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Follow these general rules when you enter options with a command:
dsmc archive -description="year end 1999" /home/
dsmc incremental -quiet
dsmc selective -subdir=yes /devel/proj1/ dsmc selective /devel/proj1/ -subdir=yes
Table 31. Client Command Options
Command Option | Description | Commands | Page |
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archmc | Overrides the default management class for a file or a group of files. | archive | Archmc |
class | Specifies whether to display a list of NAS objects or client objects when using the following commands: |
query backup delete filespace query filespace | Class |
deletefiles | Deletes the local copy of files from your workstation after they are archived on the server. Can also be 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. |
archive restore image | 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 restore image query image | 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 query image restore image | Fromnode |
fromowner | Displays file spaces for an alternate owner. Also specifies an alternate owner from which to restore or retrieve files. |
query archive query backup query image restore restore image retrieve | Fromowner |
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 restore image | 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 restore nas query image restore image | Inactive |
incrbydate | Requests an incremental backup by date. | incremental | Incrbydate |
incremental | Applies changes to the base image using information from incremental backups made after the original image backup. | restore image | Incremental |
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, in local files, or on a tape device during a query or restore operation. |
query backupset restore backupset | Location |
mode | Specifies whether to perform an image backup on an entire file system or only those files that change after the original image backup. |
backup nas backup image | Mode |
monitor | Specifies whether you want to monitor an image backup or restore of one or more file systems belonging to a NAS file server. |
backup nas restore nas | Monitor |
noprompt | Suppresses the confirmation prompt when deleting an archived file. |
delete archive restore image | 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 restore image restore nas | Pick |
pitdate | Specifies the file backup date to use when you select files to restore. Use with the pittime option. |
query backup restore restore nas query image restore image | 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 restore nas query image restore image | 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 |
type | Displays node types that you specify. | query node | Type |
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 |