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TSM Backup & Restoration Commands

The document provides a quick guide to configuring the TSM client on Unix systems by explaining the contents and purpose of the configuration file dsm.sys, and also gives examples of common commands used to manage backups, schedules, and restores using the dsmc command line tool. It describes both running dsmc interactively or with specific arguments to perform tasks like backups, restores, and querying information about sessions, schedules, and backed up files.

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TSM Backup & Restoration Commands

The document provides a quick guide to configuring the TSM client on Unix systems by explaining the contents and purpose of the configuration file dsm.sys, and also gives examples of common commands used to manage backups, schedules, and restores using the dsmc command line tool. It describes both running dsmc interactively or with specific arguments to perform tasks like backups, restores, and querying information about sessions, schedules, and backed up files.

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Quick guide to TSM client on Unix Configuration file for TSM client Look for a file named dsm.sys.

In this file youll find setup definitions for the TSM client. Here is an example of the content of the file: SErvername TSM-DMD1 COMMMethod TCPip TCPPort 1500 TCPServeraddress 10.180.21.42 nodename BMIT_S003JOL001_TSM inclexcl /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/incl.ls passwordaccess generate * managedservices schedule schedlogname /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/sched.log errorlogname /opt/tivoli/tsm/client/ba/bin/dsmerror.log The field inclexcl point to a file, where you can specify a list over files/directories, that should be included/excluded during backup. Note that this file is read from the bottom and up. The field schedlogname point to a file, where schedules are logged The field errorlogname point to a file, where errors during backup are logged To obtain a list of clients, that have had failed backups please consult: http://dmdtsmconfig01.intern.dmdata.dk/BES/ Quick guide for dsmc The program dsmc is a program residing on the client, that can be used for various task regarding backup/restore and informations about backup/restore. The program can be called without parameters and will then start up in a prompt like this: # dsmc IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Command Line Backup/Archive Client Interface Client Version 5, Release 3, Level 4.0 Client date/time: 02/08/07 10:58:32 (c) Copyright by IBM Corporation and other(s) 1990, 2006. All Rights Reserved. Node Name: BMIT_S003JOL001_TSM Session established with server TSM-DMD1: AIX-RS/6000 Server Version 5, Release 3, Level 3.4 Data compression forced on by the server Server date/time: 02/08/07 10:58:32 Last access: 02/08/07 09:39:05 tsm> If you are unfamiliar with the commands, you can type the command help, which will give you a list over possible commands. It is also possible to run dsmc with arguments. Below is various examples of commands, that can be given: dsmc help dsmc q ses dsmc q sched (show help) (shows current data about sessions) (shows current data about schedule)

dsmc sched dsmc q systeminfo dsmc q opt dsmc incr dsmc backup dsmc q filepace dsmc q backup "*" dsmc q backup "*" -subdir=yes

(from here you can change time of schedule) (generate a status report) (show options) (starts manual incremental backup) (starts a manual backup) (shows filespaces (filesystems) backuped) (shows which files are backuped in current directory) (shows files and subdirectories below current directory)

dsmc q backup "*" -subdir=yes -inactive (shows inactive files and subdirectories below current directory) dsmc q backup "*" -subdir=yes -inactive -pitdate=01/29/2008 (shows inactive files and subdirectories below current directory from 29-jan-2008) dsmc q inclexcl dsmc restore "/dir" -subdir=yes dsmc restore "/dir/to/file" (list of included and excluded directories/files) (restore all files below path "/dir") (restore file "/dir/to/file")

dsmc restore -REPlace=ALL -pitdate=12/15/2008 -subdir=yes "/home/userX/*" (restore all files below /home/userX from 15-dec-2008 and replace existing files without questions) Futher documentation can be obtained in: http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/tivihelp/v1r1/index.jsp

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