Backing up files from one or more file spaces for a group backup (Windows)
Use the backup group command to create and back up a group from a list of files from one or more file space origins to a virtual file space on the IBM Spectrum Protect server.
About this task
A group backup creates a consistent point-in-time backup of a group of files that is managed as a single logical entity:
- All objects in the group are assigned to the same management class. Use the include option to bind a group to a management class.
- Existing exclude statements for any files in the group are ignored.
- All objects in the group are exported together.
- All objects in the group are expired together as specified in the management class. No objects in a group are expired until all other objects in the group are expired, even when another group they belong to gets expired.
A group backup can be added to a backup set.
You can perform a full or differential backup by using the mode option.
Procedure
Enter the backup group command to start a group backup.
For example, to perform a full backup of all the files in the
c:\dir1\filelist1
file to the virtual file space \virtfs, containing the group leader
c:\group1 file, enter the following command:
dsmc backup group -filelist=c:\dir1\filelist1 -groupname=group1 -virtualfsname=
\virtfs -mode=full