Command reference

The following sections contain detailed information about each of the client commands that are used for IBM Spectrum Protect™ for Virtual Environments: Data Protection for Microsoft Hyper-V operations.

Issue these commands from the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive command line client. Start the command line client using either of the following methods on the Windows system:
  • Go to Start > Apps by name > IBM Spectrum Protect > Backup-Archive Command Line.
  • Open an Administrator command prompt window and change to the backup-archive client installation directory (cd "C:\Program Files\tivoli\tsm\baclient"). Run dsmc.exe.
To complete these tasks from the IBM Spectrum Protect backup-archive GUI, start the backup-archive GUI client using either of the following methods on the Windows system:
  • Go to Start > Apps by name > IBM Spectrum Protect > Backup-Archive GUI.
  • Open an Administrator command prompt window and change to the backup-archive client installation directory (cd "C:\Program Files\tivoli\tsm\baclient"). Run dsm.exe.
Access related GUI task help using either of the following methods:
  • Select the help icon and click Help Topics or Getting started.
  • You can also press the F1 key to open the Help Topics help.