Query Group

Use the query group command to display information about a group backup and its members.

Note:

Use the showmembers option to display and select individual group members that you want to query. The showmembers option is not valid with the inactive option. If you want to display members of a group that are not currently active, use the pitdate and pittime options to specify the backup date and time of the member you want to query.
Use the query filespace command to display virtual file space names for your node that are stored on the IBM Spectrum Protect server.

If you perform a full and differential group backup, a query of this group using the -inactive option displays two active backups of the same name, one of type FULL and one of type DIFF.

Windows operating systems These backups inactivate any previous full and differential backups:

Protect> q group {\fs}\v1 -inactive

Size Backup Date          Mgmt Class A/I Group
—––– –––––––––––          –––––––––– ––– ––––––
 978 B 06/02/2007 11:57:04  DEFAULT   A  FULL \fs\v1
  32 B 06/05/2007 13:52:04  DEFAULT   A  DIFF \fs\v1

Protect> q group {/fs}/v1 -inactive

Size Backup Date          Mgmt Class A/I Group
—––– –––––––––––          –––––––––– ––– ––––––
 978 B 06/02/2007 11:57:04  DEFAULT   A  FULL /fs/v1
  32 B 06/05/2007 13:52:04  DEFAULT   A  DIFF /fs/v1

If you query a group backup without the -inactive option, the query displays only the latest group backup, whether it is type FULL or type DIFF:

Protect> q group {\fs}\v1

Size Backup Date          Mgmt Class A/I Group
—––– –––––––––––          –––––––––– ––– ––––––
  32 B 06/05/2007 13:52:04  DEFAULT   A  DIFF \fs\v1

Protect> q group {/fs}/v1

Size Backup Date          Mgmt Class A/I Group
—––– –––––––––––          –––––––––– ––– ––––––
  32 B 06/05/2007 13:52:04  DEFAULT   A  DIFF /fs/v1

Supported Clients

Oracle Solaris operating systems Linux operating systems AIX operating systems This command is valid for all clients, except for Mac OS X.

Windows operating systems This command is valid for all clients.

Syntax

Parameters

filespec: Specifies the virtual file space name (enclosed in braces) and the group name on the server that you want to query.
filespec: Specifies the virtual file space name and the group name on the server that you want to query.

Table 1. Query Group command: Related options
Option	Where to use
fromnode	Command line only.
fromowner	Command line only.
inactive	Command line only.
pitdate	Command line only.
pittime	Command line only.
showmembers (does not apply to Mac OS X)	Command line only.

Examples

Task

Display all the groups in the /virtfs file space.

Command:

query group /virtfs/*

Task

Display all the groups in the virtfs file space.

Command:

query group {virtfs}\*

Task

Display active and inactive versions of the /virtfs/group1 file space.

Command:

query group /virtfs/group1 -inactive

Task

Display active and inactive versions of the virtfs\group1 file space.

Command:

query group {virtfs}\group1 -inactive

Task

Display the /virtfs/group1 file space. Use the showmembers option to display a list of group members from which you can select one or more to query.

Command:

query group /virtfs/group1 -showmembers

Task

Display the virtfs\group1 file space. Use the showmembers option to display a list of group members from which you can select one or more to query.

Command:

query group {virtfs}\group1 -showmembers