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Tivoli Storage Manager for NetWare Backup-Archive Client Installation and User's Guide

Query Backup

The query backup command displays a list of backup versions of your files. File information includes the file specification, size, backup date, whether the file is active or inactive, and the management class assigned to the file. Only the first ten characters of the management class name are displayed.

Syntax

                               .-----------------------.
                               V                       |
>>-Query Backup--+----------+----+- filespec---------+-+-------><
                 '- options-'    '- DIRectory or NDS-'
 
 

Parameters

options
You can use these command line options with the query backup command: dirsonly, filelist, filesonly, fromdate, fromnode, fromtime, todate, totime. For more information, see Chapter 10, "Using Options with Commands".

You can use these common options with the query backup command: subdir, scrolllines, scrollprompt. See Chapter 9, Using Processing Options for information about these common options.

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.

DIRectory or NDS
This parameter displays a list of backed up NDS objects. To display a list of the entire directory, specify directory: or directory:*. To display a list of only one container in the directory, specify directory:.o=container_name. In all examples, nds: instead of dir: may be entered.

Examples

Task
Display a list of all your backed up files on the sys: volume.

Command: dsmc q backup -su=y serva\sys:*

Task
Display a list of all your backed up files. Use the dateformat and timeformat options.

Command: dsmc q b -date=1 -time=4 -su=y serva\sys:*

Task
Display a list of files that were backed up from the serva\sys:proj directory with file names that begin with proj. Use the dateformat and timeformat options.

Command: dsmc q b -date=1 -time=4 serva\sys:proj/proj*


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