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Follow these general rules when you enter options with a command:
dsmc archive -description="Project A" sys:usr/home/proj1/*
dsmc incremental -quiet
dsmc selective -subdir=yes sys:usr/home/proj1/ dsmc selective sys:usr/home/proj1/ -subdir=yes
dsmc archive -description="Project A" sys:usr/home/proj1/
Table 26. Client Command Options
Command Option | Description | Commands | Page |
---|---|---|---|
archmc | Overrides the default management class for a file or a group of files. | archive | Archmc |
deletefiles | Deletes the local copy of files from your workstation after they are archived on the server. |
archive | Deletefiles |
description | Specifies a description for a file that you are archiving, deleting, or retrieving. Also specifies the description of a backupset that you want to query. |
archive delete archive query archive query backupset retrieve | Description |
detail | Displays management class attributes for available management classes. |
delete filespace query mgmtclass query filespace | Detail |
dirsonly | Backs up, restores, archives, retrieves, or displays directories only. |
archive incremental query archive query backup restore retrieve selective | Dirsonly |
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. |
archive delete archive expire incremental query backup query archive restore retrieve selective | Filelist |
filesonly | Backs up, restores, retrieves, or displays files only. |
incremental query archive query backup restore retrieve selective | Filesonly |
fromdate | Sets a date limit for files. Tivoli Storage Manager does not include files processed before this date, although older directories might be included. |
query archive query backup restore retrieve
| Fromdate |
fromnode | Displays file spaces for an alternate node. Also specifies an alternate node from which to restore or retrieve files. |
query archive query backup query filespace query mgmtclass restore retrieve
| Fromnode |
fromtime | Specifies a beginning time on the specified date. Use with the fromdate option. This option is ignored if the fromdate option is absent. |
query archive query backup restore retrieve | Fromtime |
ifnewer | Replaces existing files with the latest backup version only if the backup version is newer than the existing version. |
restore restore backupset retrieve | Ifnewer |
inactive | Displays a list of active and inactive files when used with the pick option. |
query backup restore
| Inactive |
incrbydate | Requests an incremental backup by date. | incremental | Incrbydate |
latest | Restores the most recent backup version of a file whether it is active or inactive. | restore | Latest |
location | Specifies whether Tivoli Storage Manager searches for a backup set on the server or in local files during a query or restore operation. |
query backupset restore backupset | Location |
noprompt | Suppresses the confirmation prompt when deleting an archived file. |
delete archive | Noprompt |
optfile | Specifies the options file you want to use when you start a session. | dsmc.exe | Optfile |
pick | Displays a list of files from which you can select files to delete, restore, or retrieve. |
delete archive expire restore retrieve
| Pick |
pitdate | Specifies the file backup date to use when you select files to restore. Use with the pittime option. |
query backup restore
| Pitdate |
pittime | Specifies a point-in-time on the specified date. Use with the pitdate option. This option is ignored if the pitdate option is absent. |
query backup restore
| Pittime |
preservepath | Specifies how the restore directory path is built. |
restore restore backupset retrieve | Preservepath |
todate | Sets a date limit for files. Tivoli Storage Manager does not include files that are processed after this date. Use with the totime option. |
query archive query backup restore retrieve | Todate |
totime | Specifies an ending time on the specified date. Use with the todate option. This option is ignored if the todate option is absent. |
query archive query backup restore retrieve | Totime |
v2archive | Use this option with the archive command to archive only files and not directories to the server. |
archive | V2archive |
volinformation | Backs up or restores volume restrictions, such as volume or disk space restrictions, and trustee directory assignments for the root directory of a volume. |
archive incremental selective | Volinformation |