tivoli Storage Manager on Sun Solaris clients 40 UNIX file systems, ACL support 84 restrictions restoring symbolic links 116 saving standard access permissions 147 UNIX and Linux restrictions restoring symbolic links 466 UNIX clients considerations when upgrading from ADSM AIX 3.1 16 user privileges setting 74 users option 377

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v2archive option 378 verbose option 379 verifyimage option 380 versions data deleted attribute 160 deleted parameter 161 exists attribute 160 exists parameter 161 virtual mount point, setting 92 virtualfsname option 381 virtualmountpoint option 382 virtualnodename option 384 restore/retrieve to another workstation

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Backup-Archive Clients Installation and Users Guide