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Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients Installation and User's Guide

Snapshotcachelocation

Use the snapshotcachelocation option with the backup image command, in the dsm.opt file, or with the include.image option to specify the location where the LVSA places the OBF file (Old Blocks File). The OBF file contains changes made to a volume by other system applications during an online image backup. The OBF file is backed up to the server and the changes are applied to the volume image when you restore the volume. During a server-free image backup, if the snapshotcachelocation option is set to a SAN-attached disk that is configured on the server for server-free data movement, and the size of the OBF exceeds 10MB, the OBF file is also backed up using server-free data movement.

Supported Clients

This option is valid for the Windows 2000 client only.

Options File

Place this option in the client options file dsm.opt.

Syntax

>>-SNAPSHOTCACHELocation- path---------------------------------><
 
 

Parameters

path
Specifies the location where the LVSA will place the OBF file. The path must specify a formatted volume. The OBF file cannot be on the same volume that is being backed up. During a server-free backup, specify the location of the OBF file on a SAN-attached disk. The default location is x:\tsmlvsa, where x: is the system drive.

Examples

Options file:
snapshotcachelocation c:\temp\

Command line:
-snapshotcachelocation=c:\temp\


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