Purpose
Backs up and restores data that is generated while you use the IBM® Tivoli® Storage Manager server.
Description
The dsmc command allows the user to back up and restore data from the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server.
Flag
Flag name |
Description |
-incremental
|
Backs up all new or changed files or directories in the default client domain
or from file systems, directories, or files you specify, unless you exclude them from backup
services. |
-query [argument] |
Query functions to query backups on the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server:
- access
- Displays a list of current authorization rules.
- archive
- Displays a list of archived files.
- backup
- Displays a list of backup versions.
- backupset
- Queries a backup set from a local file, tape device, or the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Server.
- filespace
- Displays a list of file spaces in IBM Tivoli Storage Manager
storage. You can also specify a single file space name to query.
- group
- Displays information about group backups and their members.
- image
- Displays information about image backups.
- inclexcl
- Displays a list of include-exclude statements in the order in which they are processed during
backup and archive operations.
- mgmtclass
- Displays information about available management classes.
- node
- Displays all the nodes for which an administrative user ID has authority to perform
operations.
- options
- Displays all or part of your options and their current settings.
- restore
- Displays a list of your restartable restore sessions in the server database.
- schedule
- Displays information about scheduled events for your node.
- session
- Displays information about your session, including the current node name, when the session was
shed, server information, and server connection information.
- systeminfo
- Gathers IBM Tivoli Storage Manager system information and outputs
this information to a file or the console.
- was
- Displays backups of the WebSphere® Application
Server (WAS) Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration
information) or the Application Server that match the node name and type of the WAS group backup
that you specify.
|
-restore [argument] |
Restores copies of backup versions of your files from an IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server.
- backupset
- Restores a backup set from the IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server
or a local file. You can also restore a backup from a tape device.
- group
- Restores specific members or all members of a group backup.
- image
- Restores a file system or raw volume image backup.
- nas
- Restores the image of a file system that belongs to a Network Attached Storage (NAS) file
server.
- was
- Restores the WebSphere Application Server (WAS)
Network Deployment Manager (contains setup, application files, and configuration information) or the
Application Server from the Tivoli Storage Manager server.
|
-schedule |
Starts the client scheduler on the workstation. |
Exit Status
The following exit values are returned:
Value name |
Description |
0 |
Successful completion. |
>0 |
An error occurred. |
Examples
To back up an image to the
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server,
type:
dsmc -incremental <mksysb_file_to_backup>
To view backup images on the
IBM Tivoli Storage Manager server,
type:
dsmc -query backup <mksysb_file_to_backup>